Planning a trip requires a wide range of English vocabulary — from booking flights and hotels to discussing itineraries and budgets. This first exercise covers the essential words for travel planning. This is exercise 1 of 2.
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Travel Conversation Questions
1. What is the best trip you have ever taken? What made it memorable?
2. Do you prefer to plan every detail of a trip or be spontaneous? Why?
3. What is the most important thing you pack when you travel?
4. Have you ever had something go seriously wrong on a trip? What happened?
5. What destination is at the top of your travel wish list? Why?
6. Do you prefer travelling alone, with a partner, or in a group?
Did you know?
The word travel comes from the Old French travail, meaning hard work or suffering — reflecting how difficult and dangerous journeys were in medieval times. Only in recent centuries did travel become associated with leisure and pleasure.
English distinguishes between a trip (a journey to a place and back), a journey (the act of travelling from one place to another), a tour (a journey visiting several places), and a voyage (a long journey, especially by sea).