Graham Family Reacts To Biggest Mistakes Tourists Make in the USA 

Love watching yalls dynamic and time spent together! Great family!

The advice about insurance is valid regardless of where you travel outside your home area.

One thing that I wanted to clarify that his wife mentioned… most of the time, as you drive from state to state on the highway, there is usually a place to pull over at the state borders. These are Information Centers that have maps and brochures about the state you are entering. There is always someone that is well informed about things happening in their state.

23:27 Mark! A belated "Gesundheit!"

In many states, it is a LAW that EVERYONE must present ID when buying cigarettes or alcohol.

The picture with the covered wagon is western Nebraska.

I'm new to this channel but I really enjoy the whole family atmosphere and the kids are quite respectful, which is refreshing. Keep creating great content and I'll keep watching. A Texan in Arizona. 🌪️🌵❣️

That one mountain sculpture you asked about is the Crazy Horse Monument. It is in South Dakota very near to Mt. Rushmore but is a gazillion times larger than Rushmore. It is in honor of a famous Native American Indian Chief named Crazy Horse. The sculpting is so big that it was begun in 1948, and when we visited it around 2000, the young tour guide told us that even his future grandchildren's generation would still not be finished with it! It is a beautiful work still in progress.

Crater Lake in Oregon is pretty awesome in July, then you could go east and hit the 101 on the coast after that, and either check out Cali to the south, or go north and check out Washington.

7:19 The Riverwalk in Tampa was shown. The water you saw was the Hillsborough River in downtown Tampa. The Riverwalk is crowded with residents and visitors, and lots of boats. Tampa is great..

Just a heads up. A lot of times you can by a city pass and it will include entry to different places in the city for one price. Also our national parks (the ones that cost) you can usually find a pass for those and get into all of them for one price. We always get the park pass and it saves a ton of money.

I was so surprised to see the part about Elder Mill covered bridge. It's only a couple hundred yards from my house on Elder Mill Road.

About the national parks. You need to check with each park you plan on visiting to see if you need reservations. Some of the busier parks have a limit on how many people they allow in each day. I have friends who are currently on a 12 week tour of the western states and they had to make reservations for several parks.

If you're wanting to do alot of driving, check out the "scenic highways". Also the Blueridge Parkway is a famtastic multi day drive along the appalachian mountains.

I would like to see someone give a video tour of their area.

I love Cog Hill Farm! So happy to hear you mention them ❤

I agree with him that visiting tourist attractions off season. One it’s less crowded so shorter to no wait times. Also many places will actually run deals and discounts off season as well. Weather is definitely another consideration. At my job, when I tell guests about other activities we have sometimes they ask the best time to go and I will straight tell them to avoid weekends and avoid holidays.

Yes good idea to get travel health insurance!

When you're looking at Mount Rushmore from left to right it's George Washington our first President, Thomas Jefferson our 3rd President, Theodore Roosevelt our 26th President, and Abraham Lincoln our 16th President.

I got asked for ID at a club last year. I'm 62.

For what it’s worth, I enjoyed the longer video!

I agree totally with what he says @ 6.28. It's so frustrating to see vloggers visiting the USA for the first time, and all they seem to do is go to Walmart, Target, and a bunch of corporate owned chain restaurants. You can do so much better.

I'm a Canuck, a proud Icelandic Canadian, who enjoys 2 official languages, English and French, and citizens who freely speak another 200 different languages. We Canadians encourage new immigrants to maintain their cultural heritage as it adds value to our overall cultural heritage. Canada's immigration policies differ widely from those of our neighbours to the south.

In late August through September/October OBX, North Carolina is best. The local tourist season is slowing down and the weather/water is still warm enough to enjoy. During that time a lot of the local shops may be having their yearly sales, and hotel prices start to go back down.

Oh! I didn't know he had been to Slovakia. That's awesome! I will definitely go watch that. Thank you!

Visit the north in the summer and the south in winter

I had to show a photo Id to buy NyQuil.

The "Visitors Centers" are great sources of tourist information about lesser-known places and things. There is usually one at every state line. So as soon as you cross from Georgia into South Carolina, the 1st "rest area" will have lots of pamphlets which are great for the kids to take back and share with the class. In my example, you might fight out about Hilton Head Island, Charleston Mrytle Beach, some lesser know museums or sites, places to go for fun, to stay a night or two, etc., etc. Don't NOT visit a "Visitors center" which is what is sounded like they were suggesting.

with all the stuff going on world wide you all be safe God bless

New River Gorge Bridge in West Virginia. You gotta visit that area.

Did you get free refills at the American restaurant?

Pacific Northwest could be a good place to visit during that time of year ❤

If you're coming in August, I'd pick somewhere up north to go. It'll be hot as hell in the Southeast and Southwest.

