Band 6: Describe a trip that didn't go as planned. You should say: where you travelled; what the plan was; what happened, and how it influenced your travelling experience. (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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I think that was really not how I planned it. In October, my younger brother and I flew to visit our mom in Switzerland. He flew from Russia and I flew from Israel, and we met in Switzerland to spend time with our mom. It was wonderful. After that, we planned to go to Paris to explore for five days. The plan was that my brother would return home on October 20, and he was supposed to fly back to Russia. Actually, in the morning, we went to the airport to get his ticket and check in. My mom and I returned to the hotel, and after two hours, he called us and told us that he missed his plane. He missed his flight and was alone at the airport in Paris. We were in a panic because the tickets from Russia to Europe and from Europe to Russia were very expensive. So, in a panic, we went back to the airport to pick him up and returned to the hotel. While we were panicking, we searched the internet and all the websites to find new tickets. We realized that my father was in Antalya, and tickets from Paris to Antalya were much cheaper than tickets from Paris to St. Petersburg, which is my hometown in Russia. We bought the tickets to Antalya for the next day, and that’s how we figured out the situation. My brother spent one week with my father in Antalya before he left.

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I think that was really not like it planned it. In this October, me and my younger brother flight to visit our mom in Switzerland. He flew from Russia and I flew from Israel and we met in Switzerland, spent time with our mom. It was wonderful. And after it we go to Paris to explore Paris for five days. And my brother, the plan was that my brother came back home in October 20. And he is supposed to come back to Russia. Actually, in the morning we go to the airport, let him to get a ticket and just use the airport stuff. And me and my mom came back to the hotel and after two hours he called us and told that he missed his plane. He missed his flight and he just alone in the airport in Paris. And we were in panic because the tickets now from Russia to Europe and from Europe to Russia just burned our pockets. So in panic we went to the airport to pack him up and came back to hotel. And in panic we were searched the internet, all the websites to found new tickets. And we understand that my father is in Antalya now and tickets from Paris to Antalya are much cheaper than tickets from Paris to St. Petersburg. It’s my hometown in Russia. And we bought the tickets to Antalya for next day and it’s how we figured out the situation. Like my brother spent one week with my father in Antalya and after he left.

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