ADJ
enjoyable, exciting, fun-filled, good, lovely, wonderful
disastrous
The family's beach holiday turned out to be absolutely disastrous when the hotel lost their reservation.
dream
My dream holiday would be relaxing on a beach in Thailand for two weeks.
foreign, overseas | summer, winter | 7-night, two-week, etc. | package | family
activity, adventure, camping, skiing
We're thinking about booking a camping holiday in the mountains next summer.
VERB + HOLIDAY
go on, have, take
My parents took a holiday in Spain last month and brought back lots of photos.
book
We need to book our winter holiday before all the cheap flights sell out.
cancel
We had to cancel our holiday because of the flight strike last month.
HOLIDAY + NOUN
destination, resort, venue
We booked our summer holiday destination six months in advance to get the best prices.
accommodation, cottage, home
We rented a small holiday cottage in the mountains for two weeks last summer.
camp, complex, village
period, season
My family always travels during the holiday period in December.
brochure
business, company, firm
My uncle works for a large holiday company that organizes trips all over Europe.
insurance
My parents always buy holiday insurance whenever they plan a trip abroad.
arrangements, plans
romance
She met her boyfriend during a holiday romance while traveling in Spain last summer.
photos, snaps
PREP
on (a) ~
My family always relaxes and forgets about work when we're on holiday.
PHRASES
a holiday of a lifetime
My grandparents saved for years to take a holiday of a lifetime to New Zealand.
ADJ
annual, Christmas, Easter, summer
We always look forward to our summer holiday at the beach every year.
school | paid
VERB + HOLIDAY
be entitled to, get, have
My parents always get two weeks' holiday in August to visit their relatives abroad.
take
We decided to take a holiday in Spain last summer.
spend
We spent our holiday visiting museums and trying local restaurants in the city.
need
After working twelve-hour shifts all month, she desperately needed a holiday to rest and recharge.
HOLIDAY + NOUN
time | entitlement | pay
job
During summer break, my brother worked a holiday job at the shopping center.
PREP
during the ~s
Many shops stay open late during the holidays to serve more customers.
in the ~s
We always visit our grandparents in the holidays.
on ~
My parents are on holiday in Spain for two weeks.
ADJ
bank, national, public, religious
HOLIDAY + NOUN
weekend
We're planning to visit my grandparents during the holiday weekend in November.