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Hotels

Date: May 14 2010

Themes: Travel

Grammar: Past Perfect Progressive

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Staying in hotels can be one of the best or worst parts of traveling. It all depends on where you stay. If you find a great hotel with good service and spacious, comfortable rooms, it can be a highlight of your trip. But if you get stuck in a fleabag motel in a terrible location, it might ruin your vacation.

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Dale

Mason

Mason: Dale, are you much of a traveler?

Dale: I had been traveling. I’ve stopped.

Mason: I mean I’ve definitely chilled out a little bit from my heavy traveling phase. But I’m going on a trip soon, I gotta book some hotels and I’m trying to weigh my options of like, you know, do I go for the four star or do I go couch-surfing, sleeping on friends’ couches, kinda hostel style?

Dale: What do you feel like you enjoy, do you enjoy the room service and the superb VIP treatment when you walk into a big huge building?

Mason: I don’t really find I care about the service. I like a nice accommodations, you know? Like the bed’s gotta be comfortable. I get really weird, I like the bathroom a lot. That’s that scenario where a nice hotel can really set itself apart, and like you get the nice lotions and stuff. You always make sure and pocket a few extra of those.

Dale: Always. Of course.

Mason: But like as far as the service aspect, like I don’t care if someone carries my bags when I come in, or you know, like if everyone’s wearing suits and stuff. Not important.

Dale: That’s not important to you?

Mason: How ‘bout yourself?

Dale: See, for me, I…it varies. It’s by mood. If I’m going to the beach, I’d rather be as low key as possible. I don’t need that extra part. But if I’m in the city, I like to have the full dining experience. I want the whole shebang.

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Mason is about to take a vacation, so he has been making hotel reservations. He has been thinking about what kind of hotel or hostel he prefers.

For Mason, VIP treatment and great service are not as important as comfortable, well-stocked rooms. He especially likes rooms with luxurious bathrooms and fancy free lotions and shampoos!

For Dale, it’s important to have good service and to be treated really well by hotel staff, especially when he is staying in a big city. If he is at the beach, he doesn’t mind a more relaxed atmosphere.

What is your idea of the perfect hotel? What are some of the advantages and drawbacks of staying in hotels?

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Marcelolic

Brazil

Humm I guess,it depends of my trip and where I'm going to…I really like confortable and fancy hotels and lodges but If I have little money I opt for modest and clean one :)

L_a_d_a

Ukraine

Good hotel is clean hotel with good but sluggish service

Irishkin

Russian Federation

I agree with Mason. I don't care about VIP treatment, but I need basic accomondation like comfortable bed and bathroom. The room should be clean and staff polite. I like travelling and everywhere I' m going I take not expensive hotel, but I always check reviews about it on-line.

candycandice

Sweden

I belive that a perfect hotel is when the staff treat you nice, the rooms are clean and you get a great room service.

The advantages of staying in hotels, it's if your destination is far away, you can rest the night in a comfortable hotel and drink or eat something.

The drawbacks, it's that it can be little expensive and not all hotels have four or five stars.

Ryo49t

Saudi Arabia

Good hotel should be Linover what they should be
... In terms of design and requirements for all … Fit on the lots and lots of food items
There should be a swimming pool
And good food
And safety devices

and should be there TV with alot of chanelles

Ca_Brazil

Brazil

A good hotel should be well clean, good smell, a nice staff and has comfortable rooms. A good advantage is being treated as important customer and one drawback is the time to pay off the hotel.

s id

Saudi Arabia

i think it depend on ur hotel . if it has good service u can fell more comfortable about all things . and ur trip might be great with staying at hotel .

rebel lee

China

I do a lot of business trips,and I love hotels.I mean,you don't need to clean the house by yourself and it's clean everyday.By the day your leaving,you just leave.It's very convenient.

I don't need the hotel to be perfect.As long as it is clean and with hot shower and comfortable beds,then it is ok.

By the way,I am in a four-star hotel when I am writing this.