Holidays Active Vocabulary

accommodation – житло, проживання quality - якість

cabin - каюта tо some extent - якоюсь мірою

luxury - розкіш holiday - maker відпочиваючий

well-to-do - заможний staying in a hotel - перебування у готелі

way of life - спосіб життя adventurous - пригодницький

boarding house - пансіонат put an end - покласти край

private hotels - приватні готелі benefit - приносити користь

luxurious - розкішний establishment – заклад, установа

allocate - розподіляти grow up - зростати

lounge - місце відпочинку entertainment - розвага

emphasis - наголос full board - повний пансіон

at a competitive price - за конкурентною ціною

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World travel increased towards the end of the nineteenth century when shipping companies built steamships for passengers only, offering several classes of accommodation and meals. In cabin class the standard was much higher than that to be found in any hotel and this led to the building of luxury hotels for the well-to-do and then to the chains of hotels in capital cities and major seaside resorts. An annual summer holiday was part of the British way of life and the resorts expanded with the building of boarding houses, private hotels and other kinds of hotels many of which were as large and luxurious as those in the cities. These differed from French hotels by allocating plenty of space for lounge, reading and writing rooms, billiard rooms, bars, and an emphasis on food served in various public restaurants and in private rooms. This led to a hotel's reputation being based on the quality of food it served as being more important to some extent than the standard of accommodation.

The motor car and motor cycle brought increased business to hotels, guest houses and restaurants that were not within easy reach of the railways, and coaches and steamers took holidaymakers to seaside resorts. Holidays abroad were for the well-to-do. Although the cost of staying in a hotel on the Continent was not necessarily very expensive, just that it was considered too adventurous to take the family across the Channel. Traveling by air was just becoming popular when the Second World War put an end to it. The seaside resorts benefited when holidays with pay were introduced and people stayed a week or fortnight at one establishment, often going back to the same place year after year while the children were growing up.

Holiday camps, where an informal kind of holiday with all sorts of entertainment included in the price, opened at several resorts and proved very popular for families with children. Now Britons have such holiday camps special centres and hotels which operate in the style of camps. This is a popular form of holiday because it offers full board and entertainment on the site at a competitive price.