- Oight!
- Sun, Sex and Suspicious Parents
like it's...
- What you say?
- (yelling) Steve!
- Yes!
- Hi, I'm Tom from the UK.
Land of Wimbledon, lager and national insurance numbers.
- And I'm Jeff from the U.S.
Land of tailgating, spring break and free refills.
- And this is Brits versus Americans.
Where we deep dive into cultural differences
between our countries.
- And today we're going to be talking about
- Vacations!
- Also known as holidays for you guys.
- Yeah, holibobs,
- Vacay.
- You know jollies,
- Girls trip.
There are fundamental differences in the ways
that we go on holiday or that we vacation.
And I think it's important that we sit down and hash it out.
- Yeah even just starting with the term vacation.
- Mhmm. So like like we could have called this video's
Brits verse Americans holidays,
but we called the Christmas one that.
- Yes,
because the Christmas season is the holiday season.
- Having biscuits on holiday
is a completely different thing for me
than it is for you.
- All right Tom, if you're going to go travel to the U.S.,
there are some very essential items.
- Wow it's like Christmas.
- Yes Christmas in Summer.
- What have we got?
We've got a,
- Oh fabulous!
- This is a vacation staple.
If you're going to a place with a pool,
you need your floaties.
- Oh my god this is sick!
(gasps)
Its like a doughnut!
Wait can I blow it up, this might take a while.
- It's going to take you days.
- Okay I fill it later. - And what's on the donut?
- Sprinkles!
- Sprinkles huh?
- Hundreds and thousands.
- Ah gotcha!
- Next we have,
A ball?
- Yeah, it's like a little hacky sacks at you.
- Is this what a hacky sack is?
- Kind of, this is kind of like what a hacky sack is,
but it's just,
I can't play sports.
(Tom laughs)
- What, in case you forget?
- In case anyone didn't know you were American,
some sort of flag.
Now I wouldn't normally bring an actual flag to the beach,
but for like a Memorial day or 4th of July.
- I would happily...
I would stick this in the sand.
Just to kind of feel something.
Interesting that you included this.
Carrot oil with tan extender,
original, deep tanning, no sunscreen.
Oh my god!
- So the emphasis on that is
tan extender, no sunscreen.
- No sunscreen.
- Americans like to deep fry their skin
as much as possible.
- Smells beautiful, wow!
- Not healthy.
Do not recommend!
- It does smell good though.
- Dogs!
- It wouldn't be an American trip to the beach
without an actual barbecue grill out.
- This is such a politely sized pack of hot dogs.
Normally its like triple this size.
This is the gift the travel size.
- Yeah that's the UK size - Right, right.
And then finally last but certainly not least
we have a variety pack of White Claw.
- Oh yes.
Now White Claw is a new thing.
These have come up just a,
recently in the past few years.
But it's our version of Tinnies.
- Yes.
- We don't have Tinnies in the U.S.
- Of course.
- The closest not vodka,
but it's like malt something.
- [Tom] Yeah it's like 95 calories.
It's got no artificial sweeteners.
It's gluten-free.
- Ain't no laws when you're drinking Claws.
- Yes!
I just got to ask
I know there's like a,
like a rhyme.
- That's a real.
- So the first thing
that's the most obvious discussion topic
is destination.
There are literal areas of Spain
that are like well-known for being like
inundated with British people in the summer time.
Because it's so close you know, you can get a flight to over
for like less than a hundred quid.
Whereas I feel like in the States, if you going to Spain,
that would be like, ooh!
- First we need to remember
Americans only get about 10 days of vacation.
- Oh yeah!
- So because there isn't that much holiday time,
it really limits how far you can go.
- Sure.
- You're not going to travel eight to 10 hours
on a plane to come to Europe.
When you can probably only go for a weekend
or a week, you know.
If you want to do a two week trip
that's about your holiday for the year.
That's why most Americans travel within
the United States themselves.
Often go to the shore in Maryland,
we would go to the Jersey shore,
we would go up to New York.
We would visit family in Boston.
We would, you know,
the big trip was California,
like going from Maryland to California,
six hour flight.
- I mean that is pretty far six hour flight to be fair.
I think it also seems less far 'cause it's the same country.