If you are looking for deals, there are usually visitor centers when you enter each state. They are located close to the border on major highways. They will have brochures, coupons and discounts for restaurants/attractions/hotels...

Best ribs don’t even need sauce.

The US is a melting pot. People are accustomed to accents and hearing other languages. Even though we can't understand the words, we can understand the meaning.

Hope you're doing well! Something for the Kids to remember the names of the Great Lakes is " HOMES" H-Huron, O- Ontario, M- Michigan, E- ERIE, S-SUPERIOR

Visiting Minnesota we would love to have you. The mall of America in Bloomington would be an experience. Plus lots of local festivals all summer long, almost all towns have an event. Praying all is well on your travels both health and safety!

San Diego, CA has good weather most of the year. Lots of things to do here too. We are a couple hours away from Disneyland, Universal Studios and Knox Berry Farm. A drive up the coast highway is a nice drive with things to do and see along the way.

You guys should react to a Canadian supermarket tour

Tech. you can make a LEFT on Red (if going from a ONE WAY onto another ONE WAY -it's all about not crossing Infront of oncoming traffic. Right on Red and Left from a 1 way - you are merging and not crossing.

The best months to visit New Orleans are November and April. Generally, all of Winter is good.

New Years at Disney World is awesome but it is extremely busy. I would do it again.

Rocky Mtn National Park in Colorado great place

Yeah, if you don't tip... don't go back, or your food might get some extra seasoning in the kitchen next time. LOL

Hopefully you'll go up north when you come to America. Otherwise, if you come in July or August it could be miserable. I live in Kentucky which is kind of centrally located north to south and this is the best time of year in terms of weather. It's gotten warm but the oppressive humidity doesn't generally come around until late May or mid-June but it sticks around until September. It's way worse the farther south you go like Georgia or Florida. This is also the best week to be here in my hometown of Louisville because we welcome in guests from all over the world for Derby week. Of course there's still plenty to do here in the summer but there's nothing like the week before the Kentucky Derby with all the festival events and out of town guests.

Another great video! We, as part of the family, love when you guys "carry on", shows each of your personalities! ❤

If its winter in New York, its summer in Florida. The best time to visit Disney in Florida is New Year's Day, January 1st. I did and it was not crowded.

If you ever come to Phoenix definitely avoid the summer months

Collard greens taste nothing like spinach😊

Texas is hot during the summer,but I think you guys would still love it

Choose a region, if in August I think a lot of rodeos are in north west I'm fairly sure every state has a water park , zoo & places for picnicking.❤

7:48 Mark! (Or close enough!) Howdy! 🤠 When you say "film" do you really mean that you still use an MPF camera that requires film development processing? (I've always wanted one!) Or will you be using a digital video recorder? 🤔

LA is hot in july and august too. Texas in winter is pretty nice imo... at least central Texas, a couple years ago it was 80* F on Christmas day. It was awesome :)

And I love groundhogs! They are actually very sweet! I got the pet the famous Phil the groundhog from Pennsylvania that if he sees his shadow, it’s four more weeks of winter and from the movie Groundhog Day! he was so cute and a fat little sucker! 😂

YEAH! Great to see you guys all together again. Greetings from Pensacola, Florida. 😊

I will be 79 in less than a moth and last week I was asked for proof when we had a 6 pack of beer among our groceries .

If you come over just as the kids get out of school the temperature will be bearable. The desert areas will be very warm but still have cool or ever cold nights. Places to visit in the heat of summer would be the Upper pensula of Michigan, inter mountain areas of the Rocky Mountains or Cascades. And anywhere along the Pacific Ocean. Going 20 miles in from the Pacific & some areas are scorching hot. Likewise the winters can be really brutal. I have been to Yellowstone in winter (most is closed off) but I don't think you want to try that either.

8:44 Tipping is odd. I am a very good tipper now. I don't eat out much and when I do its takeout. Some places I go to once a month remember me. Tipping makes you feel good.

In the summer go to Chicago and Michigan or Seattle.

You can turn right on a red light in New Mexico, if you can't it's well marked.

You are such a lovely family. We Americans will see that first and foremost. Everything else is secondary.

In July and august the northern states are probably better to visit so you’re not in crazy heat if you guys want to be out all day doing things. Some places in the north still get really hot and humid just not as bad as the south usually.

Looking at Mt. Rushmore from left to right are George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt & Abraham Lincoln. Have a great day 😊.

I nice scenic tip. If traveling most every state in the U.S. there is something called Scenic Byways. You can get a scenic byway atlas for the united states that gives you more scenic roads other than major highways where you find all of that U.S Charm. Unfortunately, There isn't any in actual scenic byways in Texas. Although there are millions of old Farm Market roads and others that are away from highways where you can find that charm.

I would suggest looking into Airbnb vs hotel if you're staying in an area for more than one night.

Take them out of school. Ya really think school will teach more than an International trip will?

