3. Have you ever booked a flight or a holiday
online?
What are the pros and cons of booking
online?
4. Too good to be true?
1.What does Stephen Dunk say sometimes happens when people try to book great offers on
the internet?
the internet crashes / the prices are more expensive / their credit card doesn’t work
2. What does Frank Brehany say happened to a family who booked their holiday online?
their flight was cancelled / their hotel was more expensive /
their hotel had closed down
3. How many offices does Travel Zoo have?
23 / 19 / 875
4. RyanAir and EasyJet are major rivals. Why did EasyJet object to RyanAir’s advertisement?
they did not like the model / the holiday destinations were not hot
/ the flights were expensive
5. What new rules will be in effect from June 1?
prices will be more expensive / prices will be cheaper
/ prices will be clearer
5. Booking Holidays online
Do you know this vocabulary? Check with a partner.
•hidden costs
•clicking
•budgeted for
•an emotional commitment
•a round-trip
•deceptive
6. Booking Holidays online
1.What do ‘azure blue waters’ and ‘a cosy hotel room’ really
mean sometimes?
2.What country is Ctrip.com in?
3.What does ‘a really good deal’ mean?
4.Give an example of ‘hidden costs’.
5.What does Stephen Dunk mean by an ‘emotional
commitment’?
8. Collocations – words that attract!
get
offer
see
negotiate
…a good deal
cover
estimate
reduce
increase
…costs
cost
pay
make
charge
…a fortune
adjust
increase
lower
reduce
…the price
