Ingls para Turismo At the Travel Agency
At the Travel Agency Language Focus Asking Information. Giving Information. Travel, Journey or Trip. Vocabulary. Giving Advance. Recommending.
At the Travel Agency
Read the dialog and try to understand it.
Agent: Good morning, sir. How may I help you? Customer: Good morning. I intend to visit England with my wife. What would you recommend? Agent: Well, we have several package deals. How long do you plan to stay? Customer: We will stay around two weeks. Agent: In that case, I would recommend you our all-inclusive tour. Customer: What does it include? Agent: It includes air and ground transportation, accommodation, meals and guided visits. Customer: I really like that. May I have a brochure, please? Agent: Of course, sir.
Language Focus
How may I help you? En qu puedo ayudarle? Frmula de cortesa que se utiliza normalmente para ofrecer ayuda al cliente. Tambin puede decirse What can I do for you? to intend to several package deal to plan to stay all-inclusive tour air transportation ground transportation accommodation meal guided visit brochure tener la intencin de varios paquete turstico planear, tener planeado permanecer, quedarse viaje con todo includo transporte o traslado areo transporte o traslado terrestre alojamiento comida visita guiada folleto
Asking Information
I intend/plan to visit What would you recommended? Where should I go? What does the tour include? Tengo intencin de visitar Qu me recomendara? Qu debera hacer? Qu incluya la visita guiada?
Are all meals included in the package? Estn incluidas todas las comidas en el paquete? What kind of hotels can you offer? Does the guide speak English? How many days will we stay at? Qu clase de hoteles puede ofrecer? El gua habla ingls? Cuntos das estaremos en?
How long does it take to get to? May I have a brochure, please?
Cunto se tarda en lelgar a? Me dara un folleto, por favor?
Giving Information
We have several packages to We can offer you a better hotel. Youd better travel by train. I suggest you take a round trip flight. You can rent a car when you arrive. Why not spend two days in Amsterdam before coming back? All our tours include a Spanishspeaking guide. Tenemos varios paquetes tursticos a Podemos ofrecerle un hotel mejor. Sera mejor que viajara en tren. Le sugiero tomar un vuelo de ida y vuelta. Puede alquilar un auto cuando llegue. Porqu no pasar dos das en Amsterdam antes de volver? Todos nuestros tours incluyen una gua de habla hispana.
Travel, Journey or Trip
Travel, is used to mean the general activity to move from one place to another.
Air travel is faster than rail travel. His job involves a lot of travelling.
Journey refers to travelling a long distance, or travelling regularly, emphasizing on the idea of travelling itself.
We had a long journey through the mountains. He usually reads the paper during the train journey to work.
Trip refers to travelling a short distance, or an unusual journey, emphasizing on the place or the reason of travelling.
His job involves a lot of business trips. Our trip to Las Vegas was great.
Vocabulary
accommodation all-inclusive tour bargain brochure car rental city centre (GB) customer discount downtown (US) group rate group tour high season holiday (GB) itinerary journey low season alojamiento viaje con todo includo oferta, ganga folleto alquiler de coches centro de la ciudad cliente ticket descuento tour operator centro de la ciudad operador turstico boleto, billete meal package deal package holiday (GB) package tour package vacation (US) special rate comida paquete vacaciones organizadas viaje organizado vacaciones organizadas tarifa especial
travel
Tarifa de grupo travel agency viaje de grupo temporada alta Vacaciones itinerario viaje temporada baja travel agent travel agent's travel guide trip vacation (US)
viaje
agencia de viajes agente de viajes agencia de viajes gua de turismo viaje vacaciones
Giving Advance
Cuando queremos dar un consejo o sugerir algo. You should + do something (podras,deberas..) You shouldn't + do something You should visit the Prado museum. You shouldn't miss the Guernica. You ought to + do something (podras, deberas) You oughtn't to + do something You ought to go to the Tate Gallery. You oughtn't to skip the Turner collection. If I were you, I would + (not) + do something (Si yo fuera t, yo hara) If I were you, I would travel by train. If I were you, I wouldn't go to that museum on Sundays. Why don't you +verb ? (Porque no + verbo?) Why don't you rent a car? Why dont you travel by train?
Recommending
Se usa cuando queremos recomendar algo. to recommend + somebody + to do something I recommend you to visit Madrid.
to recommend that + somebody + do something I recommend that you walk along the promenade. to recommend + gerund I recommend eating local food, especially paella.
