10 Phrasal Verbs for Smooth Journeys - Speaking Naturally When Travelling

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 ✈ 10 Phrasal Verbs for Smooth Journeys - Speak Naturally When You Travel 

Category: Travel English

Level: B1 

What you will learn: 

• 10 essential phrasal verbs for travelling 

• How to pronounce them naturally in connected speech 

🎙️ Hello Anglo Passers, it's Tom here and welcome to today’s post, which is about sounding smooth and confident when you travel. 

If you want your English to feel more fluent and natural, especially when you're on the move, then this one’s for you. Today, we’re diving into 10 everyday phrasal verbs that pop up all the time during travel.  

Whether you’re flying off on holiday or heading to a conference, these expressions will help you sound more relaxed, more native, and more ready for the journey. 

We're talking about phrases like check in, pick up, and see off - short verb phrases made from a verb and a little word like in, off, or down. These combinations are everywhere in English, especially when you travel. 

Now here’s a quick pronunciation tip: in spoken English, we often link the verb to the short word that follow, especially if the verb ends in a consonant and the second part starts with a soft sound or vowel. 

So instead of saying “check… in” with a pause, we usually say: 

🗣️ che-kin 

🗣️ pi-kup 

🗣️ ge-toff 

🎧 Try listening to the podcast version of this post to hear these in action. 

Here are 10 Phrasal Verbs for Travel: 

✅ Check in 

To register at a hotel or airport. 

Example: We checked in at around 2 p.m. 

✅ Check out 

To leave a hotel and pay the bill. 

Example: We need to check out by 11 a.m. 

✈️ Take off 

When a plane leaves the ground. 

Example: The flight took off 30 minutes late. 

🛬 Touch down 

When a plane lands. 

Example: The plane touched down at Heathrow just before noon. 

🚗 Pick up 

To collect someone or something (usually by car). 

Example: Can you pick me up from the station? 

🚕 Drop off 

To take someone to a place and leave them there. 

Example: He dropped me off outside the terminal. 

🚆 Get in 

To arrive (used with transport). 

Example: What time does the train get in? 

🚌 Get on 

To board a bus, train, or plane. 

Example: We got on the bus just in time. 

🚉 Get off 

To leave a bus, train, or plane. 

Example: You need to get off at the next stop. 

👋 See off 

To say goodbye to someone at the airport or station. Example: He went to see her off at the railway station. 

✅ Final Thoughts 

Phrasal verbs are essential to sounding natural in English. They can feel tricky at first, but when you learn them by topic - like we’ve done here - they start to stick. 

🎧 Listen to how they sound in the podcast. 

👄 Practise saying the examples out loud. 

🎒 And next time you travel, use them in real conversations. 

You’ll sound smoother, more confident, and more connected to natural English. 

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Thanks for listening or reading today.🎙️ I appreciate you being here. Until next time, keep speaking up, and keep moving forward with your English learning. 💬👣