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I am not a world traveler - so it would freak me out a lot if I went to say a Marriott and no one spoke English

Posted by Epiphany (aka Epiphany) Sep 16 '09, 14:54

if they *hardly* spoke English. I would be okay with that. but I would want to know before I went if they did or did not.

I would suspect more worldly travelers have more experience and comfort level on how to deal with this when/if they run into it.

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I can't imagine this happening at a Marriott, Hilton, etc. The clerks are normally rather fluent. - ty97 Sep 16, 14:55 11
- I stayed at a boutique in Puerta Vallerta - we made sure someone could talk to us before we booked - Epiphany Sep 16, 14:58 2
  - I can teach you... -- nm - con_carne Sep 16, 14:59 1
    - with BEEF! see, I am getting the hang of it. - Epiphany Sep 16, 15:05
- yeah, at a big American chain it would be a requirement. -- nm - loosilu Sep 16, 14:56 7
  - I'm trying to recall any hotel I've stayed at where I could say the clerk 'hardly spoke English' and can't think of one. - ty97 Sep 16, 14:57 6
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      - Yep, for work. I've never traveled outside the US on a non-work trip. - ty97 Sep 16, 15:00 3
        
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        you're thinking of the wrong cherry. - ty97 Sep 16, 15:13 1
        
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    - it happened to me at a tiny family-run place in Madrid. that's when I pulled out my barely existent Spanish. Even then the owner woke up his son who - loosilu Sep 16, 14:58

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