Vanessa, a language teacher, shares her experience of feeling unprepared for a trip to Costa Rica due to insufficient Spanish practice.

To help others avoid similar struggles when traveling to English-speaking countries, she provides a guide on essential travel phrases across four categories: dining out, shopping, accommodations, and car rentals.

She offers practical expressions for ordering at restaurants, navigating shops, checking into hotels, and renting cars, emphasizing politeness and cultural nuances.

Vanessa also includes advice on handling dietary restrictions, customizing food orders, and understanding American habits like large portion sizes or flexible payment options.

To support learning, she provides a free downloadable PDF with key phrases, definitions, and examples for travelers to review and use on the go.

Vanessa concludes by inviting viewers to share their travel plans and explore her other lessons, including a video on avoiding taboo topics in the US.