Are Europeans Afraid To Travel to the U.S.? I Asked Them
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I asked citizens of the UK, Canada, Germany, and the Netherlands how they feel about travel to the US based on recent news headlines about the decline of US tourism from abroad. Their answers surprised me! Watch next: The Collapse of U.S. Tourism (and Why Americans Are Fleeing) https://youtu.be/G8EgP59iCVw
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What bunch of snowflakes
Watch next: 👀
1 https://youtu.be/G8EgP59iCVw
As an American, it's discouraging that Trump is so instrumental in shaping the travel plans for many of these very fine Europeans. FDT
2 https://youtu.be/bcpO4vaTc5M
3 https://youtu.be/SZjMfZ-ELF0
Imagine being so dumb that you base your travel decisions on what you see in the biased, sensationalized media. Each country is full of great sites and wonderful people despite their governments.
4 https://youtu.be/vk-5bg-woWI
5 https://youtu.be/OhMZKK4Disc
The fear is REAL. Don't risk being detained and deported for no reason. SAVE YOUR MONEY – go somewhere else. My personal story. I've been traveling to the US for over 30 years, taking over 50 trips. Recreational activities: visiting museums, nature reserves, etc. I never overstayed my visas, normally coming for a couple weeks to a month. This year (2026), I flew to the US on a valid visa, which I received in 2025, planning to spend a few days with my friends and take a cruise back to Europe. After landing in the US, they held me at passport control for over 14 hours, asking questions, making ridiculous arguments about me being "too connected to the US," revoked my visa, and banned me from entering the US for 5 years, and put me back on the return flight. They even had the audacity to tell me "You can reapply for a US visa in 5 years." Yes, right, I am that stupid to do this after I was spat in the face. I will NEVER go to the US after that "special welcome". I obviously lost all the money I spent on the trip. Americans, "enjoy" your America ALONE.
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
Taking a 5-year pause on America. No holidays, no goods, no services, encouraging others to do the same. Publicise abuse, corruption, illegality, secrecy, bought influence, connections.
0:25 Celine & Inge (UK & Netherlands)
2:00 Corey (Den Bosch)
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3:49 Saskia (Haarlem)
4:54 Utrecht Local
The entire world is avoiding the US, especially Canadians!
7:50 Amsterdam Schiphol
8:15 Sandro (Germany)
I am Born in the United States but now live in Croatia for over five years. I left to get married, but the Cost of living and health insurance is too High, and IT has too much crime. Croatia is a beautiful country and very safe. Its expensive Here too but not Like America. I never wish to go back to the States.
9:11 Anna (Canada)
10:09 Dutch Family (NL)
Let's keep the Riff Raff out!!!
11:30 Ernest (NL)
12:47 De Bruin (Holland)
Never in USA
Canada..yes ...OK
USA ....NEVER ..
13:59 Final Tally
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We are not afraid. We are angry at your government. Buy what United States is selling, give them bullets to use on you.
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All these crazy excuses these people make 😂 The US literally doesn't want these types of people here and they probably know that
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Wow I didn't know Europeeons were so ignorant
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#europe #travel #usa
Quite a few places I wouldn't want to travel to in Europe either to be fair.
More User Perspectives
Long before I was afraid to go to the US I was UNWILLING to go to the US. It has been a pariah for 10 years IMO.
@occamraiserNo more travelling to the usa and no more buying usa products.
This is not a boycott anymore, it's a permanent change.
Fear doesn't come into it.
@martianmuppetUSA 🚫
@transparent6748European living here for44 years. The fear is real!!!
@Freedom-j4lNo one in their sane mind would travel to the US today.
@danielracovitan9779Boycott the USA in every way. The more you boycott, the less you support the Nazi regime in the USA.
@youdelidu2010American here and we are actually moving to Norway
@shanenicole9552short awnser YES but not out of fear it's just out of sheer contempt on the US of it's behavior even since the end of world war 2 towards europe . first bleeding europe from it's financial resources during the war and after the war continued to this day never treating europe as equals or partners let alone as friends . beside visiting the US is like trying russian roullette you know you go in upright but have 90 percent chance of leaving it in a body bag or coffin the US isn't worth the squeeze and any european going to the US needs a proffesional mental check up .
@MichaelDinnewethThe United States is extremely overrated and has fallen from what it once was.
Sincerely,
An American
Silly and totally stupid. What you get when you ASSUME!!!! Total ignorance on display!!!
@Bearfacts01It is more they cannot admit they cannot afford than they are afraid to travel.
@TheStanfordKidGood this is exactly what we want... we are not an open border anymore GTFO!!
@crandonborthWhen praperanda takes hold.
