itinerary
A plan or list of places and times for a trip.
ExampleThe tour guide explains the itinerary for the first day.
ExampleThe revised itinerary includes a museum visit before lunch.
Usage Scenarios
Travel schedule detail
Listen for itinerary when a recording explains a trip plan, tour schedule, field visit, or sequence of travel activities.
ExampleThe tour guide explains the itinerary for the first day.
Stop, time, or change
After itinerary appears, IELTS listening may test a meeting point, transport detail, activity order, hotel, or revised time.
ExampleThe revised itinerary includes a museum visit before lunch.
Usage Guide
Listen for itinerary when a recording explains a travel plan, tour schedule, field trip, conference visit, or day-by-day arrangement.
High-value listening chunks include travel itinerary, detailed itinerary, revised itinerary, and final itinerary; these phrases often introduce times or places.
Do not stop at the overall trip topic. IELTS listening may test one stop, meeting point, transport detail, or change inside the itinerary.
Word Forms & Word Building
Itinerary is a noun for a planned travel schedule. It usually combines places, times, transport, and activities in order.
The word is phrase-built in IELTS listening: travel itinerary, detailed itinerary, final itinerary, and revised itinerary.
Do not reduce itinerary to destination. The word points to the ordered plan, not only the place someone is going.
Meaning Boundaries
Itinerary vs timetable
A timetable lists scheduled times, often for classes or transport. An itinerary is a travel plan with places, times, and activities in sequence.
Itinerary vs destination
A destination is the place someone is going. An itinerary is the whole ordered plan for the trip, including stops and timing.
Best IELTS context
Expect itinerary in listening tasks about tours, field trips, study travel, conference visits, hotel bookings, transport, and day-by-day schedules.
Memory Tricks
Hear itinerary as the trip schedule. After it appears, listen for the order of places, times, transport, and meeting points.
Anchor it in travel itinerary, detailed itinerary, revised itinerary, and final itinerary.
In notes, separate itinerary from destination because IELTS may test one stop or time inside the plan.
Common Traps
Do not read itinerary as a single destination. It is the whole travel plan, often with several stops or times.
In listening, the answer may be a departure time, meeting point, activity order, hotel name, or transport detail from the itinerary.
Do not confuse itinerary with brochure. A brochure may advertise a trip; an itinerary organizes the actual schedule.