Essential idioms for travel or for IELTS exams

🌍 Travel & Tourism Phrases

To start a journey ('let's hit the road')

a place where not many other people have visited

a place where you cannot easily be reached (eg. by telephone)

when you travel so much you don't have time to unpack your clothes from your luggage

when you don't take many things with you when you travel

to escape your daily life/ routine and go to another place

a place where you feel comfortable that feels like your own home

to relax and enjoy the sunshine, or sunbathe

you feel uncomfortable when you stop travelling and feel the need to travel again

to travel with comfort and luxury, often by spending a lot of money

to plan a holiday when you don't have much money to spend

a landmark, place or area created with the aim of attracting tourists and their money

to have got a suntan or sunburn from spending time in the sunshine

to have travelled one time and enjoyed it so much that you want to do it again: 'I've caught the travel bug!'

to find the best price (for flights or hotels): 'I will shop around before booking anything'

a unique and unrepeatable trip: 'I want to go to Antarctica, because it will be a once-in-a-lifetime experience'

to miss home/ friends/ family/ your normal life when you travel

to be surprised (in a good or bad way) by the culture/ food/ life in another country when you visit