UNIT 2 – TRAVEL

VOCABULARY
Learn the essential English vocabulary words for Business Trips
Vocabulary Definition Example

Check the boarding

It is usually referred to that time when passengers are
Boarding time because I think
allowed to get onto a flight, train, bus etc.
it’s soon.

I printed the boarding

It is usually referred to that piece of paper which gives
pass online so that we
A boarding Pass you access to board a flight, bus, train etc during the
don’t have to stand in
time of boarding.
the queue.

It’s time to board the

To go on board /
To get onto a flight, ship, ferry, bus etc. flight. Nice to meet
To board
you Charles.

I shall now make a

To get on a bus means to board the bus in order to
move as you got to get
To get on / off a start your journey while to get off a bus means to get
on to the bus now
bus out of the bus as you might have reached your
since it is almost time
destination.
for departure.

Fare is usually referred to the cost of travelling in a  Train fares are going
Fare
flight, train, bus etc. up again.

Entry / Entrance It is usually referred to the amount paid to have access The entry fee for that
fee to something. museum is 30$

The company will

The movement of people or goods from one place to
Transportation arrange for transport
another
from the airport.

The activity of visiting interesting and beautiful places We did some Paris
Sightseeing
especially by tourists. sightseeing.

It is referred to the plan of visiting interesting places We plan to go

To go sightseeing
especially by tourists. sightseeing tomorrow.

To go on It is normally referred to the break that someone takes Have you decided
holiday / vacation or gets from work or school. where you’re going for
 your Christmas
( US )
holidays this year ?

We went on a guided
A visit to a place or an area, especially one during
A tour ( =  tour of the cathedral,
which you look around the place or area and learn
journey ) museum and the
about it
factory.

Last weekend, I went

Refers to an excursion on a bicycle, horse, or a motor
A ride on a ride on my
cycle
bicycle.

He doesn’t have a car

To ride To travel in a vehicle, such as a car, bus, or train so he rides to work on
the bus.

A trip is usually referred to a short journey / travel of We’re going on a trip

A trip ( journey ) going somewhere, exploring places and discovering to Norway this
cultures. summer.

Last year, the

president of the
 Refers to going on a journey to a foreign country company made six
A foreign travel
either for work or for pleasure. foreign travels in a
vision to expand the
business overseas.

We were eligible to
carry a travel
Travel allowance Referred to the expenses incurred during travel.
allowance of max. 300
euros.

 Last year, I went

Abroad abroad for my higher
 To go to a foreign country either for the purpose of
studies and now, I
travel, study or work.
To go abroad managed finding a job
over there.

Last year, we went on

an overseas tour to
Overseas  Overseas also means international or foreign India to learn more
about the potential
market over there.
 going somewhere, to a new place, to explore, to Let’s travel to
Travel is ………
discover etc. Germany this winter.

We bought a cheap
A holiday at a fixed price in which the tour agency package tour to Spain
A package tour
arranges your travel, stay and food. and stayed in a big
hotel by the sea.

 All passengers
travelling to New
A passenger Referred to the person travelling by a flight, train etc.
York please proceed to
gate no. 5

The luggage /
baggage :

The luggage
/baggage is heavy
 We were having three
. Refers to the bags, suitcases, etc. that contain things
check-in baggages on
and that you take with you when you are travelling
our trip to New York.
One / a piece of
luggage

Three pieces of
luggage/baggage

 I hurried to the
baggage claim to
An area in an airport where arriving passengers can
Baggage claim collect my luggage as
collect their luggage.
my taxi had already
arrived.

The airport authorities

To retrieve Means to find and bring back something retrieved his lost
luggages.

We had several hours

to wait for our train, so
a cupboard, often tall and made of metal, in which
Left- luggage we left our bags in a
you can keep your possessions, and leave them for a
( locker ) (luggage) locker, and
period of time
went to look around
the town.

Left-luggage a place at a station, airport, etc. where you can leave I retrieved my bags
your bags for a short time until you need them from the left luggage
 office.

I paid extra for a direct

A direct flight Refers to a single plane journey without connections flight from Lyon to
London.

 My flight to India is a

A connecting connecting flight. I
Refers to a plane journey with one or more stops
flight will have change
planes at Abu Dhabi.

