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Holiday and Travelling Vocabulary

Exploring the various aspects of holiday and travel, the text delves into different types of journeys, ranging from short trips to extensive tours. It distinguishes between terms like '

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