General Travel Discussion Questions
- Do you like to travel?
Are you more like a natural born wanderer, a cautious sightseer, or a homebody? - Where did you go on your most recent trip? How was it? Who did you go with?
- What was your best travel experience ever? What was your worst?
…most romantic, adventurous, scary, expensive, surprising? - Do you have any travel plans in the foreseeable future? Where to?
- Have you ever taken a secret trip?
- What’s your travel style…
… planned to a tee or go with the flow? … five stars or sleeping under the stars?
…museum marathoner or lazy looker? …solo vagabond or part of the package pack? - What were the best and worst accommodations you ever had?
- Describe some of the interesting (or strange) people you’ve met during your travels.
- Do you (would you) like to travel with your significant other? Why or why not?
- Do you like to travel with your parents? Why or why not?
- Who is your favorite travel buddy? Why?
- Do you prefer to travel by train, bus, plane or ship?
- How much luggage do you usually carry? Do you ‘pack light’ or overpack?
- What places would you not like to visit? Why?
- Would you rather visit another country or travel within your own country?
- What do you think international visitors like most (and least) about visiting your country?
- What is the most interesting souvenir that you ever bought on one of your holidays?
- What have been your biggest communication challenges during international travels?
Vocabulary
Travel-related Phrasal Verbs & Idioms
- Drop off – to take someone to a place and leave them there
- Check in/into – to register at a hotel
- Check out – to leave and pay for your stay at a hotel
- Pick up – to go and fetch someone from a place and take them somewhere else
- Set out – to start a journey
- Take off – when a plane leaves and begins to fly
- Get in – when a plane arrives on an airport or to enter a ground level vehicle (opposite = get out)
- Get away – to leave to go somewhere for a break or holiday
- Get on – to climb on board (opposite = get off)
- Speed up – to increase speed
- Look around – to explore what is near you, in your area
- Hurry up – to rush and not waste time
- Go back – to return
- See off – to go the place someone is leaving from to say goodbye
- Look forward – to look forward to something that is going to happen in the future
- have a thirst for adventure: have strong desire for new exciting experiences
- get itchy feet: want to travel, move to another place
- in the same boat: In a similar situation; having the similar problems.
- set off: begin a journey to somewhere
- have a stopover: have a brief overnight stay in a place when on a long journey, usually by air
- put me on standby: make me wait to see if a seat become available
- go trekking: walk in the mountain for enjoyment
- off the beaten track: far away from popular destinations and travel paths
- an intrepid explorer: a brave traveler
- asleep at the wheel: not attentive
- a layover: a break in air travel between two connecting flights
- cart before horse: in the wrong order
- send out a search party: to search for lost people
- cool your jets: calm down
- fifth wheel: someone who is an awkward extra in a social situation
- my way or the highway: do what I want or leave
- the homestretch: almost at the end of a journey or experience
- keep your eyes peeled: pay careful attention, look out for something in particular to
- cross that road when you come to it: to deal with a problem if and when it occurs rather than planning for it
- hit the road: begin a journey to
- go to town: to do something enthusiastically and/or with great festivity
- to live out of a suitcase: to travel or move frequently
- to sail through: to achieve something with ease put the
- pedal to the metal: drive fast, go at full speed
- backseat driver: someone who offers advice or directions without being asked
- Asleep at the wheel
- At the crossroads
- Backseat driver
- Circle the wagons
- Climb on the bandwagon
- Cool your Jets
- Country mile
- Full throttle
- Go to town
- Hit the road
- I’ll cross that road when I come to it
- In the driver’s seat
- Jump on the bandwagon
- Kick into gear
- Kick the can down the road
- Put the carriage before the horse
- Put the pedal to the metal
- Rearrange the deckchairs on the Titanic
- Reinvent the wheel
- Right up my alley
- Rocky road
- Running on fumes
- Ship came in .
- Smooth sailing
- Squeaky wheel gets the grease .
- Sunday driver
- Take for a test drive
- That ship has sailed
- There’s never a road without a turning
- Throw someone under the bus
- Tight ship
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