Lesson 6: Planning a Trip and Handling Unexpected Situations
Learn how to plan a trip, express your preferences, and respond politely when things go wrong — from delays and cancellations to last-minute changes.
About this lesson
In this lesson, you'll build on your travel organisation skills — from booking accommodation and transport to comparing options and making compromises. You'll practise expressing intentions and making suggestions, as well as handling complaints and requests for assistance politely when the unexpected happens. Ideal for intermediate learners (B1), with a focus on real-life scenarios and emotionally nuanced responses.
40 minutes
What you'll learn
- Plan a trip by discussing options, costs, and schedules.
- Make polite suggestions and counter-proposals (proporre, consigliare, preferire).
- Describe unexpected situations and seek solutions (ritardi, cancellazioni, rimborsi).
- Express feelings and opinions, and hold a short debate about choosing a route or budget.
- Use the appropriate tenses (presente, futuro semplice, passato prossimo, condizionale) in context.