I'm from the UK but we live in Israel (Mr Glida is Israeli)...we've only ever played in Israel so I can't compare but I will say here, people seem to be very open and casual about playing,we have never met a couple with 'rules' like no kissing which I've heard is a rule for some but certainly not here. you are either a soft swap or full swap!
Or perhaps there is no rule about asking before touching There are two kinds of parties here, one where everybody gets to know everybody else and can be selective or even just meet other couples, swap details and meet them again...like a way of just meeting people if you don't want to play that night...And other get-togethers where it's everybody with everybody no questions asked. Here there would be no 'asking before touching' it would just be assumed that you're fair game...I was at one party once where we had meet another couple and the 4 of us had gone to a separate room to be a little more intimate and after about 10 minutes, one guy walks in, takes off his shirt and just starts kissing the other girl....his partner was nowhere to be seen, he just felt like playing with the lovely blonde lady....now!
Organized parties here a few and far between, and the protocol is that if you are at a party and feel like playing that you are not allowed to enter the play rooms without a partner, you can only go in as a couple (unless you are a woman) I don't know how it is in other countries....
There aren't many clubs and organized parties here so most swingers have private parties in their homes, it's hit and miss really what you find once you get there.
And soooo many fakes, people who send other people pictures, people lying about their marital status, some people just want to get laid so they bring along a casual girlfriend who will pretend to be the wife for the evening, just so he can 'get his rocks off' because all of us swingers must be 'easy' and up for it.
You do meet lovely couples, genuine, fun and 'together' but you need to do a lot of filtering first!