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Departure time

Meaning in tourism & hospitality, with examples

nounCore term

In tourism & hospitality, departure time means: The scheduled time when a tour, bus, boat, flight, or group is expected to leave a place.

In Turkish: hareket saati

How it is used

Common in tour briefings, tickets, and transport coordination. Often used with confirm, change, miss, and arrival time.

Example sentences

  1. Please reconfirm the departure time at the lobby reception, since the museum changed its afternoon entry window yesterday.

    Here, departure time means the planned leaving hour, which may need updating because another schedule change can affect the tour plan.

  2. The guide repeated the departure time in English and Spanish so nobody would miss the coach after lunch.

    In this example, the term gives the exact time participants must remember so they can return and leave with the group.

Common collocations

  • confirm the departure time
  • early departure time
  • scheduled departure time
  • itineraryA detailed plan of a trip or tour that shows where travellers will go, in what order and at what times.
  • meeting pointAn agreed place where a tour group or travellers gather at a set time, before or during a tour.

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