Holiday Travel Phrasal Verbs

It is important to learn phrasal verbs, here are a few related to holiday travel:

1. check in (to a hotel / at the airport) = register at the hotel / airport, etc (Also a noun = “check-in”) “What time can we check in?”

2. get into (arrive at a place) – “What time do we get into London?” (enter a train, plane, car, etc) – “Please, get into the taxi.” or get onto “We need to get onto the train.”

3. go through (security/customs, etc) = pass through a check at the airport “You’ll need to take your PC out of your bag when you go through security.”

4. hang around or wait around (spend time waiting) – “I hung around the airport for hours on a stop over.”

5. pick up (a hire car) = get the keys to a hire car “We picked up a hire car at the airport so we could be more independent.”

6. Set off (To begin a journey) We set off in the early morning because we had to be at the airport at 6. We can also use head off. We headed off for a week with family.

7. stop over (break your journey in a particular place) Also a noun = “stop-over” “We stop over in Singapore on our way to Australia.”

8. take off (when your plane starts the journey) “What time do we take off?”

9. touch down (an aircraft lands) – “The plane touched down in Valencia at noon.”