Yes please get good insurance, I got good one through work and my hospital stay for 5 days including test and medications etc, bill total was 145000! Insurance paid all but 59.99

Poor little bro had the whole conversation about route sixty six and didn't even get to finish what he started saying lol 😅

Love your family, everyone is so sweet! (unlike that obnoxious other RU-vid family)Look at San Diego CA for your vacation. Lots of places to go and things to see. We stayed at a VRBO on Mission Beach, right on the beach and it was less than 2 hotel rooms would have cost. It was great to just sit and watch the surfers everyday. The Public Transpo was great and got us almost everywhere

Definitely get insurance, I paid $28,000 for an ambulance ride.

That balloon festival is the first week of October in Albuquerque NM. Good time, but kids school. Summer you might want to look at the northern states Utah, Colorado, Washington, or anywhere new England of course Wisconsin & Michigan are nice or Chicago Illinois 😊

I agree with him about the tipping and I would not change the system. My niece can easily make 300.00 a day in tips.

For a week trip, I would pick a central hub location, spend a day to see the main things about that city. 2nd day, pick a direction and drive 50 - 100 miles and explore the local towns/smaller cities, then drive back. 3rd day, pick a different direction and go that way. Do the same as the 2nd day. 4th day, different direction. 5th day, different direction. that's 5 of 7 days. 6th day decide to go back to a location that I wanted to see more, or a special activity. 7th day, relax and explore the hub city's recommended activity. I'll get a better understanding of an area, than just the city. If I scope it all out beforehand, that'll help deciding which town to visit, at what day. I may be able to catch the end/beginning of a festival or fair. Maybe take in a ball game somewhere. There are a number of small town athletic events happening, I'd just have to look. Do the work in the planning stage of the trip and just enjoy myself while there.

I've never stayed anywhere that didn't offer free interest

Check with the schools. Sometimes travel is considered a learning experience. So kids would get credited with visiting other parts of the world, they might need to write about it when they return to get credit (I did say I was a retired teacher, in previous posts *wink*) - maybe it's the same where you are. The school might appreciate the kids come back and share their exp. with the class so instead of counting as "absent. it would count as a "Field Trip" or a Learning vacation.

Glad you all got to experience a lil bit of Americana. 😊 Also, Google warm vacation spots in the united states in whatever month you plan to go. 👍🏾

Dont worry about stopping the video and telling us about your stories. I know I enjoy hearing them.

09:42 ... Regarding medical emergencies. NO hospital in the US can refuse to treat you if you go to the emergency room (ER). It is against the law for them to turn you away at the emergency room. If you go to see a specialist doctor, then yes, you need insurance FIRST, but if you get ill or are in an accident and you go to the ER, they will fix you up, have a specialist look you over and make sure you are stable before releasing you. You might have built up a $200,000 USD medical bill, but they can't KEEP you there until you pay it. They cannot have you arrested for not paying it. You give them your address and tell them to "Mail me the bill". Then you can make arrangements to pay off the bill if you do not have insurance to cover it. So yes, get the traveler's insurance, but do not worry about not affording medical bills. If you go to a hospital and go through the emergency room, they will ask if you have insurance, but they HAVE to treat you no matter what. ... and if you don't pay your medical bill after they have called you a dozen times asking for some payment, tell them you cannot afford it. Too bad for them. (not to get political, but this is how illegal aliens in the US get full medical treatment - they know to just go to the emergency room at a hospital).

Go to the Mountian west in the summer

If you can, I'd rent an RV. You can't see everything in two weeks. One reason why Americans do not visit Europe or Asia, because we have our own sites to explore. For instance, in New England, we have a house called the Dean-Webber-Stevens house, and it is an old house where George Washington met with Rochambeau to plan the Yorktown offensive. It is not as old as homes in Europe, yet it was built in the 1600s. Thats in a town of Wethersfield, Connecticut, just south of Hartford. Nearby it is the oldest operating ferry (Glastonbury - Rocky Hill), the Mark Twain House (and Harriet Beecher Stowe house next door) and the oldest operating Amusement Park, Lake Compouce. I would see you hitting a region of the US, then go online to visit the states in the region (such as in New England, go online to get advice on tourist spots from Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine.) Enjoy your vacation here. We love our country...we might hate the government, but we are friendly.

Always tip in cash at restaurants so the servers get their tip wages the same day instead of having to wait two weeks.

When the kids (we had six) were growing up, we traveled with camping gear. We saved a lot of money by traveling more on back country roads that were much more scenic. It was a bit impulsive, but we met the kindest people by stopping and asking for the nearest hotel and ended up camping in someone's yard or back woods or sleeping in a barn loft with the smell of sweet summer hay, all for free. We sometimes helped with chores to get a breakfast at a farm. We also took vacations during school. Letting teachers know in advance they would have schoolwork prepared ahead for the kids to work on the trip and we also had the kids write reports on historical sites or other interesting things they experienced. They always got credit for being in school if they had all their work done when they returned.

