Hotels

Intro

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• room service
• VIP treatment
• pocket
• low key

• fleabag motel
• chill out
• book
• weigh one's options

• the whole shebang
• couch surfing

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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.

Find out what makes a perfect hotel for Mason and Dale.

Dialog

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2. Study - Read the dialog again to see how the vocab words are used.

Mason

Dale

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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