Travel Clichés To Die For

How many times have you been traveling and just wanted to shake a stick at your tour guide or one of the locals for using that same cliché you've heard a thousand times? Does it ever make you want to throw out the baby with the bathwater? Well, we put our ears to the ground and polled the editors at 10Best for their favorite – and least favorite – travel clichés. After a long list of clichés, we put our hand to the plow and narrowed them down to our 10 favorites.

1. The French are Rude. For most American tourists, "France" actually means "Paris." When they visit they usually do so loudly and with little to no awareness of local customs.

2. Culture Vulture. Don't you hate it when people take two completely opposite things and put them together? Similar to fruit cake, they just don't go together.

3. Within Walking Distance. Everything has been within walking distance since the beginning of time. Can we get a better definition of this term... or at least an agreed-upon mileage?

4. Been there, got the t-shirt. It's just a rumor that airport security detains travelers coming back from New York without an "I Love NY" t-shirt. But don't think you can leave London sans a "Mind the Gap" crew-neck.

5. This place oozes with (insert adjective). My car engine oozes and sewers ooze, but nothing on my vacation should be oozing.

6. Living la vida local. It's shocking that adding one letter to the end of a word completely changes the meaning of a phrase but makes it no less annoying.

7. When in Rome, do as the Romans do. Now does this mean that we should all dress up as Roman centurions, and carry around swords and shields?     

8. I know this great local restaurant. Everybody knows this great local restaurant. Have you ever heard anyone tell you about "this horrible local restaurant"?

9. For a taste of history. I can't taste history, so don't lead me to believe that my trip to the national museum in Beijing will include a tour that ends with a buffet.

10. What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas. Maybe they should change this to what happens in Vegas, goes on your Facebook profile!