A1 Level – Elementary
1. Do you like vacations?
2. What is a week?
3. Do you go to a new place?
4. What is the sea?
5. Do you sleep a lot on vacation?
6. What is a map?
7. Do you stay at home for vacation?
8. What is a long holiday?
9. Do you take pictures?
10. What is a passport?
11. Do you save money for vacation?
12. What is a bus?
13. Do you send postcards?
14. What are three good vacation activities?
15. Do you feel relaxed on vacation?
A2 Level – Pre-Intermediate
1. What is the difference between a vacation and a weekend trip?
2. Why is it important to take time off from work?
3. What are the good things and bad things about staying home for a vacation?
4. How much time do you need to plan a big vacation?
5. Should all workers get the same amount of vacation time?
6. Why do some people prefer very active vacations (e.g., hiking)?
7. Do you think vacations are a necessity or a luxury?
8. What is a staycation?
9. How does technology (apps, internet) help with vacation planning?
10. What is the difference between an all-inclusive resort and a budget hotel?
11. Do you think it is easy to truly relax during a short vacation?
12. What are the problems when you don’t save enough money for a trip?
13. When is the best time of year to take a long vacation?
14. What are two differences between a summer and a winter vacation?
15. How does a vacation affect your work performance afterward?
B1 Level – Intermediate
1. What are the rules for checking work email while you are on vacation?
2. How does the weather of a destination influence your vacation plans?
3. Should travel companies be honest about the negative effects of tourism?
4. What is the difference between traveling to relax and traveling to learn something new?
5. Do you believe that solo travelers have better or worse vacations than group travelers?
6. What are the challenges of finding childcare when both parents want to take a vacation?
7. How does using a tour guide change the way you see a new place?
8. What is the idea of a “working vacation”?
9. Is it fair or unfair when a destination becomes too expensive due to tourists?
10. How does the fear of flying affect vacation choices?
11. What are the steps for making sure your home is safe while you are away?
12. What is the value of going on a vacation where you have no internet access?
13. Should companies offer mental health days that are not counted as vacation days?
14. What are the reasons why some people feel more tired after a vacation than before?
15. How does the economy affect how often people can afford to take vacations?
B2 Level – Upper-Intermediate
1. What are the social pressures to take exciting and expensive vacations to show off on social media?
2. What are the moral problems when a vacation spot becomes polluted because of too many visitors?
3. How does a long period without a vacation affect a person’s mental health and productivity?
4. Should people who take very long flights pay an extra fee to offset the pollution?
5. Analyze the psychological effect of having “unlimited vacation” time at work.
6. Who is responsible for making sure local workers in tourist areas are paid fairly?
7. What is your view on short-term rental platforms (like Airbnb) and how they change local housing for residents?
8. Evaluate the role of travel agents in a world where almost all booking is done online.
9. How does the constant availability of work emails stop people from truly disconnecting during their time off?
10. Discuss the concept of “vacation poverty” and its link to economic inequality.
11. What are the problems with governments giving their citizens extra money just for taking a local vacation?
12. What are the legal differences in employee rights for paid vacation versus unpaid leave?
13. Do you agree that the purpose of a vacation is more about self-improvement than simple rest?
14. What steps should be taken to ensure children get a fair break from school during the summer?
15. How does the anticipation of a vacation influence your daily mood and routine?
C1 Level – Advanced
1. Is it fair that many workers lose their paid vacation days if they don’t use them within the year?
2. What is the right way to think about a tourist’s responsibility to give back to the local community they visit?
3. How do the laws of different countries affect how easy or difficult it is to travel with long-term medication?
4. When should large corporations encourage or force their employees to take a mandatory vacation?
5. What are the moral questions when an entire country’s economy depends only on seasonal tourism?
6. How does the long period of summer vacation affect the academic progress of children from different economic backgrounds?
7. Discuss the impact of virtual reality technology on the future need for physical travel?
8. How should leaders use the national average of unused vacation days to measure worker stress?
9. What is the idea of “ecotourism” and how successful is it at protecting the environment?
10. What are the long-term effects on society when fewer people can afford to take time off work?
11. What are the difficulties when courts try to decide if a disease was caused by work stress that a vacation should have prevented?
12. How does the search for a new, unique destination conflict with the need to protect undiscovered places?
13. Do you agree that the most relaxing vacations are the ones that require the least amount of advance planning?
14. What are the simple moral rules a traveler should follow when visiting a place that has very serious poverty?
15. Should the government set a legal minimum for the amount of paid annual vacation every worker must receive?
C2 Level – Proficiency
1. What is the real difference between forced idleness (doing nothing) and intentional leisure (choosing to rest)?
2. Debate the idea: Should we completely replace the idea of a fixed annual vacation with a policy of flexible, spontaneous time off?
3. How does constant information about the perfect vacation change the human ability to appreciate small, local joys?
4. What laws or rules are needed to control how much personal information is collected by online booking sites?
5. How do historical views of leisure (as earned or as a right) still affect how modern companies treat vacation time?
6. How can communities maintain their identity when their main source of money comes from temporary visitors?
7. Argue the point that humans should stop viewing vacations as a reward and see rest as a necessary human need.
8. What protection should laws give to workers who are fired because they asked for more vacation time?
9. How can we stop the problem of using vacation photos to create envy and social competition?
10. What did old thinkers say about the value of doing nothing that is still important today?
11. What will happen to travel jobs like concierge and local experts if AI can perfectly plan and guide trips?
12. How do people use the idea of “digital detox” to avoid discussing their real work addiction?
13. How does the experience of a vacation reset the mind and improve the ability to solve problems?
14. What is the power of international travel groups to set ethical standards for the global tourism industry?
15. If scientists could create a perfect illusion of a vacation in your mind, would you still travel physically?
