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Tourism & Hospitality vocabulary · Tours & Guiding

Free time

Meaning in tourism & hospitality, with examples

nounCore term

In tourism & hospitality, free time means: A period during a tour when the group is not guided and people can walk around, shop, eat or rest on their own.

In Turkish: serbest zaman

How it is used

Guides announce free time with a clear end time and meeting point: "You have 45 minutes of free time. Please be back at the bus at 3:15." Itineraries also show free time, for example a free afternoon or a free day.

Example sentences

  1. After the museum, you'll have an hour of free time in the bazaar.

  2. Free time ends at 4 o'clock, so please meet me at the fountain.

Common collocations

  • have free time
  • an hour of free time
  • free time for lunch
  • free afternoon
  • free day
  • meeting pointAn agreed place where a tour group or travellers gather at a set time, before or during a tour.
  • itineraryA detailed plan of a trip or tour that shows where travellers will go, in what order and at what times.
  • headcountCounting the people in a group to make sure everyone is there, for example before a tour bus leaves a stop.
  • guided tourA visit to a place such as a museum, city or historic site, led by a guide who explains what the group sees.

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