This time round, I am

not taking a direct
Connecting  Refers to passaengers travelling by a connecting flight. I will be a
passenger flight. connecting passenger
having to change
planes twice.

Referred to a place where people can plan their

I booked a sea resort
A sea resort holidays alongside a beach and which have beach
to pass our summer.
related activities

Ski resorts are full in

A ski resort Referred to a place with skiing facilities
the christmass period

A round trip flight

A round-trip
Refers to a to and fro plane journey costs twice less than a
flight
one way flight.

The price of a round

A round-trip
The ticket for a to and fro plane journey. trip ticket to Paris was
ticket
340$.

I booked a one way

entitles a passenger to travel only to his or her flight to London
A one-way flight
destination, without returning. because I didn’t know
when I would return.

Refers to a direct flight ie; without any stops in I do non-stop flights

A Non-stop flight
between because of my work.

A stopover Refers to a short stay at a place that you may have Our tickets to
while you are on a long journey to somewhere else. Australia include a
stopover for two
 nights in Singapore.

The route that we

A route Refers to a particular path or direction between places decided on, took us
right across Greece.

An airplane /a Referred to a vehicle designed for air travel that has She has her own
plane wings and one or more engines. private airplane

Referred to a machine that is able to fly by gaining military aircraft,

An aircraft
support from the air. helicopter etc

Refers to a business that operates regular services for Which airline did you
An airline carrier
carrying passengers and/or goods by aircraft fly with?

The Airline ticket

Airline ticket Referred to the area at the airport where you show counter would open
counter your tickets to get your boarding pass printed. three hours prior to
flight departure.

Would you like an

A long and narrow space between rows of seats in an aisle seat or would you
Aisle
aircraft prefer to be by the
window?

The departure of the

Arrival and Arrival refers to reaching your destination and flight has been delayed
departure departure refers to leaving for your destination. by two hours on
account of heavy fog.

She booked a table for

To book ( a room, Refers to reserve an accommodation, a place, etc. or
four at their favorite
a flight ; a seat ) to buy a ticket in advance
restaurant.

There was no room at

the hotel; they were
Booked up Refers to fully reserved or completely full.
completely booked up
for the summer.

Refers to a car that carries passengers willing to pay a  I will call a taxicab to
A taxi cab
fee for the service. pick us up.

The cabin Also, referred to as the airplane or aircraft room The passengers
boarded the cabin in
 an orderly manner.

The flight deck of

British Airways, the
official carrier of the
The flight deck the cockpit of a large aircraft.
United Kingdom is
rated the best in the
world.

Airline cabin crew are

Refers to the people in an aircraft whose job is to take really no more than
Cabin crew
care of the passengers. flying waiters and
waitresses.

The flight attendant

Cabin / flight
Also referred to air steward, air hostess demonstrated how to
attendant
use the oxygen masks.

A car is defined as a vehicle, with four wheels,

powered by an internal-combustion engine and which
They decided to go to
A car (US ) / A  is able to carry a small number of people while a
the countryside on a
carriage ( GB ) carriage refers to a vehicle with four wheels that is
horse-drawn carriage.
usually pulled by horses and which was used mainly
in the past.

The first white settlers

A wagon, truck a vehicle used for transporting goods or any another journeyed across
( goods ) specified purpose. America in covered
wagons.

The American (space)

Referred to a vehicle or aircraft that travels regularly shuttle was able to be
A shuttle
between two places used many times to
put payloads in space.

A cart was used to

A cart / trolley Referred to a vehicle with either two or four wheels, carry the woods cut
( US ) pulled by a horse and used for carrying goods from the forest to the
factory.

To commute to travel the same distance regularly from home to It’s exhausting
office. commuting daily in
paris because of too
much rush during the
 peak hours.

The highway is always

A Commuter /a busy because of
Somebody who travels to work
suburban commuters every
morning

You may have to pay

Referred to the money paid to the government when
The Customs customs on imported
you take particular goods from one country to another
goods.

Duty-free refers to goods bought in special shops at He bought his wife

Duty-free airports, on ships, etc. on which you do not pay some duty-free
government tax perfume.

the feeling of tiredness that people experience often Every time I fly to the
The Jet lag after making a long journey by plane to a place where States, I get really a
the time is different from the place they left bad jet lag.

