Dream Vacation
This hotel booking ESL lesson teaches accommodation, facilities and polite requests for travel. Students describe rooms, practise reserving a stay and solve problems such as a broken shower or missing service. They write a balanced hotel review and design a dream hotel with rooms, amenities and a presentation.
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Lesson format
2 × 45 minutes
Level
Intermediate
Age group
Ages 12–14
Main focus
Speaking first
What students will learn
Lesson flow
Students spot hidden items in hotel-room photos, learn hotel vocabulary describing facilities ('There's a twin room with a balcony'), and drill 'Can I book a single room for two nights? Is breakfast included?' The second lesson identifies hotel problems ('The shower is broken!'), practises polite requests and solutions, writes a hotel review noting what was good and what went wrong, and designs a dream hotel with name, logo, rooms and services to present to the class.
Target language
- • 'Can I book...?' / 'Is there...?'
- • Polite requests: 'Can I have...?'
- • 'I'll send someone to fix it'
- • Hotel and travel vocabulary
Key vocabulary
- hotel
- hostel
- resort
- booking
- reservation
- itinerary
- budget
- destination
- sightseeing
- accommodation
Speaking questions students answer
- • Can I book a room for two nights?
- • Is breakfast included?
- • What's the problem with your room?
- • Would you stay at this hotel again?
- • What does your dream hotel have?
Recommended teaching contexts
Why this lesson works
The lesson follows a clear progression: Spot hidden items in a What's in the Room? warm-up, roleplay booking a room and requesting hotel services, write a hotel review and design a dream hotel. Teachers can open the materials and start immediately, while students move from supported vocabulary practice to purposeful spoken English.