I have only seen three of the Graham family videos so far. Is it in my head or does the dad have a favorite child?

Honestly visiting the south in the summer is not something you should do if you are unaccustomed to high heat and humidity unless you are going to be near the ocean. If you do visit in the summer then I suggest Tennessee. Yes it is still hot, but not as hot as Texas. The Smokey Mountains are fun to explore (of course they are more beautiful in the autumn). You can see Dollywood (Dolly Parton's theme park), Nashville and Memphis are always fun to explore if you want bigger cities, they have all the southern food you can eat. It also several small towns and festivals. I personally enjoy visiting Gatlinburg they have a wonderful 4th of July fireworks display, a midnight parade on the 4th, and they have the River Rigata held on the same day that is also fun. But they have other festivals throughout the year as well. I've visited a few times and have always had a good time.)

Nothing wrong with asking for an extra plate so you can share one meal instead of buying two.

If you come to the USA for a visit, zero in on what state, you want to visit. How long is your planned vacation? If it is one week, go to a smaller state, or one City, Two weeks minimum for larger ones. There is so much to see and do in NYC, Boston, San Franciso, LA, Miami, San Antonio, Washington DC, that is just for starters. If you want to see state and National parks just look up the state for parks. When you decide, if it is Parks, CALL before hand! Okay, some parks are booked one year in advance. If you decide to go to New York city, no need to rent a car. Likewise San Francisco. Other cities have sketchy public transit. For instance the state I just retired to Arkansas has 52 state parks. You could rent a RV and go see some of them in two weeks. You would want to check them out, first. It is all what you decide to do. A fun "Orlando Disney" type. A fun History type. A fun just see recognized sites... etc. Plan ahead. Sorry so long. Love your videos. Take care, Be healthy!

There is not a lot in Wyoming to see unless you’re going to Yellowstone national Park, which is awesome and it borders states and not very far from San Francisco California and Las Vegas, Nevada

I traveled a lot for business . When I retired I had more than a MILLION [oints on my American Express card.

That looks like it was the national train Amtrak it goes all over the country?

August is hot 🥵 check the weather forecast and temperatures for locations before you come to America ! It will help you enjoy your trip better !

I worked in a small store and if you got caught selling to minor Oregon would revoke you license to sell alcohol. A large percentage of the stores revenue is in beer and wine, so some stores would have to close if they lose their license.

Disney World is OUTRAGEOUS EXPENSIVE?

In the US, Texas winter isn’t Winter. It literally can be in 90s on Christmas Day Dec 25th. If it is really cold in Slovakia in December then I say you’ll love Texas. My joke to people who live in really cold weather is Do you want to know how we heat our homes in winter here Texas, we open the back door. We have our A/C on maybe 50 weeks a year. We barely use the heater. Also San Antonio’s Riverwalk is pretty at Christmas. Also we have a major College Football Bowl Game the AlamoBowl at the end of December

In the south anyway, tipping your grocery bagger is common. In a hick town anyway.

If you get collard greens make sure you sprinkle some vinegar on them! (If you like vinegar) Also, kudos for Red Dead Redemption I love that game too.

Jono its been sooo long of people telling you to stop apologizing for stopping it. Most of us have already seen the video you are watching but we're watching because we want to hear what YOU ALL have to say. Tell us what youre all thinking...its why we're here!

Most people jump on the interstate an drive from big city to big city. Thats a great way to get somewhere in a hurry, but its like taking a plane. You dont see anything between them. The federal highway system is for when you want to see things. You clearly know one of those roads, US Route 66. That's east to west in the middle of the country. US Route 41 is north to south from Miami Florida to the upper peninsula of Michigan. US Route 1 runs from Keywest Florida to the northern tip of Maine, some states it runs right beside the beach. US Route 101 is the equivalent for the west coast. U.S. Route 11 is from New Orleans to the Canada boarder with New York State. Much of that drive is following the Appalachian Mountains. Any one of these will take you through hundreds of small towns that most tourists never see. Towns that get enough outsiders to not be surprised by you, but so few, you are likely the only one most locals will talk to that day. But they also go through the heart of the big cites. Find places you want to see an see what US prefix highway connects them. But remember, that will make our long drives longer. I-75 from Chattanooga to Atlanta is about 2 hours. Same drive on US Route 41 is 3 hours 30 minutes. An that's if you dont get distracted an stop a lot.

If you go to a hospital in us they have to treat you and they cannot forclose on you if you make an attempt to pay 5 dollars a month

I have suggested before: Every state has a visitors' bureau. You will probably need to do it online, but check each one for an events calendar. A lot of small towns have festivals to celebrate different cultures or local holidays. Find out what is going on during your visit.