The 10 UNSPOKEN RULES Tourists Keep Breaking in Paris

Learn the rules about shopping, driving, and tipping in Paris.
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People tell us all the time that they don’t want to look like a tourist when they’re in Paris so whether you’re worried about making embarrassing or expensive mistakes or just don’t want to be that stereotypical tourist there are some things that you need to know about

So in this video we’ll tell you about the 10 unspoken rules that tourists keep breaking in Paris especially the one that parisians wish that everybody knew about so you blend a little and enjoy your stay on the first unspoken rule has to do with shopping and more specifically when things are open and

When they’re closed any french person knows that places don’t open before 9:00 a.m. and for the most part they close at 7:00 p.m. and a lot of places are closed on Monday and they closed for lunch it’s happened to us more than once that we

Showed up to a place and had to find a cafe to wait until their break was over this is a culture that supports small business and they need time to take care of themselves and their staff which brings me to the next thing because it

Also happens that you can show up to a place and find a little paper note on the door that says F exceptional which means they’re exceptionally closed and and we don’t know why they closed just something came up except that the only store you could buy a new suit in has

Got the flu you get that the whole store got the flu the next unspoken rule has to do with the French bad habit of not following the rules and many of you look experience that right at the airport if you fly on air friends normally Americans and English people will get in

The appropriate queue and wait in line for the French that’s a foreign concept and it very quickly becomes organized chaos where everybody tries to cut in line with no respect for whose St it is that type of behavior can happen in a restaurant at a cafe Terrace in a bonger

Pretty much everywhere you have a queue so in France expect people to cut in line in front of you no need to get upset just a quick W will be enough when we first moved to Paris people warned me that it might take a couple of years for me to make

Friends here because the French are so formal and since I’m very casual I thought you know that might not apply to me but that’s not the way it happened the French are formal anytime you enter a place you need to greet your host with bonjour and make eye contact your ing

Their place that’s as casual as it gets even if they’re wearing a name tag do not address them by their first name Madame or missure just keep quiet with low voices and simple manorisms and while you’re out walking about don’t be surprised if people stare at you that

Used to bother me like there was something wrong with me or they were judging me now I know they do that with everyone they stare and they don’t smile and they definitely don’t greet strangers when my mother-in-law would visit us in the US and I would would

Smile at somebody on the street she would always ask do you know them are they coming over to the house later no we’re just being friendly but they don’t do that in France the next unspoken rule has to do with restaurants and eating out in France we covered that topic in a

Recent video about restaurant scams but it Bears repeating service is always included the 15 to 20% you are used to add to your total in the US doesn’t apply here if service was awesome a Parisian will leave 5 to 10 EUR Max and if a waiter ask you for a tip which

They’ll never dare ask a French person what they mean is the little extra to round out your bill and to be clear waiters in Paris only ask that question to Americans and tourist areas never the parisians next is asking for substitutions in a restaurant of course

You can ask for it but it’s not in our culture to ask unless it’s a dietary restriction or for allergies the way people ask for substitutions or customizations of their dish in the US is not going to fly here in Paris and when it comes to ice cubes don’t expect

A cup filled to the top with ice in Paris often time you’ll get a few ice cubes with a slice of lemon when you ask for a soda and now when it comes to Doggy bags that’s also a very American thing and that used to be a big no no in

France but in 2016 the French government passed the Law to force restaurants to get give doggy bags when asked for it to curtail food waste this law applies mostly to large restaurants but nowadays it’s okay to ask for it just say I and they’ll handle that for you the next

Unspoken rule is about buying alcohol here they don’t have liquor stores it’s either the grocery store or the wine store and you’ll find all the hard liquor you ever want somewhere near the chips aisle and a question we get often is can I drink wine or champagne in

Public the answer is yes it’s perfectly legal to drink in public what’s illegal is being drunk in public feel free to pop a bottle of champagne by the Eiffel Tower but please be responsible and take your stuff away with you and another thing worth knowing is the legal

Drinking age in France is 18 and as a funny anecdote our son turned 18 in France before our daughter turned 21 in the US so you can imagine her upset when her younger brother was legal before her if going to Paris is in your plan I’d

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For you the next unspoken rule has to do with toilets or the lack of them in the city of Paris they are certainly not as available as they are in the US I remember calling asking me to stop by a supermarket so she could use their

Bathroom and I told her they most likely don’t have one she went in thinking I was nuts and sure enough the clerk looked at her like she was crazy and when we’re just wondering about the city if we have to use the bathroom we’re walking into a cafe have

A coffee at the bar and we’ll go use the bathroom this type of behavior is perfectly normal in friends but don’t make the mistake to just walk in and ask for the toilet that’s a sure bed to get the rude Parisian treatment that you’ve heard about back in the US we had two

Cars and Antoine and I drove everywhere and that’s not very common in France culturally speaking French people will commute by train and do a lot more walking or travel with their bike or scooter I often see elderly people rolling large shopping carts far away from stores moving and exercise is a

Normal part of every day here and when the French travel it’s common to get off the train and walk with luggage to their hotels rather than taking a taxi or Uber 15 to 30 minutes walk is nothing here the next unspoken rule has to do with

Driving in France I was recently back in Miami driving on I95 and noticed that the 70 mph speed limit wasn’t respected at all the average speed was more like 80 Mi with many cars going easily 85 to 90 mph that’s not the case here in Paris

Here the speed limit is one of the rules that French people respect not because they want to but because you have speed Radars everywhere that will flash your car and issue an automated tickets I got nailed three or four times after we moved here because I wasn’t paying

Attention you won’t even know that until you get back home and receive a letter from your car rental company that you owe them €75 for a speeding ticket that you got there’s not a huge room for error if it says 50 km per hour you better make sure you don’t go over the

Speed limit oh and another thing don’t rent a car in Paris it’s a nightmare to drive to Park and to get around but to discover the rest of France driving is awesome rent a car at the airport and avoid driving in Paris at all cost another unspoken rule in France is about

Recycling here it’s really important and everyone does it we’re used to having paper straws and Wooden Forks and I’ve had more than a few conversations here about single-use Plastics than I’ve ever had in the US it’s not just with activists there’s an overall unspoken rule about being mindful to not waste

Resources and fill landfills so if you want to blend when you’re in Paris be mindful about the environment and you’ll find receptacles all over town like you will right here in this park where you’ll see yellow lids for the recycling stuff and the green Lids just for trash

And finally an unspoken rule about visiting Paris the city of light and surrounding suburbs is home to over 12 million people the parisians you’ll encounter are going to work picking up the kids from school going to the doctor or trying to rush home after a long working day and parisians are very proud

Of their City their Heritage their culture and they’re delighted to share it with you but Paris is not a theme park Versa and Lulu Museum are very exciting when you get there for the first time even me after 3 years living here I am still in awe with the

Architecture and Rich culture of FRS and I’m always cautious to respect the people and the place yes the baked goods look amazing on display but before you start filming or taking pictures you may want to ask first they usually don’t mind but appreciate the request and sometime they’ll say okay take pictures

But please don’t take pictures of me I also often see tourists blocking the way of parisians trying to get by completely oblivious to their surroundings so when you somewhere in Paris and you’re looking around make sure to stand to the side and let the people go through if

You like this video on unspoken rules next I would watch this one with etiquette and how to order in a French restaurant