Holidays

Is it better to go on a package (1) ____ B ______, or to (2) __________ on your own? I suppose the answer depends on what kind of (3) __________ you are. A complicated tour organized by a travel (4) __________ has some advantages. You have a/an (5) __________, which gives you definite (6) __________ and arrival dates, and a list of all your (7) __________. The (8) __________ may be cheaper, as it has been (9) __________ in advance, so you spend less time worrying about where you are going to (10) __________. If you book your own hotel, you might have trouble finding a/an (11) __________, unless you are going to stay for a (12) __________, for example. On the other hand, organizing your own (13) __________ can be fun. Many students (14) __________ or buy cheap train tickets, and (15) __________ the night in student hostels or guest-houses.

Task 4. 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

package holiday: a holiday in which you pay for travel, accommodation and food (even occasionally excursions) in advance

cruise: a holiday spent touring ona boat, stopping off to go sight-seeing at different ports

Which of the holiday places mentioned above have you or any of your friends stayed at? What are the advantages and disadvantages of each? Try and note down at least one advantage and one disadvantage for each even if you have no direct personal experience of them.

Task 5. Match the pictures to the types of holidays below.

Task 6. Places to stay. Complete the sentences below by putting the letters in the correct order into the gaps.

1. If you have enough money you can stay in a five-star __________. (tleoh)

2. А __________ is a much cheaper place to spend the night! (seitamcp)

3. In America people use their cars to go on holiday and there are plenty of __________ near the main highways (sltmeo)

4. A traditional and inexpensive place to stay in England is a __________ and __________ (dbe/kteabrsaf)

5. Sometimes these are called __________. (ssgteusouhe)

6. In some countries you can stay in a wooden house called а __________. (ltchea)

7. With а __________ you can take your home on holiday too! (navcara)

Task 7. Replace the words in italics in each sentence with a word from the box.

1. I stayed in France for two weeks last year. _____ a fortnight _____.

1. It's difficult to find anywhere to stay here in the summer. ____________________
2. We had no money so we had to get lifts in other people's cars. ____________________
3. I'd like a room for the night please. A room for two people. __________
4. The place where we stayed wasn't a hotel but a private house where you pay to stay and have meals. ________________
5. I'd like to reserve three single rooms for next week, please. ____________________
6. It was raining, and we couldn't find a place to put our tent. ____________________
7. I'd like a room for the night, please. Do you have a free one? ____________________
8. The school has its own place for students to stay. ____________________
9. We gave a tip to the person who carried our bags in the hotel. ____________________

Task 8. Supply the missing articles where necessary. Reread the story and answer the questions that follow.