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Pick up

Meaning in tourism & hospitality, with examples

/ˌpɪk ˈʌp/phrasal verbCore term

In tourism & hospitality, pick up means: To collect someone from a place by car, minibus or coach, for example from their hotel or the airport.

In Turkish: almak, otelden almak, alınış

How it is used

Used all the time for transfers and excursions: "The bus will pick you up at 7:40." The noun is pick-up or pickup: pick-up time, pick-up point, hotel pick-up. Drivers follow a pick-up list that shows the order of the hotels.

Example sentences

  1. The minibus will pick you up from the hotel entrance at 7:40.

  2. Pick-up for the boat trip is between 8:15 and 8:30, so please be ready in the lobby.

Common collocations

  • pick up from the hotel
  • pick-up time
  • pick-up point
  • hotel pick-up
  • free pick-up
  • transferTransport arranged for travellers between two places, usually the airport and the hotel, as part of a booking or package.
  • meeting pointAn agreed place where a tour group or travellers gather at a set time, before or during a tour.
  • excursionA short trip, usually lasting a day or less, that tourists take from their hotel to visit a place or do an activity.
  • day tripA journey to a place and back on the same day, usually for sightseeing or an activity, without staying overnight.

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