14 Travel

A Travel, journey, trip

Look at these emails and note the di erent collocations for travel, journey and trip.

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said to someone who is about to make a journey
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The opposite of return journey is outward journey. D

B Flights
These collocations are all rather formal ones connected with flying:
Palair o ers excellent in-flight entertainment, with the latest films and music.
The in-flight magazine includes maps and information about major airports.
[announcement by a cabin attendant] Ladies and gentlemen, we’ll shortly be landing at Dublin Airport.
Please fasten your seatbelts.
The passenger boarded the plane on time, but it was delayed taking o and she missed her
connecting flight in Amsterdam.
Domestic flights are o en more expensive than international ones. [flights within a country]
Do you normally prefer a window seat or an aisle seat when you fly?
We managed to get a charter1 flight; it was half the price of the scheduled2 flight.
1
flight on a plane rented for special use
2
regular flight organised by the company which owns the plane

The weather en route is fine, and we anticipate a smooth flight3

to Stockholm today.
3
The opposite is a bumpy flight.

C Accommodation
We stayed in a small, family-run hotel.
The Panorama is a rather run-down hotel in a back street near the city centre.
The Palace is a luxury hotel on the main square of Porto Alegre.
I can’t a ord to stay in smart hotels. I always have to look for budget accommodation. [very cheap]
I’d advise you to make a reservation before you go. The hotels near the beach are very popular and
get fully booked during the summer.
 Exercises

14.1 Complete each sentence with trip, travel or journey.

1 I’ll get some ............................................... brochures today and we can start planning our holiday.
2 Tom is away on a business ............................................... all week.
3 It’s a rather di icult overnight ............................................... to the mountains but it’s well worth it.
4 I prefer to arrange my holidays myself rather than use a ............................................... agent.
5 On Saturday we went on a day ............................................... to an interesting old castle.
6 Was it a tiring ............................................... from Seoul to Los Angeles?
7 On summer weekends we o en used to go on camping ............................................... .
8 Do you use a special firm to arrange business ............................................... for your sta ?
9 Do you make your own ............................................... arrangements or does your secretary do it all?
10 I hope your flight is on time tomorrow. Safe ...............................................! See you at the airport.
14.2 Complete these sentences.
1 We couldn’t ............................................... a reservation; all the hotels were ............................................... booked.
2 As I’ve got long legs, I usually ask for an ............................................... seat on a long flight, but on the flight to
New York I had a ............................................... seat and I got a great view of Manhattan as we came in, even
though I didn’t have much leg-room.
3 We’re only scheduled to have about half an hour in Dubai, so I hope we don’t miss
our ............................................... flight.
4 They seem to have much better in-flight ............................................... on that airline; they have the latest films
and you can play video games.
5 Passengers must ............................................... their seatbelts before take-o and landing.
6 Passengers with seats in rows 1 to 25 are now invited to ............................................... the plane.
7 The Principality Hotel was rather ...............................................-down and we were very disappointed.
8 You can spend a lot of money and stay in a ............................................... hotel or you can look for
budget ............................................... .
14.3 Answer these questions about travel collocations.
1 What is the opposite of a smooth flight?
2 Which of these two kinds of flight do most people prefer and why?
3 What do we call a flight which is not a charter flight?
4 What do airlines o en provide for passengers to read?
5 What is the di erence between a business trip and business travel?
6 What is the opposite of outward journey?
7 If a hotel is family-run, is it especially trying to attract families as guests?
14.4 Write about 100 words describing a recent personal travel experience. Use the collocations
from this unit.

Over to you
Next time you fly, look at the signs at the airports you pass through, which are o en in English
as well as the local language(s). Find and make a note of three useful collocations.