Top Must-Know Vietnamese Words About TRAVEL

In this lesson, we are going to look at some common Vietnamese words and short phrases about travel to help you feel more prepared for your next trip!

The first word that you need to know is of course "to travel"

• du lịch
  to travel

• đi du lịch
  to go traveling

So let's start from the moment when you have to book your flight tickets and hotel, preparing things for the trip, to doing things at the airport, going sightseeing and shopping!

Flight Booking in Vietnamese

Before you can actually travel, you will need to do a few things first. And one of those things would be to buy plane tickets!

• vé máy bay
  plane ticket

where vé means “ticket”, and máy bay refers to “airplane”

You might also want to buy train or boat tickets to travel within the country and they are both called:

• vé tàu
  train/boat ticket

And of course, there are also different types of ticket that you choose, such as:

• vé một chiều
  one-way ticket

• vé hai chiều
  two-way ticket

• vé vé khứ hồi
  return ticket

Let's say you want to buy two return boat/ferry tickets to Vũng Tàu, you can say:

• Cho mình hai vé khứ hồi đi Vũng Tàu
  Please give me 2 return tickets go to Vung Tau

Accommodation Booking in Vietnamese

After buying the tickets, it’s time to book your accommodations. Let's learn some words!

• đặt phòng
  to book a room

where đặt means “to book, and phòng means “room”.

For example:

• đặt khách sạn
  to book a hotel room

• đặt trên Airbnb
  to book a room on Airbnb

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Preparing documents

After booking your tickets and hotels, now we need to prepare some travel documents, such as your visa and passport.

In Vietnamese, the word "visa" is written the same as in English, but is pronounced as vi-za.

Similarly, the word "passport" in Vietnamese can be pronounced as pas-po. We also have the Vietnamese word for it, which is:

• hộ chiếu
  passport

Preparing baggage

Another thing to prepare is your luggage. So luggage or baggage in Vietnamese is called:

• hành lý
  luggage; baggage

If you have been a traveler, you would know that there are two types of baggage.

• hành lý xách tay
  hand baggage

• hành lý ký gửi / hành lý ký gởi
  checked-in baggage

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At the airport

Now that you have prepared everything, you’re ready for the trip! You would come to the airport and do your check-in.

So here are some useful words and phrases at the airport that you should know!

• sân bay
  airport

• chuyến bay
  flight

• làm thủ tục check-in
  literally means “to do check-in procedures”

• quầy check-in
  check-in counter

• khởi hành
  to depart

• cửa khởi hành
  departure gate

• ghế ngồi
  seat

• phòng chờ
  waiting room

• lên máy bay
  get on the plane

• xuống máy bay
  get off the plane

Here are some example sentences that use the above words and phrases:

• Chuyến bay đi thành phố Hồ Chí Minh
  The flight to Ho Chi Minh city

• Vui lòng ra cửa khởi hành
  Please go (out) to the departure gate

• Mình muốn ghế ngồi cửa sổ
  I want a window seat

• Mình đang ngồi ở phòng chờ
  I'm sitting in the waiting room

• Mười lăm phút nữa mình sẽ xuống máy bay
  15 more minutes I will get off the plane

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Airport Arrival

After a long flight, you finally arrived to Vietnamese airport. So let’s find a place to exchange some money into Việt Nam đồng.

• quầy đổi tiền
  money exchange counter

where quầy means "counter", đổi means "to excahnge", and tiền means "money"

• Mình muốn đổi đô Mỹ sang Việt Nam đồng
  I want to exchange US dollars to Vietnam Dong

where đô means "dollar"

It has been a long day, let's get a cab back to your hotel.

The phrases "to get/catch a taxi" in Vietnamese is:

• bắt taxi (taxi is pronounced as tắc-xi
  to get/catch a taxi

• bắt taxi tới khách sạn
  to get/catch a taxi to the hotel

Attractions

After resting, you’re ready to do some sightseeing! In Vietnamese, it is called:

• đi tham quan
  to go sightseeing

• địa điểm du lịch
  tourist attraction

Here are some places that you can explore around the city of Sài Gòn:

• Dinh Độc Lập
  Independence Palace

• Nhà hát Thành Phố
  City Opera House

• Nhà thờ Đức Bà
  Notre Dame Cathedral

• Bảo tàng Thành phố
  City Museum

• Chợ Bến Thành
  Ben Thanh market

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Shopping

When going to those tourist attractions, maybe you would want to buy some souvenir for your friends and family.

Here are some useful vocabulary words for your shopping:

• quà lưu niệm
  souvenir

• trả tiền / thanh toán
  to pay

• trả bằng tiền mặt
  to pay with cash

• trả bằng thẻ Visa/Master
  to pay with Visa/Master card

Here is how you can ask the seller about the payment method:

• Trả bằng thẻ được không?
  Pay with card can? (Literally) / Can I pay with card?

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