The flight was

supposed to land an
Refers to come down through the air and rest on the hour back but is late
To land
ground or another surface. by a couple of hours
because of traffic
congestion in the air.

The plane took off at

To take off Refers to become airborne.
8.30 a.m

Our officer will scan

Refers to a card given to passengers on a flight or a
your passport and
Landing card ship that they must fill out with personal details which
check your landing
is to be later presented to immigration authorities.
card.

Its better to keep some

buffer time to return
A rental car Refers to a hired motor vehicle our rental car as there
could be traffic on the
roads in the evening

High season Refers to the period of most amount of activity In most of Thailand,
high season starts in
November and lasts
 until January.

Refers to a journey on a ship for pleasure during They’re going on a

A cruise
which you visit new places. cruise round the Med.

The flight was flying

A cruising Refers to the height in the sky at which an airplane at a crusing altitude of
altitude stays for most of a flight. 5000 ft above seas
level.

Refers to a railway system built through tunnels

We took the subway to
A subway below the ground in which electric trains travel
go to Yankee Stadium.
through.

The train conductor

punched our tickets
A train conductor Refers to a ticket collector on a railway train
and announced the
next stop

The flight attendant

A flight attendant Someone who serves passengers on an aircraft demonstrated how to
use the oxygen masks.

Train tracks / The train tracks pass

Also referred to as railway line
rails close to their house.

Refers to an intersection where a railway line crosses My grandfather came

a road or a path at the same level, as opposed to the to London by train,
Train crossing
railway line crossing over or under using a bridge or and the crossing took
tunnel. 10 hours.

The railway  (GB

We live close to the
) / the railroad the metal tracks on which trains run
railway line.
(US )

The next train for

a long, flat raised structure at a railway station, where
A platform Aberdeen will depart
people get on and off trains
from platform 9.

Refers to goods, but not passengers, that are carried

The ship carries both
Freight from one place to another, by ship, aircraft, train, or
freight and passengers.
truck, or any other system of transporting these goods.

Traveller’s medium of exchange that can be used in place of hard I carried traveller’s
 currency  generally used by people on vacation in cheques worth 100
checks foreign countries instead of cash, as many businesses euros during my first
accept traveler’s cheques as currency. visit to paris.

The room rate at this

hotel is twice the price
The room rate Refers to price of a room at a hotel per night.
compared to other
hotels in the city.

Massive investment is
needed to modernize
Network a group or system of interconnected people or things.
the country’s rail
network.

This airline has a habit

of always being on
time.
On time / in time Refers to not being late or being punctual.
I was just in time to
board the flight.

a period of time by which something is late or My fight was delayed

Delay
postponed by an hour.

I missed the start of

To miss Refers to a failure to hit, catch, or reach something. the class because my
bus was late.

The runway of the

a long and leveled road with a specially prepared airport was bad with
A runway smooth, hard surface on which an aircraft takes off too many cracks on it
and lands. so the flight couldn’t
take off on time.

try to avoid travelling

Rush /peak (US ) Refers to the time during each day when traffic is at in the rush hour as the
hour its heaviest. metros are too
crowded with people.

There was no seat left

Kind of thing or a furniture used for sitting on such as in the train and so I
A seat
a chair. had to commute
standing.
 a belt that fastens around you when you are travelling
in a vehicle or aircraft and holds you onto your seat, Please fasten up your
A seatbelt
in order to reduce the risk of being injured in the case seatbelts.
of an accident or while applying a break.

a space usually filled with glass in the wall of a

A window / Is it all right if I open
building or in a vehicle, to allow light and air in and to
porthole the window ?
allow people inside the building to see out.

It is traditional in here
to drink brandy with
A pick-up Refers to become better, improve
coffee as a morning
pick up

a list of planned activities or things to be done

Everything went
Schedule showing the times or dates when they are intended to
according to schedule
happen or be done

The world is divided

into different time
zones that are specific
A time zone is a region where the same standard time
Time zone for different regions
is used.
and which depend on
geographical
characteristics.

The president ordered

a dispatch of troops
A dispatch the act of sending someone or something somewhere
immediately to the war
stricken region.

They dispatched the

courier asap so that
to send something, especially goods or
To dispatch their client could
a message, somewhere for a particular purpose.
receive it by the end of
the week.