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50 Holidays

Here are a number of different places where you can spend a holiday.
camp site: a place where you can pitch a tent or park a caravan
self-catering flat: flat which you rent, you cook for yourself
guesthouse: accommodation like a hotel but cheaper and with fewer services
youth hostel: cheap accommodation, mainly for young people, with, perhaps, ten or more
people sleeping in bunk beds in one room
holiday camp: a place providing holiday accommodation in little chalets or flats, with
restaurants, bars, swimming pools and lots of other facilities and entertainment
time-share apartment: accommodation which one owns, say, a 26th part of and so has the
right to stay there for 2 weeks every year
Here are a number of different things which people like to do on holiday.

swim or go swimming do some or go sightseeing

tour or go touring
hike or go hiking

go on an excursion climb or go climbing/mountaineering camp or go camping
Note: You usually ask 'Have you ever been skiinglhang-gliding?' rather than 'Have you ever
gone...?' 'He's been wind-surfing' means that at some point in his life he has done this.

Here is some useful language for when you are staying in a hotel.
I'd like to book a singleldouble room with a cot.
I'd like a room with a shower, a colour TV, and a view of the sea.
What time do you serve breakfast?
Am I too late for dinnerlto get something to eat?
Is service included?
Could I have a call at 7.30, please?
Could we have dinner in our room, please?
The teasmade [tea-making machine] in my room isn't working.
I'd like an extra pillow, please.
I'd like to make a call to New Zealand, please.
What time do you like rooms to be vacated by?
Sorry to bother you, but ...
I'm afraid there's something wrong with the ..., could you have a look at it?

100 English Vocabulary in Use