English travel vocabulary for holidays and vacation
Everybody loves to travel – it’s time of pure relax, great adventures and lots of wonderful memories. If you plan to spend your vacation in an English speaking country, it’s another good reason to learn some English words and phrases for your summer or winter vacation.
Tourism in countries like USA, England or Canada offers hundreds of beautiful places to visit. And having a good knowledge of English vocabulary about traveling will help you to enjoy them even more!
Vocabulary
In this category you will find a lot of phrases, words and collocations, that you will find useful during your winter or summer vacation. You can use the vocabulary in this list in the following situations:
1. when you book your accommodation
2. when you stay in a hotel
3. during check-in at the airport
4. during your vacation in sea resorts
5. names of equipment used in the mountains (hiking, skiing)
1. BOOKING YOUR ACCOMODATION
• check-in date – date when you arrive to a hotel
• check-out date – date when you leave your hotel
• availability – information whether there are vacant rooms (in a hotel)
• free cancellation – means you can cancel your booking without paying any fees
• shared kitchen – kitchen is used by more guests
– Travel and vacation
– Food and restaurant
– Love and relationships
– Urban and street slang
| VACATION AND TRAVELING: (21 terms) | |
| high tide | rise of a sea level |
| time zone | geographical zone with specific time |
| snow squall | heavy snow precipitation |
| timeline | schedule |
| den | small room |
| houskeeping | house cleaning service |
| vacation | time period for leisure |
| snow-capped | covered with snow |
| powder | type of snow similar to powder |
| route | road |
| turn down | to fold or prepare the bedsheets |
| cruise ship | large ship for pleasure voyages |
| itinerary | plan of vacation trip |
| flat tires | tires with no air |
| showers | intermittent rain |
| jet lag | conditions of sleep problem when travelling |
| pick pockets | to steal personal belongings of tourists from pockets |
| off the beaten track/path | away from typical tourist areas |
| runs | path or area for skiing |
| book in | to make a reservation |
| midsummer | middle of the summer |
