Tour Vocabulary

Souvenir – something you buy or keep to help you remember a holiday or special event.

Sentence – It follows the opening to the public of Buckingham Palace and massive sales at a new souvenir shop.

Trip – a journey in which you go somewhere, usually for a short time, and come back again.

Sentence – She managed to fiddle a free trip to America.

Tourist Guided Tour – a visit to a place such as a museum with a guide who explains facts about the place.

Sentence – Underground Works: Take an audio guided tour of these fascinating tunnels and works that date back to 1216.

Ticket Office – an office or kiosk where tickets are sold.

Sentence – She picked up her two large suitcases and walked through the small cool ticket office on to the station forecourt.

Guest – a person who is staying with you, or a person you have invited to a social occasion, such as a party or a meal.

Sentence – Saunders said his guest was astonished to find pleasant public parks, nice streets and well-kept houses.

Reservation – an arrangement in which something such as a seat on an aircraft or a table at a restaurant is kept for you.

Sentence – Computerized reservation systems help airline profits in several ways.

View – what you can see from a particular place, or the ability to see from a particular place.

Sentence – She takes a basically conservative view of society.

Culture – the way of life, especially the general customs and beliefs, of a particular group of people at a particular time.

Sentence – The value of culture is its effect on character. It avails nothing unless it ennobles and strengthens that,Its use is for life, Its aim is not beauty but goodness.

Picnic – an occasion when you have an informal meal of sandwiches, etc. outside, or the food itself.

Sentence – Too often, picnic preparation consists of throwing together some sandwiches and grabbing an apple.

Tourist Attraction – a place that people visit for pleasure and interest, usually while they are on holiday.

Sentence – Starting from the Scenic Tunnel, long a tourist attraction, the pair headed for the opening that had previously been blasted.

Hostel – an establishment which provides inexpensive food and lodging for a specific group of people, such as students, workers, or travellers.

Sentence – We provide volunteer accommodation in our hostel about Llanuwchllyn station and a free hearty lunch is available every day.

Suite – a set of rooms designated for one person’s or family’s use or for a particular purpose.

Sentence – The cabaret owns business suite, standard suite and the building 147 of a marks, 11 of the size board room, the carousal hall and various 20 of, is your business meeting, travel to spend a holiday of ideal place.

Memorable – worth remembering or easily remembered, especially because of being special or unusual.

Sentence – Although many consider Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon to be foremost an excellent kung fu movie, the story depicts many forms of love, the most memorable of which is the poignant romance between the two star-crossed lovers played by Chow Yun fat and Michelle Yeoh.