Austrian Visiting Manners

This is important for a visitor to a new culture that he should learn about manners first. Any culture based country or city will demand some manners from a visitor so visiting and eating manners are basics. In this app, Austrian culture, visiting manners are described with helping clip-arts.

Some of those manners are:

>> Guests are expected to offer to remove their shoes when entering a home. Hosts may provide a pair of house slippers to keep guests’ feet warm. It is also acceptable to simply wear one’s socks after removing shoes.

>> Dropping by someone's home is considered impolite. Rather, people make arrangements in advance or telephone before an impromptu visit.

>> Should the host leave the room for a moment, they will usually offer guests something to occupy themselves (such as a book) until they can return.

>> When invited to visit someone’s home, guests are usually expected to bring flowers, chocolates, alcohol or a small gift appropriate for the occasion, such as a handcrafted item.

>> As a general rule of thumb, gifts should be moderate in price and not lavish or excessive.

>> People will sometimes give gifts to their friend’s children rather than their friend.