Talking about Travel Experiences

Here are some questions you can use when talking about travel experiences. Look below to check the meanings of underlined words.

1. How often do you travel?

2. Have you ever been abroad ? Where have you been?

3. Are you planning to go anywhere for your next vacation?

 If so:
 - Where?
 - With whom?
 - How long will you stay?

4. What was your best trip ? Describe it.

5. What was your worst trip? Describe it.

6. Do you plan your trips yourself?

7. Do you use travel agency  services ?

8. What is your favorite  means of transport ?

9. Do you feel seasick when you are on board a ship?

10. Do you have a driver’s license ? If so, do you like to travel with your own car?

11. Have you ever been on a plane ?

 - How many times?
 - What airlines have you flown with?

12. Have you ever hitchhiked ?

13. Do you prefer to travel alone or in a group?

14. Have you ever been alone to a foreign country?

15. Have you ever got lost while on a travel?

16. Do you prefer summer vacations or winter vacations?

17. Do you like visiting big cities?

18. Do you like spending your vacations in a village?

19. Do you prefer to spend your vacations in the mountains  or at the seaside ?

20. Do you like sightseeing ?

21. Do you try to get to know to local people while on a travel?

22. Are local people usually friendly while you are on a travel?

23. Have you ever experienced  hostility  from local people while on a travel?

24. Do you always try local cuisine  while on a travel?

25. Have you ever eaten something unusual  while on a trip?

26. Could you live in another country for the rest of your life?

27. What countries would you most like to visit? Why?

28. What countries would you not like to visit? Why?

29. If you had 10,000 dollars to spend on a vacation, where would you go? How about 1,000 dollars?

30. What are the possible dangers of travelling?

31. Have you ever faced any danger while on a trip?

32. Do you travel in business?

 If so, how often?
 If not:
 - Would you like to travel a lot in business? Why? Why not?

33. How do you feel when you come back home after a long journey ?

Travel Vocabulary

abroad (level: intermediate)
in a foreign country
He left his country at the age of 30 when he got a job abroad.

trip (level: pre-intermediate)
a journey, usually short, in which you go to a particular place and come back home again
Tom is on a business trip in France, he won’t be back until Saturday.

service (level: intermediate)
the act of providing customers with goods or taking their orders for a particular amount of money
I visit this hotel quite often, because it has a very professional service.

travel agency (level: intermediate)
a company that arranges trips for people
I seldom visit travel agencies. It is cheaper for me to arrange holidays on my own.

favorite (level: pre-intermediate)
best liked
My favorite color is green.

means of transport (level: intermediate)
a way of travelling (by car, ship, plane, train, bus, ferry, bike, etc.)
Plane is the fastest but still the most expensive means of transport.

ferry (level: advanced)
a large boat or ship that takes passengers and their vehicles across an area of water, e.g. to an island
They are going to build a bridge to the island, but now you can get there by ferry only.

seasick (level: upper intermediate)
feeling sick because of the movement of the ship
If it is not necessary to travel by ship, I simply don’t. I always feel seasick immediately after the ship sets off.

board (level: upper intermediate)
on a boat, train or plane
As soon as we were on board, the plane took off.

driver’s license (level: upper intermediate)
official permission to drive a car that you get after passing a driving test; also a document that showing that you have passed this test
He had to pay an extremely high fine for driving without his driver’s license.

plane (level: pre-intermediate)
a vehicle with wings, designed to travel by air
I simply cannot travel by plane, because I am afraid of heights and I immediately get sick.

airline (level: intermediate)
a business established to carry passengers by plane
I’m not satisfied with the airline. There was a 50 minute delay and the return flight was cancelled.

hitchhike (level: upper intermediate)
to ask a stranger to give you a ride in their vehicle for free
It’s rather dangerous to hitchhike. You never know whom you will meet.

foreign (level: intermediate)
related to a country which is not your own
She loves her job, because it gives her numerous opportunities to visit foreign countries.

sightseeing (level: upper intermediate)
visiting interesting places, usually by tourists on vacation
We were given a lot of free time in Madrid to go shopping or sightseeing.

mountains (level: intermediate)
a group of large hills
I’d like to visit Rocky Mountains in the USA.

seaside (level: intermediate)
the area close to the sea where many tourists spend their holiday
Her husband hates lying on the beach in the heat. He always objects to spending his holidays at the seaside.

experience (level: intermediate)
to feel something that happens to you
They’ve never experienced a greater loss since the death of their brother.

hostility (level: upper intermediate)
unfriendliness, because somebody doesn’t agree with or like somebody/something
I’ve never experienced any hostility from my co-workers. I get on with them very well.

cuisine (level: upper intermediate)
a particular style of cooking typical for a country or a region
I love Japanese cuisine, especially sushi.

unusual (level: intermediate)
different from somebody or something in an interesting way
Women taking up high positions in companies are not as unusual as in the past.

journey (level: pre-intermediate)
travelling from one place to another
It’s just a two hour plane journey from here to Paris.

voyage (level: intermediate)
a long journey, especially by ship
Although her father is a sailor, she’s never been on a voyage with him.