Like if you were to get a six hour flight from the UK,
you probably get like decently way through Africa.
When I was researching this video
I found out that only 40% of Americans have passports.
- That doesn't surprise me.
I didn't get a passport until I was 20.
- That's insane!
- It was.
- That is so weird.
- But you don't need that, because first of all,
the U.S. is huge.
So there's a lot of places to go within the U.S.
We have our mountains, we have our beaches.
We have like incredible national parks.
You know, the Redwood Forest in California,
Grand Canyon.
You know deserts,
even just like random other sites,
like Mt Rushmore, like historical things.
Obviously you're not seeing the world,
you're not getting any culture,
you're not trying like international cuisines,
you're not hearing other languages,
you're not meeting international people.
It does sound way cooler to be like,
oh, I'm going to a lake in Italy,
I'm going skiing in France,
weekend trip to Copenhagen.
Something that I found the most interesting.
So when I moved to the UK
and people found out I was from the U.S.
I would say nine out of 10 people
that had been to the U.S.
had been to one state.
- Oh, really?
- And what state do you think that would be?
- New York?
California?
- No. The majority of Brits who have been to the U.S.
have been to Florida.
- 'Cause they've gone to Disneyland.
- Which I just find fascinating.
I'm like, come on!
There are so many better places to go than Florida.
- Yeah.
- Jeff, it's all well and good
discussing how British holidays
but I think you really need to experience it.
So this is for you.
So if you're going to go on holiday,
this is the essentials that you would need.
- I'm interested to see how this compares to what I got you.
A trashy magazine!
- [Tome] Who's on here? I feel bad for these people.
- We've got some Meghan Markle of course.
- Victoria Beckham.
- Of course.
That is Louise Redknapp.
- Never heard of her.
So yeah lots of a British celebs
I have never really heard of.
- Hard hitting journalism.
Well you know what?
You need to study up.
- Okay, looking forward to that.
- Yeah.
- We have got...
- So, you see
if you're anything like me,
you may not tan for real
when you go on holiday.
So you're gonna need to, to pretend.
- Stop it and what's this? You put this on here.
- You've never used fake tan? - No.
- No it's, it's foamy.
Put on about three things and you, you...
never fake tan before?
- I've been to a spray tan where they do it for me.
- And most importantly,
we have our Stella.
This is interesting to me because in America,
Stella is a classy beer.
- [Tom] Yes! What?!
- [Jeff] If I want to feel rich
I get a Stella.
- Are you serious? - Yeah.
- So that's like imported...
- It comes in a nicer glass at the bar
its like a nicer bottle.
I am gonna take the beers
- Yup.
- And you can have the rest.
- As an American,
I've find that a lot of times
British people are quite embarrassed by Americans.
They find us loud,
they find us obnoxious.
Therefore when I'm traveling in Spain,
I feel a lot more home
because everyone isn't looking at the Americans.
They're looking at the Brits.
- Oh no!
The Brits abroad.
- Sun, Sex and Suspicious Parents.
Like it's...
- What you say?
- That's a TV show on BBC3,
or it was...
These, you know 18s, 17-18 year old boys mainly
would like go on a first lads holiday.
But they wouldn't know that their parents were watching
like from afar.
- For the Americans watching,
what is Brits abroad?
- Okay.
Brits abroad is kind of the casual term
for the way that people from the UK behave
when we go on holiday.
And its not everyone
but it is
a notable contingent.
In the...
People will go to Spain
or elsewhere, but mainly Spain
and just get really, really rowdy.
And there are select places
amongst kind of the European continent
which tend to kind of like
cater to encourage this behavior the most.
You got like
Magaluf,
Ayia Napa,
Zante,
Kos,
the Sunny Beach in Bulgaria,
that's a big one.
- Americans
you can just hear from a mile away.
- Right, okay that's the difference.
- I remember vividly
I was watching a beautiful sunset
in Santorini with some friends.
One family
stopped right in front of us
all talked the entire time.
Didn't care that there were
people behind them watching the sunset
clearly blocked it all.
And I was like, this is why they hate us.
They were just so unaware of surroundings.
- Right.
- And the second was this couple walked by.
