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Persuasive Phrases for Holiday Planning

Learn words to describe holiday problems, convince friends to join trips, and decline proposals. Explore issues with destination, journey, accommodation, food, drink, and weather. Speech inspirations include India monsoon, Iceland winter camping, Costa Rica volunteer work against Zika, South Pole sledding, and Ecuador volcano eruption watching.

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Persuasive Phrases for Holiday Planning

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  1. Holiday destinations Upper-Intermediate Lesson 24

  2. Today we are going to learn: Words and collocations to describe holiday problems Phrases to persuade your friends to join you on a holiday Phrases to decline a proposal

  3. What types of problems could you have when on holiday? destination journey accomodation food and drink weather

  4. Glossary: Destination: high crime rate overcrowded / too touristy too much traffic pollution locals hanging around not understanding a word of the language

  5. Glossary: Journey: lost baggage overbooked delayed / cancelled flight lost / expired passport jet lag being overcharged by

  6. Glossary: Accomodation: infested with mosquitoes major building works paper-thin walls noisy neighbourhood dirty bed linen / towels broken air-conditioning

  7. Glossary: Food and drink: bland / insipid / wishy-washy too spicy / oily / smelly traveller’s tummy no purified drinking water

  8. Glossary: Weather: raining cats and dogs monsoon season freak thunderstorms no snow on a skiing holiday heat wave / cold front floods / volcano eruption / drought / tsunami

  9. Which is the worst problem? Which is the least serious? Which ones have you encountered on a holiday?

  10. To persuade: I really think you should... I’m totally convinced that... You can really relax if... I can guarantee that... To have the holiday of your lifetime, you should... Take one step further to...

  11. To decline: I’m not sure that’s really what I need. I was looking for a different type of a holiday. The expenses would run way over my budget. I really don’t want to be dragged into this tourist trap. I wouldn’t like to visit a place swarming with hordes of tourists.

  12. Give an inspirational speech about: visiting India in the monsoon season a camping holiday in Iceland in winter joining a group of volunteers in Costa Rica to fight Zika virus sledging to the South Pole watching a volcano eruption in Equador

  13. Today we have learned: Words and collocations to describe holiday problems Phrases to persuade your friends to join you on a holiday Phrases to decline a proposal

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