Lesson 3: Planning a Trip – Transport and Accommodation
Learn how to plan a trip in Spanish: comparing options, making reservations, expressing preferences, and handling unexpected problems.
About this lesson
In this lesson, you will build confidence in planning a trip from start to finish: choosing transport and accommodation, reading reviews, and managing bookings. You will practise expressing preferences and concerns politely, making comparisons, and putting forward short 'pros and cons' arguments. Grammar focus: the future tense for plans, Type I conditionals for likely situations, the present subjunctive for wishes and uncertainty, and a review of the Pretérito perfecto for talking about past experiences.
40 minutes
What you'll learn
- Make and modify transport and accommodation reservations in Spanish.
- Compare options based on budget, location, and amenities, and justify your choices.
- Describe past travel experiences and express expectations and concerns about an upcoming trip.
- Use the future tense, Si + Present conditionals, polite Conditional forms, and Ojalá + Subjunctive expressions.
Lesson vocabulary
- — резервирам настаняване Quiero reservar alojamiento para tres noches en el centro.
- — възстановима отмяна (безплатно анулиране) Prefiero una cancelación reembolsable por si cambia el plan.
- — правя чекиране/регистрирам се (в хотел, полет) Podemos hacer check-in a partir de las 15:00.
- — закъснение El vuelo tiene un retraso de dos horas.
- — прекачване El vuelo hace una escala en París.
- — ръчен багаж Solo viajo con equipaje de mano.
- — хостел Nos quedamos en un albergue económico pero limpio.
- — туристически апартамент Alquilamos un apartamento turístico con cocina.
- — отзиви, ревюта Leí reseñas excelentes sobre ese hotel.
- — туристическа застраховка Contratamos un seguro de viaje por seguridad.
- — бюджет Tenemos un presupuesto limitado para el viaje.
- — бордна карта Descargué la tarjeta de embarque en el móvil.