Essential Travel Phrasal Verbs for Smooth Journeys

Good morning Anglopassers! Here are 10 phrasal verbs which - whether you're heading off on a business trip or a holiday - will help you speak naturally and confidently.

✅ Check in

Meaning: Register at a hotel or airport.

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

✅ Check out

Meaning: Leave a hotel and pay the bill.

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

✈️ Take off

Meaning: When a plane leaves the ground.

Example: The flight took off 30 minutes late.

🛬 Touch down

Meaning: When a plane lands.

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

🚗 Pick up

Meaning: Collect someone or something.

Example: Can you pick me up from the station?

🚕 Drop off

Meaning: Take someone to a place and leave them there.

Example: He dropped me off outside the terminal.

🚆 Get in

Meaning: Arrive (of transport)

Example: What time does the train get in?

🚌 Get on

Meaning: Board a bus, train, plane, etc.

Example: We got on the bus just in time.

🚉 Get off

Meaning: Leave a bus, train, plane, etc.

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

👋 See off

Meaning: Go to say goodbye to someone at the airport or station.

Example: He went to see her off at the railway station.