Holiday and Travelling Vocabulary

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Holiday and Travelling Vocabulary

Useful phrases

Get off the beaten track

Exchange money (currency)

Take photos

Your guide will show you around the city - Look around (some places)

By the sea

Arrange a holiday

Pack

Your suitcase

Your things

hire

A guide

A bike

A car

Go

To the airport

Abroad

To a travel agency

Get

Foreing currency

Travel insurance

a Visa

Book

Accommodation

A hotel room

Train tickets

Flight

Types of holiday

Break

When you just need a few days to relax

Cultural

To learn more about the history and culture of a certain place. These holidays are quite active because you usually visit a lot of different places.

Gap year

take a year to travel or to work to gain more experience about life, is also called "sabbatical year"

Honeymoon

celebrate their marriage in an intimate and romantic atmosphere

Activity

Go skiing, go canoeing, go camping, go rock climbing or even do some cooking

Adventure

Travel with a backpack or go tracking some way in the wild and another variant of an adventure holiday is a safari

Beach

Relax some way by the sea having a good time on the beach

Package

Pay once (flight, accommodation, hotel room, meals, excursions)

Hotel

From desk reception

Check out

Check in

Facilities things

Sofa bed

King size bed

Towels

Linen

GYM

Facilities

Air conditioning

Housekeeping

Room service

Internet access

A minibar

Satellite TV

Catering

(Self service) Buffet

Self catering

All inclusive

Full board

Half board

Type of rooms

Suite

Deluxe

Standard

Double - Twin (separate beds)

Single

Type of accommodation

Private lodging

Hostel

Or bed and breakfast (B&B)

2,3,4,5 stars hotels

When you arrive at a hotel you become a guest

Differences between

Go on a...

Tour

Visit many different places during your journey

journey

Longer than a trip, more time, more effort to arrange

Trip

Short, easy to organise

Travel

Verb, or uncountable noun