Name: Learn the Top 20 Travel Phrases You Should Know in English
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Hi, everybody, welcome back to Top Words.

My name is Alisha, and today we're going to be talking about 20 travel phrases that you

The first phrase is “do you have any recommendations?”

This is great to use when you get to a restaurant where you don't know what the food is, you

don't know anything about the local cuisine, or you're just feeling a little bit adventurous;

you can ask the waitstaff “do you have any recommendations?”

This is useful when you're out shopping or when you're in a restaurant, and the price

is not clearly marked or something is not clear to you, so you can ask “how much is

Usually, when you point to something, I would recommend, like, pointing to the menu, pointing

You can point to something and say, I'd like this.

If you want to say, I'd like one, for example, I don't know, you're getting beer, I'd like

If, however, you're in a situation where you can't point, you can say, “I’d like ten

It's useful when you're shopping for clothes.

So you found something that you'd like to try, just ask the staff "can I try this on?"

You can just say "I want to try this on" if you like.

You might get asked this phrase, so you should say, if you're watching this videos you'd

probably say "yes," or you can say "yes, a little."

If you're not feeling very confident, if you're watching this video and you're understanding

this part and you say "no" then that's a little strange.

Usually, the staff will greet you and you can say I have a reservation.

Hello, I have a reservation, it's at 7 o'clock, the name is Alisha.

Usually, we say "the name is" or "it's under," meaning the reservation is under my name or

Depending on which country you're from, water may or may not automatically be brought to

If you would like more water, however, you can say "water, please" to make it a little

I would like, wave at the waitstaff and say "could I please have some more water?"

In case you're not sure if the shop that you're in will accept credit cards or debit cards,

you can ask them "do you take credit cards?"

And so it doesn't mean "do you take" meaning are you going to take my card, but this "take"

So if you're at a restaurant, you order steak and you get lobster instead; you can look

at it and go "ah! this isn't what I ordered."

Be careful though, saying this politely if you look at the waitstaff and you say this

isn't what I ordered, they're going to be like, I don't know, just be a nice customer.

"Excuse me, but I don't think this is what I ordered" or "this isn't what I ordered,

If for some reason you don't receive a menu when you come to the table, you can again

just wave to a member of the staff and say "could we have the menu, please?"

Could you give me a discount means "I would like a cheaper price."

Essentially, it depends on which country you're in, if haggling or bargaining, meaning talking

to the seller to try to reduce the price, my family didn't bargain we didn't haggle,

so I don't haggle depends on you and your culture.

But just, yeah, just be aware of the culture that you're in, and the place that you're

Some people have specific eating requirements or eating needs, maybe food allergies, for

You can replace vegetarian with the specific dietary requirement that you have, "do you

If you are in a location where you would like to take a picture but you don't want to do

a selfie, or you don't have a selfie stick or whatever, you want someone else to take

a picture of you, a stranger that you don't know, you can ask them "could you take a picture

Or "Excuse me, would you mind taking a picture of me, please?"

If you have a food allergy or even an allergy to a medicine, this is the phrase you can

I'm allergic to wheat, or I can't eat wheat, for example.

Meaning "can I use the Wi-Fi free of charge?"

Keep in mind some places have a password that you have to ask the staff for, so you can

If they say yes, you can then follow that up with "can I have the password?"

I'd like to have a non-smoking seat, please.

So when you go to a restaurant you have an option between smoking and non-smoking sections;

the staff will say smoking or non-smoking.

You can say I'd like to have a non-smoking seat, please.

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