Listen to an extract from a brochure from the city tourism board. How many types of buildings does it mention? Choose the correct answers.

1. What is the passage mostly about?

a. the difference between resorts and eco-resorts?

b. where to stay on a budget

c. different places for visitors to stay

d. a description of a resort

2. According to the passage, where can tourists on a budget stay?

a. a lakeside stay   b. a bed and breakfast  

c. an eco-resort      d. a youth hostel

3. What is probably true about a man who rents a cabin?

a. He wants to be around other people.

b. He enjoys the outdoors.

c. He has never stayed at a resort.

d. He is on a romantic getaway.

Write a word that is similar in meaning to the underlined part.

motel   cabin   resorts   campsite eco-resorts

1. The family visits the mountains and rents a log house.

2. The French Riviera has many places for resting and relaxing.

3. Elizabeth is on a budget. She rents a room in a roadside hotel.

4. Many vacationers stay at nature-friendly places.

5. Frank likes nature. He stays at a place to put up a tent.

Listen to a conversation and role play it.

Read the advertisements for five hotels. What types of hotels are they?

Where the Great Escape

When the nights draw in and summer is only a fleeting memory, everyone deserves to escape into luxury. At $300 for any two consecutive nights’ dinner, bed and breakfast, the Gleneagles Hotel Winter Warmth breaks are a unique passport to a world untouched by work or worry. With superb golf and sporting facilities, the Gleneagles Mark Philips Equestrian Center and the Country Club, the opportunities to pamper yourself are endless. The sooner you telephone the sooner you can escape.

Executive Hotel

Elegance, privacy and exceptional value in one of the world’s most fashionable neighborhoods. Buffet style English breakfast included.

Peak Park

17^th century Old Hall. Log fires, baths en suite, comfort, quiet, fresh home cooking, licensed. Splendid scenery, uncrowded walks. DB&B.

Willapark Manor Hotel

One of the most beautifully situated hotels in Cornwell. Beautiful character house amidst lovely Cornish scenery in 14 acres of gardens and secluded woodland. Private access to Bossiney Common. Coastal path. Minutes from the beach. 14 Bedroom accommodation, all en suite. TV lounge, cocktail bar, games room. Dinner, Bed & Breakfast. Reductions for children. Pets welcome. Open all year.

Brook Linn Country House

Peacefully set in the Trossachs with beautiful mountain views. The ideal center for touring, walking and visiting the Glasgow Garden Festival. Enjoy our whole food vegetarian or traditional meals in the comfort of this lovely house. Self-catering cottage also available.

Role play the situation. Find the suitable accommodations for the following people.

1. James, a businessman, he is on the business trip for 2 days.

2. Adams family, there are five of them; parents, 10, 5, and 3 years old kids. They are on holiday for a week.

3. Just married couple, Alice and Charles, they have five days off and prefer to quiet and natural place.

4. The exchange teacher for two months, June likes to save her money and she’d like a good place to stay. She sometimes works with a group of friends at home.

5. Sylvia and Bob, a retired couple, they plan for a long vacation in nice neighborhood accommodation.

6. Intercontinental airline staff on a break between flights

7. A couple on their honeymoon.

8. A group of four student friends travelling in their summer vacation.

Student A

Take the part of the tourists, holidaymakers or businessmen. Tell the clerk in the Information Bureau your needs so that he can recommend a suitable hotel for you.

Student B

Take the part of the clerk in the Information Bureau. Listen to the people who come to you. Recommend a suitable hotel. Say why you think the hotel is suitable.

Describe different types of hotels.

Read the text and write the names of the types of accommodation under the pictures.

Types of Accommodation (2)

Nowadays, the choice of tourist accommodation to suit your taste, budget and destination is endless. At the high end of the market there are hotels, offering rooms and meals. Motels are similar, except they are for motorists. So they are generally on major roads and always provide parking, but not always meals.

B&Bs, or guesthouses, differ from hotels as they are usually small, less expensive, owner-occupied, family-run businesses without staff on call 24/7. Alternatively, holiday villages are popular with families who may be travelling on a budget. They offer a choice of self-catering accommodation from small wooden cabins or chalets to studio apartments to large holiday villas, allin modern resorts with many leisure and recreational services available on site.

Private holiday rental offers a wide variety of accommodation. Then there are timeshares, where several people own accommodation they can use at specific periods each year. To avoid getting bored with the same destination, how about doing a house swap, where people spend holiday in each others' houses?

Hostels provide a low-cost, self-catering alternative to hotels, and appeal to young travellers, as the shared dormitories make it easy to meet people. Increasingly, universities offer campus accommodation in students' halls of residence during the holidays. This is the type of accommodation you often find on study holidays, but itcan also be a cheap and sociable way to take a city break.

If you're looking for an adventure on a budget, campsites are perfect. You can take your own tent, or even stay in a traditional round Mongolian yurt or a tall Native American tepee. For more comfort, there are also caravans and campervans, which enable you to enjoy a holiday on the move. Finally, if you like to combine transport and accommodation, why not try a barge, a long flat boat which travels on rivers and canals, or a yacht if you prefer the sea.