Spanish for Travel & Tourism
Enhance your travel experiences in Spanish-speaking countries with conversational Spanish skills.
How Berges Institute Helps Travelers:
- Learn to build Spanish sentences, not just memorize phrases
- Small group classes with native instructors from various countries
- Build confidence communicating in Spanish-speaking destinations
- Flexible online scheduling before your trip
- Grammar foundation that lets you adapt to any situation
- Exposure to different accents and regional variations
Frequently asked questions
Our program teaches conversational Spanish that's perfect for travelers. While we focus on building a real language foundation rather than just memorizing tourist phrases, this actually serves you better when unexpected situations arise. You'll be able to construct sentences and adapt, not just repeat rehearsed lines.
We teach conversational Spanish through grammar and sentence-building that naturally includes travel situations - ordering food, asking directions, booking hotels, shopping, and more. The grammar foundation we provide lets you create sentences for any travel situation rather than being limited to scripted phrases.
For a basic travel foundation, we recommend at least 5-6 months of study before your trip. However, even a couple months of study will give you valuable skills and confidence. Many travelers continue learning after their trip once they experience the joy of communicating in Spanish.
Yes! Our instructors come from various Spanish-speaking countries, so you'll be exposed to different accents during your classes. We focus on teaching you clear, widely-understood Spanish while also helping you recognize regional variations.
Reviews from our students
Mary Kocy
4.0
2022-02-06
This course was what I'd hoped for and then some. I have difficulty learning foreign languages, but happily, this technique and this teacher suit me and I'm enrolling in Part 2.
Julia is a wonderful teacher. She explains grammatical points clearly. She is patient and kind and handily involves the students in conversation with one another. I especially appreciate the points she makes about how something is said in Mexico v. in Spain or even in certain other Latin American countries. I enrolled in her course because my future extended family is Mexican and it was important to attune my ear to the Mexican dialect, so these explanations are really useful.
So why four stars and not five? Three reasons: 1. There's no in-person option yet--and I understand that it's not possible yet, but being in person would ease conversation and build an esprit de corps amongst students. 2. I wish you used Zoom instead of BlueJeans. Zoom is just a better platform. Hope you'll consider changing. 3. I wish there was more written homework along with video components so that students could respond to Spanish spoken at conversational speed. But maybe that's to come in the more advanced modules.
Looking forward to the past tense. Many thanks.
Karolina
5.0
2020-03-25
The beginner class was an amazing introduction into spanish language. The teacher Rolando G. was absolutely fantastic at explaining and making the learning fun.
Patrick Cavanaugh
5.0
2023-01-14
I enjoyed the book, overall content, and flexibility of class times.
Anonymous
5.0
2020-03-02
The course was amazing, well delivered!I learnt so much in those 10 weeks and I will definitely recommend this course to anyone who wants to practice their Spanish in a class setting.
Molly
5.0
2020-03-28
Great course! Topics were digestible and the homework was very good
Karen Burch
5.0
2020-03-25
I really enjoyed the class and learned a great deal.
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