Monday, 9 December 2024

Week #2: Before Going Abroad - Reservations

1. Reading

Avoid stress. Reserve.

Making reservations can lower stress. Book hotels, restaurants and tourist attractions early. Plan flight 3 to 6 months before your departure. It’ll be busy in high season. High season is June, July or August. Also think about the popularity of your destination.

When reserving a flight, choose one way or round trip ticket. Also, choose first class or economy class. First class offers bigger seats, better service and luxurious food. Economy class is the most popular and cheapest, but it’s not as comfortable. Finally, if you need specific food because you’re a vegetarian, tell the airline before you leave.

You need to book hotel rooms. Tell the hotel what kind of room you want: standard, de luxe, single or double. You can get a suite if you need more than one room. Tell the hotel if you want a smoking or non-smoking room.

You may need to reserve a rental car or transportation tickets. There are many types of cars: you can choose small, midsize or full-size. Trains are popular for travelers. You have to make reservations.

Good restaurants are popular. If you want to eat somewhere famous, you’ll have to make a reservation.

It’s a good idea to book tourist attractions early. They often sell up quickly.

Reservations for your trip can be made at a travel agency. A travel agent will book you tickets and give you a paper ticket and itinerary. The Internet is an easy way to plan. It provides information, reservations and travel tips and advice. You can get discounts for booking online. To make reservation, fill in a reservation form and make your payment with a credit card. You’ll get an E-ticket, electronic ticket.


Dialogue 1.

- Good afternoon!
- Hi! I’d like to plan my honeymoon.
- Great! When do you want to go?
- July first.
- OK! That’s high season, so it will be expensive.
- Can you suggest a destination?
- How about Hawaii?
- It sounds great!
- All right, I’ll send your travel itinerary to you.
- Thanks!
- Have a good trip!


Dialogue 2.

- Let’s go to Europe for a vacation!
- Awesome!
- We can book it all on the Internet. Look! This website is perfect.
- There’re even photos and videos of the European countries.
- To book air tickets I only need to fill in our names and passport numbers, dates and destination.
- What about train reservations?
- If we book online, there’s a free upgrade from economy to first class.
- A luxurious train ride would be fantastic!
- The Internet is great!


2. Video


Notes: https://notepad.pw/o8Ky8B0NmsGHhk5lIM0U


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