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  • Hi, everybody!

  • Welcome back to Top Words.

  • My name is Alisha, and today we're gonna be talking about the top 10 ways to prepare for

  • travel.

  • So let's go!

  • Choose your destination The first step is to choose your destination.

  • Destination is the place you want to go, so of course, choose your destination to begin

  • your travels.

  • In a sentence, if you choose your destination based only on price, you might be disappointed.

  • Buy a guidebook

  • The next expression is buy a guidebook, or

  • maybe download a guidebook at this point.

  • Buy a guidebook, so once you have chosen your destination, you can buy a guidebook for your

  • destination which will give you tips about what to do there.

  • In a sentence, I bought my guidebook on the internet and it was great.

  • You can buy a guidebook at a used bookstore for Less.

  • Save money

  • Next phrase for travel is save money.

  • So once you have chosen your destination and bought a guidebook, you need to save money,

  • if you haven't saved money already.

  • So travel can be expensive, you need to save money for your actual transportation as well

  • as for the things you plan to do in your destination.

  • So, in a sentence, I'm trying to save money for a trip to Europe next year.

  • Saving money is hard but it's worth it when you're on the trip.

  • Booked a flight

  • The next step is to book a flight so you've

  • saved your money, you've chosen your destination, you've bought the guidebook, now you need

  • to book your flight.

  • So to book means to reserve, it's the same as in, like, book a restaurant, for example.

  • Book a hotel, book a flight.

  • So in a sentence, I booked my flight for my vacation last week.

  • Research the costs

  • well, I hope you do this before you book your

  • flight, but, you research the costs of where you're going to go, how much does it cost

  • to eat there, how much does transportation cost there, how much are sightseeing attractions

  • going to cost there, those kinds of things, so you need to research the costs for your trip.

  • In a sentence, I research the costs for my upcoming vacation in Europe and it seems pretty

  • reasonable.

  • Request vacation time

  • The next step is to request vacation time,

  • or to request time off, or to ask for time off.

  • So at your job, if you need to take time away from your job to go traveling somewhere, you

  • need to request vacation time.

  • In a sentence, I'm going to request vacation time next week and I feel a little bit nervous.

  • Booked accommodations

  • The next expression is booked accommodations,

  • or just booked a hotel, or booked a hostel, something like that, booked an AirB&B, as

  • well, is fine.

  • so this means to reserve the place you are going to stay in your destination.

  • Let's see, in a sentence, I booked my hotel on the internet.

  • Obtain an international driving license

  • The next one, for some of you, perhaps, if

  • you are just, you really want to do all of the things, you can obtain an international

  • driving license.

  • So maybe if you really really really want to be able to drive a car in your destination,

  • you can get a driver's license permission to drive a car in the country of your destination.

  • So in a sentence, I'm taking the test for my international driver's license next week,

  • I hope I pass.

  • Pack

  • The next one is the verb pack.

  • So to pack means to put things in a suitcase, or to put things in a box.

  • This motion of putting things in something else for the purpose of taking them elsewhere

  • is packing; we do it when we move to a new house or when we travel.

  • In a sentence, I need to pack for my trip next week.

  • Get a visa

  • The next expression is get a visa, so in some

  • countries you need to get a visa before you go to the country, even if you're just there

  • as a tourist you need to get a visa, special permission, to be in that country.

  • Sometimes you have to pay money for it, so you need to research this before you travel.

  • In a sentence, I got my visa when I arrived in Australia.

  • Alright!

  • So those are ten phrases that you can use as you prepare to travel.

  • I hope you enjoyed and I hope that you can use these the next time you plan to travel

  • somewhere.

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