MOST Important English Vocabulary for Travel

Hello and welcome to this video. Today you're  going to learn airport vocabulary. You're going  

to learn all the English vocabulary that you need  for travel. Of course I'm Jennifer Forrest from  

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Alright, let's talk about airport vocabulary so  you can have all the English vocabulary for travel  

that you need to travel confidently. Because  one of the reasons why you're learning English  

is because you have an interest in the world  and traveling the world and meeting new people,  

right, so let's make that easy for you today. When  you're going on vacation, you know exactly where  

you want to go. So let me give you the airport  vocabulary that you need. The very first thing  

you should do is of course pick your airline. Your  airline is the company that you're going to use to  

travel with. So, the most popular airline in the  world as far as I know, is Qatar. Qatar Airways.  

Delta is a really popular airline, as well.  British Airways is pretty common. And United  

is a very popular one as well. So the very first  thing you do is you pick your airline, the company  

that you use to travel with. Now airfare is just  the cost of your ticket. So the word Fare, fare is  

generally used to talk about costs of travel and  transportation so here we're just adding the word  

air in front of it so you know it's an airline  airfare. And when you're deciding on your airfare,  

you have to pay attention to if it's a one way or  a round trip. Because let's say it tells you your  

airfare is $300, but that's just for a one way  ticket, which means it's only going to get you  

to your destination. It's not going to get  you back again. So that's called a round trip.  

Round like a circle. You go there and you come  back. So you can have a one way ticket or a one  

way airfare, or a round trip. And then once you  book, to book your airfare with your preferred  

airline, they're going to give you your ticket.  So your ticket. Most people just get an electronic  

ticket, that's also called your boarding  pass, your boarding pass. Remember the word  

boarding because I'm going to talk about it again  later. So your boarding pass, that has all your  

flight information. It has your name, it has the  name of the airline, it has the flight number,  

it has the time the departure and the arrival as  well it has all that information on your boarding  

pass. And most people just get electronic boarding  passes. Now your E boarding pass, so you booked  

your one way or your round trip, you have your  boarding pass, you get to the airport. Now the  

first thing you're going to do is check a bag.  If you are checking a bag. So what does it mean  

to check a bag? When you check a bag, it's when  you have a larger suitcase, a larger bag, and you  

put the bag under the plane. So you leave it at  the conveyor belt, and they take care of your bag.  

You just drop it off. But keep in mind that now a  lot of airlines will limit how many bags you get.  

Some of them don't even allow you to bring any  bags on the plane, unless you pay extra for it.  

So you need to check with the airline or check  your ticket, because it will tell you how many  

checked bags you're allowed. So if you're checking  a bag, that's the very first thing you would do  

at the airport you would check your bag. Now, if  you're not checking your bag, you have a carry on,  

a carry on. So that's the name of the suitcase,  the bag, the backpack that you carry onto the  

plane. You bring that bag with you onto the plane.  So you do not check that bag. If somebody sees you  

and they say, oh would you like to check  that bag, you say no, this is a carry on.  

You don't check it. Okay, so that's really  important. So you either check your bag, or you  

have your carry on bags or carry on suitcase. And  then you go through security, or you go through  

customs. Now security is when you're going to put  your carry on your purse, any of your belongings  

into the little bin and it goes through the  camera so they can see what's in your bag,  

and then they're going to check you as well  to make sure you're not bringing anything  

prohibited onto the plane. So you go through  security. Now, if you have a domestic flight,  

a domestic flight means you're flying within  your country. If you have a domestic flight,  

then you don't need to go through customs.  However, if you have an international flight,  

which means you're flying to a different  country, you also need to go through customs.  

