Travel Vocabulary

Category: Vocabulary

Learn essential travel vocabulary with simple words and useful phrases for beginners. Perfect for travelers, tourists, and English learners to confidently navigate airports, hotels, restaurants, and city streets. Improve your communication skills while exploring the world.

At the Airport


Basic words

  • Airport
  • Ticket
  • Passport
  • Gate
  • Flight
  • Plane
  • Luggage
  • Bag
  • Security
  • Boarding
  • Delay
  • Terminal
Examples

Where is the airport?

I have a ticket.

I want to fly to [London].

Where is my gate?

What time is my flight?

This is my passport.

I need help with my bag.

At the Hotel


Basic words

  • Hotel
  • Room
  • Key
  • Bed
  • Reservation
  • Check-in
  • Check-out
  • Bathroom
  • Towel
  • Shower
Examples

I have a reservation.

I want a room.

How much is one night?

Where is my room?

The room is clean.

I need a towel.

What time is breakfast?

Transportation


Basic words

  • Taxi
  • Bus
  • Train
  • Station
  • Stop
  • Map
  • Left
  • Right
  • Straight
  • Near
  • Far
  • Road
  • Street
Examples

I need a taxi.

Where is the bus stop?

How do I get to the city?

Is this the train to [Paris]?

I want to rent a car.

I need a ticket.

This is my seat.

Food and Drink


Basic words

  • Restaurant
  • Menu
  • Food
  • Drink
  • Water
  • Coffee
  • Breakfast
  • Lunch
  • Dinner
  • Bill (UK: bill, US: check)
Examples

I am hungry.

I want water, please.

Where is a restaurant?

I like this food.

I want to try this.

The food is good.

Basic Conversations


Useful Words & Phrases

  • Hello
  • Goodbye
  • Please
  • Thank you
  • Sorry
  • Yes
  • No
  • Help
  • I don’t understand
  • Where is…?
Examples

Hello! / Hi!

Thank you.

Excuse me.

I don’t understand.

Can you help me?

I speak a little English.

What is this?

Shopping & Money


Basic words

  • Money
  • Price
  • Cash
  • Card
  • Store
  • Shop
  • Buy
  • Sell
  • Market
  • Change (as in coins)
Examples

Where can I get money?

What is the price?

I will pay with cash.

Can I pay with a card?

Is the store open?

Let’s go shopping.

Can I buy it here?

I bought a gift.

I like this market.

Do you have change?

Asking for Directions


Where is the bathroom?

Where is the bank?

Is it far?

Go left / Go right / Go straight.

I am lost.

Help me, please.

Sentences


I would like to do an excursion.

What terminal does my plane leave from?

Where is the money exchange bank?

This place is nice for camping.

We have to get a shuttle bus to go to the city.

Which door leads us to the bus?

The hotel is better than I thought.

The trip was perfect.

The luggage is very heavy.

The passenger was lost in the terminal.

The route takes us to the house we rent.

We went for a walk in the mountains.

This path leads to the restaurant.

This summer I would like to go camping.

I like being a tourist in this city.

Best vacations of my life.

UK Where do I find a chemist?

US Where do I find a drugstore?

I think the lake is this way.

The viewpoint is very high but it is beautiful.

I would like to try local food.

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