Velo Quebec-a great company/Eastern Twshps & Vermont

[shootingstar]

Hello all,
Being cheap, I found a nonprofit quebec based cycle tourism outfit. I can full heartedly recommend Velo Quebec - caveat - most people are French speakers so bring a friend if your french is shaky. I went anyway without any french and made them speak English. They were really nice people.

Perhaps Grog, TE member here since she is from Montreal area and her first language is French, she might be in a better position to comment about the Quebecois French-speaking workers in the tourism industry there.

In my humble opinion since we have travelled several different times in Quebec, most likely those Quebecois employees for a cycling touring group, would know some English or fairly bilingual in French and English. Certainly my partner knows several Velo Quebec employees and volunteers because of his cycling advocacy work, and it hasn't been a problem.

If I am in Quebec, I don't MAKE people speak English, I try abit of French first (if I know the right words) to indicate how lousy my French is, that I need help in communication....but I AM trying. As a Canuck, I would like to respect and enjoy the whole French-language experience while being in Quebec. ....'cause that is part of the travel experience....wandering around in a different language environment.


And yes, we've done 2 different Velo Quebec routes on our own since there are maps and routes are generally well-signed.

And what does your Chinese chop avatar say?? I can't read Chinese much, but my parents are fluent..