The girl stopped to take a selfie the guy kept walking.
Super quiet, everyone is like really peaceful.
This girl got up,
(shouting) "Steve!"
"Steve I wanted to take a (beep) picture, don't walk off!"
- Oh my god!
- And like everyone just like staring.
And I was like, Oh my god!
So, I get it we are loud.
- I think a good way to describing it
is maybe like the Americans are annoying
at the start of the night,
and the Brits are gonna get worst towards the end.
- Yup.
So everybody! Ladies and gentlemen!
Please welcome to the stage
American Tom!
Yes, oh my god!
Tom, you look so good!
- Yeah you know its suppose to be wrong
but it just feels right.
- Oh my gaw, I love it!
- I'm gonna Claw up.
- Yes the best at the beach.
- Cheer!
- All right
So, Tom do a little spin for us please.
Yes!
Okay
So, what we are rocking
from head to toe.
First of course, the visor
it gets sunny out there.
We need to block the sun,
we also need to look like douchebag.
We got the cheap sunglasses that you bought at the beach.
We got the American flag 'cause why not.
We have the very most important staple
that I still wear to this day,
is the shell necklace.
We got the Vans tank,
we got the long boardies
that are way too big.
We got the Vans
and of course most importantly
we got the White Claw.
I'm so confused right now.
- I feel like maybe this is more,
maybe more like this
- Yeah maybe that action.
Oh, it just works!
- Its just good.
- While we mention those cities
you were chatting of a bunch of like
lads holidays.
- Talking about lads holidays
there is another specific kind of
kind of rowdy holiday that you guys do partake in.
Which is
(shouts) Spring break!
- Spring break
is a real, real, real thing.
Spring break is basically our version of half term.
Its when we have a break in between the semester,
where there is a week off.
And because we don't get to vacation very often,
because we don't get many vacation days
or breaks in school
that one week we go nuts.
- Got it, got it
- At senior year of college,
my last year in school
I went to Cancun.
My friends and I did the whole Cancun Spring Break.
We got like all inclusive, stayed in a resort
and we did everything.
- Is it like,
I imagine it to be like loads of cheap tequila.
- Lots of cheap tequila,
every restaurants you walk into, every bar you walk into
like tequila-like water guns
they're spraying into your mouth.
Senor Frogs have like a water slide that you like went up to
at the top of the stairs to the bathroom.
I got my eyebrow pierced
on the steps up to the slide
and then did the slide.
So I had my eyebrow pierced for three weeks
from Senor Frogs
- Senor Frogs is the...
- Senor Frogs.
- Okay.
So without further ado,
I give you British Jeff.
- (Brit accent) Oight.
- Wow, would you look at this?
Look at you go.
This is great!
- Look at it, love it!
- From top to bottom we got
the sunblock on the nose.
Its kind of a legacy British look but its something I think
happens often enough.
And lets be honest, this is quite funny.
- Yeah.
- We then have the kind of like
cut off kind of flannel shirt here.
Suns out, guns out.
That's a big British thing.
The cross body bum bag
is a very important item.
Does it have anything in it? Probably not.
We'll never tell.
Then we have some kind of pattern short.
Very short on the leg.
I think this is a fabulous short length for a man.
And of course we finish it up
with some lovely sliders.
- The shorts are very short, I like it.
My inseam definitely go shorter
moving from California to the UK.
Doesn't leave much to the imagination but that's fine.
- Its absolutely fine. - I see the benefit of this.
If you're gonna have shorts this short
that barely have pockets
- Yeah exactly.
- You gotta keep your stuff somewhere. Crack open a Stella
and read some gossip.
Oh my god she didn't?!
- Oh she did.
- No!
Can you believe?
- Bravo Jeff!
- (imitates Brit accent) I can't, I literally
I literally can't.
- Tom you know I can do these for days.
I feel like, yet again, we've only scratched the surface.
And all I wanna do is go on vacation.
- Yeah I just want to catch a flight
somewhere far, far away.
Maybe to Disney world.
- Maybe to Benidorm.
If you're watching this video,
definitely let us know what other differences
that we might have missed.
- And until then
I'll see you in Florida.
- Spring break!!
- Hoo!