When you go through customs, that is security  to make sure that you are allowed to enter the  

country that you're traveling to. So they might  check your visa, if you are required to have a  

visa to enter that country. You might have to  fill out some additional forms as well. So after  

you go through security, and you go through  customs, if you need to go through customs,  

now you're officially in the airport. And this  is where you're going to board your plane. So  

no one is I said to board, remember before I said  you have a boarding pass. Well that word boarding  

comes from the verb to board the verb to board. To  board a plane simply means you get on a plane. But  

that's the word we use, to board a plane. And your  ticket is going to have your boarding time. The  

boarding time is the time you get on the plane,  and then the departure time is the time the plane  

actually takes off. So when the plane takes off,  it leaves the ground and goes into the air. So of  

course you have to board the plane first because  everybody needs to get settled into their seats,  

they need to get their bags, put them in  the proper place, they have to do all the  

pre-flight security and all of that as well.  So generally you board half an hour before  

departure before takeoff, before you leave. And  you're going to board your plane at a specific  

terminal and gate. So a terminal and a gate.  That's just the names that they use to organize  

the airport because airports can be really, really  large, so they need to divide the airport into  

different sections. And those sections are  called terminals. Generally they're A, B, C,  

but it's possible they could be 1, 2, 3. Terminal  A. Terminal B. Terminal C. And then within  

each terminal there are different gates. The gate  is specific to the flight that you are boarding,  

so if you're boarding flight 304, that's going to  leave at Terminal A, Gate 24. So first you get to  

Terminal A, then you'll see all the different  gates, and you have to find the right gate,  

the right waiting room. You can think of the  gate just as the office number, the waiting room  

to board the flight. And then you're just going to  sit at your gate, and you're going to wait for the  

boarding call. The boarding call is when they're  going to invite the passengers to board the plane.  

Now, the worst thing that can happen is your  flight is delayed, to be delayed. This is  

an expression you should absolutely add to your  vocabulary because there is a 50% chance or higher  

that your flight is going to be delayed. And when  your flight is delayed, it just means it's late,  

it's late, it's not leaving on time. So if your  flight was supposed to leave at three o'clock,  

and there's a half an hour delay, that means it's  not leaving until 3:30. So you don't want that to  

happen, but most likely it will be delayed. Now,  another possibility is if you have a layover,  

or a stopover, they're the exact same thing.  They're just two different words to describe them:  

layover, stopover. This is when you're going from  destination A to destination B, this is your final  

destination, but you need to go to somewhere else  before you arrive at your final destination. It  

could be to pick up other passengers, to drop  off other passengers, to refuel. There could  

be many different reasons why you need to go  to another destination first. If you do that,  

it's called a layover, or a stopover. If  you don't do that, it's called a direct  

flight. When you go from point A to point B  without stopping, it's called a direct flight.  

So your best scenario is that you have a direct  flight without any delays. Wouldn't that just be  

awesome. It doesn't happen very often but when it  does, it's perfect. A direct flight without any  

delays, and you have a carry on bag, not a checked  bag, so you can easily get on and off the flight.  

That is the ideal scenario. One more thing I  want to share with you before you go, and this is  

where you sit on the plane. So when you get  on the plane you're going to see an aisle,  

an aisle. Don't let the spelling confuse you. The  spelling and the pronunciation are very different.  

It's pronounced "aisle", "aisle". Ok. Now, if you  sit closest to the aisle, that is the aisle seat,  

the aisle seat. Now, if you sit closest to the  window, that's the window seat, the window seat,  

aisle seat, windows seat, and if you're unlucky,  you might be stuck in the dreaded middle seat. And  

I think it's pretty obvious where the middle  seat is, between the aisle and the window.  

So, what about you, where's your favorite seat.  Do you prefer the aisle seat or the window seat.  

As for me, I prefer the aisle seat, because if I'm  in a window, I feel a little claustrophobic, to  

be honest. I like the ability of the aisle seat to  just get up if I need to without having to disturb  

anyone else. So I always request an aisle seat. So  now you have lots and lots and lots of vocabulary  

that you need, airport vocabulary that will help  you the next time you're traveling. So why don't  

you take some of your favorite new expressions,  practice them, and put some example sentences in  

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