Choose the Best Accommodation

There are many things to consider when choosing  your travel accommodation. The decision could make your trip a fun or a disappointment. To get the most out of your hotel accmmodation, remember to book as early as possible and make your dates more flexible. Hotels that specially cater for business people will consider weekends as off-season. Family vacationers could tap into these special packages during weekends. Prinarily, you should choose your hotel based on name, amenities(舒适), features, price, package and location.

Here are some considerations in choosing your best travel accommodation:

1. Accommodation should be family friendly. Always ask if your hotel offers child activity areas with educational and fun activities supervised by duly trained caregivers.

2. Stay in a hotel that has electronic room-key cards and has a security keyhole installed in their doors.

3. Depending on whether you're on a private or business trip, ask your hotel about the availability of laundry service, hair dryers, coffee makers, newspapers, free meals, fax machine, cable television, free parking, shuttle service, Internet connection, etc.

4. Beautifully landscaped surroundings with trees, flowers and inner courtyards also enhance your travel pleasure. Moreover, gift shops and restaurants all add up tp make a wonderful travel experience.

5. The location of your hotel with respect to the main attractions is equally important. It could save you money on taxis and bus fares.

6. Make sure that room service is provided 24 hours a day.

7. Check the room. Is it brightly colored, or classical? It sets the mood for your trip.

Questions for Discussion:

1. Why is choosing the right hotel important for one's trip?

2. According to the passage, why is it important to pay attention to the location of the hotel?

3. What's the time requirement for room service?

4. What hotel services should you take into consideration when you decide to stay there?

5. What other considerations do you think are necessary when choosing good travel accommodation?

Suggested Answers:

1. Because whether choosing a right hotel or not could make a person's trip fun or a disappointment.

2. It could save you money on taxi and bus fares. 

3. It should be 24 hours a day.

4. It's better for the hotel to provide laundry service, hair dryers, coffee makers, newspapers, free meals, fax machine, cable television, free parking, shuttle service, Internet connection, etc.

5. Security assurance, hotel's environment, transportation, room rates, local flavor, etc.

        A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis. The provision of basic accommodation, in times past, consisting of only a room with a bed, a cupboard, a small table and a washstand, has largely repalced by rooms with modern facilities. Larger hotels may provide a number of additional guest facilities such as a restaurant, a swimming pool or childcare, and have conference and social function services.