{"id":118,"date":"2008-03-09T23:45:13","date_gmt":"2008-03-09T23:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter2\/2008\/03\/09\/bep-88-int-telephoning-booking-a-travel-ticket\/"},"modified":"2012-01-15T16:32:51","modified_gmt":"2012-01-15T16:32:51","slug":"bep-88-int-telephoning-booking-a-travel-ticket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter2\/2008\/03\/09\/bep-88-int-telephoning-booking-a-travel-ticket\/","title":{"rendered":"BEP 88 &#8211; Booking a Travel Ticket"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Booking tickets on the phone is a basic part of business travel. In this intermediate Business English Podcast, we will practice useful phrases and language for making airplane arrangements on the telephone.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nViva is an Italian manufacturer of ladies&#8217; apparel, or clothing. Marco and Francesca, Viva employees, are on a business trip. After visiting customers in the UK, they are now heading to Las Vegas in the United States to meet with their American distributor &#8211; the company that sells their product there. Marco calls a travel agent to book tickets for them.<\/p>\n<p><script> function showhide(id){ \tif (document.getElementById){ \t\tobj = document.getElementById(id); \t\tif (obj.style.display == \"none\"){ \t\t\tobj.style.display = \"\"; \t\t} else { \t\t\tobj.style.display = \"none\"; \t\t} \t} } <\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter2\/listening-quiz\/\">Listening Questions:<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\" onclick=\"showhide('281'); return(false);\"><strong>1) <\/strong>When does Marco want to leave and when does he want to return? Will he and Francesca be flying first class, business class or economy? <\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"281\" style=\"display: none\"> <font color=\"#ff0000\"> <strong>Marco wants to leave on March 8 and return on March 14. He wishes to fly economy class.<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\" onclick=\"showhide('282'); return(false);\"><strong>2) <\/strong>Does Marco ask the travel agent to &#8220;hold the fare&#8221; or does he pay for it immediately?   <\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"282\" style=\"display: none\"> <font color=\"#ff0000\"> <strong> After asking whether the travel agent can hold the fare, Marco decides to pay for the ticket immediately anyway.<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\" onclick=\"showhide('283'); return(false);\"><strong>3) <\/strong>Does Marco need to pick up his and Francesca&#8217;s tickets at the travel agent&#8217;s office? <\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"283\" style=\"display: none\"> <font color=\"#ff0000\"> <strong> No, he doesn&#8217;t. Marco and Francesco&#8217;s tickets are &#8220;e-tickets&#8221; or paperless tickets. That means they can just go directly to the airport. <\/strong> <\/font><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"1\" cellspacing=\"3\" width=\"630\">\n<tr>\n<th colspan=\"2\" scope=\"col\" height=\"32\">\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>Premium Members <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\" width=\"420\">\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>Online activities <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/aMember\/signup.php\" target=\"_blank\">(Members \/ Free Trial)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td rowspan=\"2\" width=\"63\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter2\/podpress_trac\/web\/118\/0\/BEP088INT-Booking_Ticket.mp3\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/businessenglishpod.com\/images\/podcasts72.jpg\" alt=\"MP3 free download business English podcast lessons - workplace English training dialogs, examples phrases, explanations and ESL speaking practice\" height=\"56\" width=\"56\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td height=\"28\" width=\"124\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter2\/podpress_trac\/web\/118\/0\/BEP088INT-Booking_Ticket.mp3\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Podcast<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<td height=\"28\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/exercises\/BEP88QIZ.html\">BEP 88 INT &#8211; Booking a Ticket &#8211; Listening Quiz<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"28\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td height=\"28\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/exercises\/BEP88CLZ.html\">BEP 88 INT &#8211; Booking a Ticket &#8211; Gap-fill Exercise<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td rowspan=\"2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/phrasecasts\/BEP088PC.mp3\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/businessenglishpod.com\/images\/phrasecast72.jpg\" alt=\"MP3 business English review podcast - practice dialog, useful phrases and ESL speaking practice\" height=\"56\" width=\"56\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td height=\"28\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/phrasecasts\/BEP088PC.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Phrase-Cast<\/a> <\/strong><\/td>\n<td height=\"28\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/exercises\/BEP88TRS.html\">BEP 88 INT &#8211; Booking a Ticket &#8211; Dialog &amp; Vocabulary<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"28\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td height=\"28\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/exercises\/BEP88LAN1.html\">BEP 88 INT &#8211; Booking a Ticket &#8211; Useful Language<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td rowspan=\"2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/transcripts\/BEP088SN-Booking_Tickets.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/businessenglishpod.com\/images\/transcript72.jpg\" alt=\"PDF Lesson transcripts, dialogs, useful language, example phrases, and ESL language practice exercises\" height=\"56\" width=\"56\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td height=\"28\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/transcripts\/BEP088SN-Booking_Tickets.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Study Notes <\/strong><\/a> <\/strong><\/td>\n<td height=\"28\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/exercises\/BEP88LAN2.html\">BEP 88 INT &#8211; Booking a Ticket &#8211; Participial Phrases<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"28\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td height=\"28\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/exercises\/BEP88LAN3.html\">BEP 88 INT &#8211; Booking a Ticket &#8211; Dialog Puzzle<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td rowspan=\"2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/teachers\/BEP088TN-Booking_Tickets.doc\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/businessenglishpod.com\/images\/word72.jpg\" alt=\"MP3 business English review podcast - practice dialog, useful phrases and ESL speaking practice\" height=\"56\" width=\"56\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td height=\"28\"><a href=\"mailto:editor@businessenglishpod.com?subject=Group%20Membership\"><strong>Teachers<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<td height=\"28\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/exercises\/BEP88LAN4.html\">BEP 88 INT &#8211; Booking a Ticket &#8211; Vocabulary Review<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"28\"><a href=\"mailto:editor@businessenglishpod.com?subject=Group%20Membership\">Email for  info<\/a><\/td>\n<td height=\"28\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/exercises\/BEP88VOC.html\">BEP 88 INT &#8211; Booking a Ticket &#8211; Audio Flashcards<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Booking tickets on the phone is a basic part of business travel. 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