@EdwardLewis-xs5xrWhy Europeans don't go to the US: gun violence, blatant and widespread crime in public spaces, thousands of homeless people and heavy addicts on the streets, the arbitrary admission policy for decent people while illegal immigrants walk into the US without problems, the culture of the population that we oppose, there is so much to mention.
It's not fear, it's more a form of disgust.
I'm a Canadian who had been to the US back when all you need was ID ( driver's license ). Now, you need a passport, and the Canadian government has issued a level 2 travel advisory due to increased border security and the examination of electronic devices.
@alanmacificationDuh? Don’t you think people you insult and berate won’t feel kindly to you? Is this worth a whole episode.
@isacr4063The fellow with the wine glass is liar
@fcawfdemWe live in a beautiful country that isn't overrun by illigals thanks to trump. The media makes it seem so much worse than it is. From what i see of Europe it's overrun by middle eastern people and the cities smell terrible and are littered with trash and pickpockets. Again the Media portrays each country as terrible. I live in a modest home with a panoramic view of the Mountains stretching 12,000 FT at the peaks. Clean City, low crime, my neighbors have horses and the town settles after 10pm. It doesn't bother us that foreign people aren't visiting, we enjoy our peaceful existence and couldn't care less what others think about us. I can go snowboarding one day and drive a few hours to go surfing the next. I love my country and it's endless expanse of beauty and individuality. The media portrays endless crowds of bitter gloomy people in Europe and that sounds depressing.
@westcoastvibes9154Some of these comments are overreacting. Yes, the US has been much less lenient for people entering, but they certainly do not track European’s social media. Remember that the 6 Germans who got deported are still a tiny fraction of a percent of the thousands who visited.
@TroyBoy25US defender:one of our historical buildings are mcdonald💔
@kos.nane.isrealTo be fair I will not put feet in the netherlands again until they fix their integration problem. Nl is by far europes most toxic place. Opinion from switzerland
@90cpte60What happens if you get sick or have an accident in a country without a proper health system.
@ianbeddowes5362People from UK is very racist against Prince Harry's wife you hate the wife. USA president Trump's asked about Meghan is doing against the UK is very toxic of biracial of Prince Harry. TSA has to be searched by policy's in America airports. That's why he put a banned 🚫 the residents that hate disabled people who visited the UK and prince Harry wife.
@LynnDeatherage-q3kThe world is boycotting travelling to the usa and their products.
“The most beautiful word in the dictionary is” BOYCOTT.
In the 19th century Irish land war, Captain Charles Boycott, a British land agent, evicted tenants in County Mayo, Ireland.
Irish farmers protested by refusing to work, trade and provide him services.
This became a boycott, showing extensive nonviolent resistance and strong social protest.
Simple fear, random travelers are being turned away at the airport. The fastest flight is 9 hours, just to have to take another 9 hour flight back. loss of 18 hours of your life just because an ICE/CBP agent doesn't like you, or something they found by scanning your phone upon arrival. It's an economic decision first.
Further fear, being incarcerated with no way to contact friends, family, lawyers, or consulate. CBP/ICE agents believing only US citizens have rights, when in all legal precedent anyone on American soil is subject to the rules/rights outlined by the constitution, federal, state, and local law.
I´m not afraid of visiting the US. I just don´t want to go there. I wouldn´t know who to talk to, considering that about 40 % of the US americans proved themselves to be poorly educated, xenophobic, mysogonistic racists.
@femaleonthewatchHa laughable good, it's ashame they won't send foreigners back in the uk
@KimberleyStratfordbased in Aus, I dont have a problem with Trump (although he's not a great leader), but the USA in general is just such a sh!t country. would much rather visit Europe.
@RoyalFroggyFriendsWhy would we want to go to the US ? We have a better life in Europe, it's just a nicer place to be.
@01jvbPlease dont come here. We dont want you .
@nik1128Drumpf has the personality of a spoiled brat that was never told "NO", the empathy of a rattlesnake and the character of a graverobber!
@LaurieWood-w7yYou couldn't get me to go NEAR the USA, not for the Deeds to Manhattan Island AND the Keys to Fort Knox!
A Nation that worships a Felon and votes for Thieves, Cultists and Bigots, that spends more on guns and ammo than on schoolbooks or feeding children, that allows them to be unalived on a weekly basis, abuses women and strips them of their Rights & Protections, that supports every Genocidal Regime in the World, that bullies everyone, even its allies, that has polluted, poisoned and perverted Paradise for centuries!
Hell no, I won't go, not for all the tea in Boston Harbour!
Who wants to voluntarily go to a country where we are not welcome?
@dral9971