Phrasal Verbs to Travel Phrasal Verbs Related to Travel Set off: To begin a journey. “We set off really early this morning, that’s why I’m so tired. Get away: To go away on holiday, to escape for a while “I’m really stressed at work and what I really need is to get away. Take off: When the plane leaves the ground. “The plane took off on time.” Pick up: To pick somebody up is to go somewhere to collect someone, usually by car. “I’ll pick you up at the station at 6 in the morning. Drop off: To take someone somewhere by car. “I’ll drop you off at the airport this afternoon.” Check in: You arrive and register at a hotel or an airport. “When we check in at the airport they’ll give us our boarding card” Check out: You pay the bill at the end of your stay at a hotel. See off: When you go to the airport, port, train station etc to say goodbye to someone. We’ll see you off at the airport. Look around: Explore what is around you. “After we checked in to our hotel we wanted to look around the local area to see what it was like.” Get on: When you enter a plane, bus, train, horse, bike. Get off: You leave a plan, bus, train, bike. Get in: When you enter a taxi, car. Get out of: You leave a taxi, car. Touch down: The moment the plane touches the ground and lands. “Our plane touched down at half past seven in the morning.”