White House Tour Dress Code

It has a business casual dress code no shorts jeans tshirts open toed shoes etc etc.

White house tour dress code. Video cameras including any action camcorders cameras with detachable lenses tablets tripods monopods and camera sticks are not permitted. We have a white house tour scheduled for june 11 in the morning and a capital tour scheduled for the afternoon. The dress code was established initially by the first bush administration and at the time it specified that women wear knee length skirts and stockings in the west wing.

That means nothing like bathing suits flip flops graphic t shirts etc. Typical tourist dress is fine. A white house tour is not the time to sport anything ill fitting or stained.

Women can pair a blouse with a pair of dark denim jeans and ballet flats while a polo shirt and khaki shorts is a great option for men. As darrell said the east wing tour the public tour of the white house does not have a dress code. Also where should we eat lunch in between.

In other words during. The only tour with a dress code is the west wing tour. There is no dress code to tour the white house but due to the importance of the building you should want to dress neatly.

Are there dress codes for the white house tours. Shorts and sandals would be fine if the weather is hot. If not what is the norm.

After all you are touring a historic mansion and you never know if the president just may happen to pop out and greet you.