“I'm heading to Singapore for a few days next week to meet a client.”
B1 · Intermediate9 minPhrases
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A work trip starts with a lot of small conversations before you ever reach the airport. Your manager tells you where you're going and why. Someone books the flight and the hotel. Your team wants to know when you're away and who to ask while you're gone. And when you get back, everyone asks how it went.
Americans usually say "business trip" or "work trip", and they talk about travel with light verbs: you "head to" a city, you're "out in" Chicago, you "fly back" on Thursday. "I'm traveling for work" is the neutral way to explain why you're hard to reach. "I'm on the road" means you've been traveling a lot, and it's often said with a tired smile.
Phrases
travel your company sends you on
travel to a place, in relaxed English
be away in another city for work
the neutral reason you're hard to reach
away from home, traveling a lot for work
reserve plane seats
the plan of flights, hotels and meetings
return by plane
a trip to see a client's or supplier's workplace
a large event where companies show their products
tiredness after flying across time zones
what coworkers ask when you're back
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