TID helps Travellers to Learn the Language Before they land with Free MP3 Travel guides

Australian travellers can now learn a foreign language on the flight to their overseas destination, thanks to TravelInsuranceDirect.com.au.

Sydney, NSW (PRWEB) June 25, 2009 -- Australian travellers can now learn a foreign language on the flight to their overseas destination, thanks to TravelInsuranceDirect.com.au.

The free language guides (http://www.travelinsurancedirect.com.au/easy-guide-to-travel-insurance/free-language-guides-mp3-phrase-books.html) are available from TravelInsuranceDirect.com.au as free MP3 downloads that can be loaded onto an iPod or other digital music player.

Basic lessons run for approximately 12 minutes, making it possible for travellers to ignore boring in-flight movies and instead devote hours aloft to learning the language spoken at their destination.

"Knowing just a few key words and phrases in the local language can definitely improve your holiday," says Ian Jackson, Travel Insurance Direct's general manager "Residents respect the effort and travellers find little things like ordering meals in restaurants become a lot easier if they speak a little of the local language."

The tutorials are essentially miniature phrasebooks & available for the following languages:

• Spanish

• French

• Thai

• Hindi

• Greek

• Indonesian

• Japanese

• Vietnamese

• Laos

• Mandarin

• Arabic

• Nepali

• Malay

• Swedish

• German

• Portuguese

• Dutch

• Russian

• Turkish

Phrases every traveller must know

Ian added that he believes it is important for Australian tourists to learn at least a few key phrases before they travel overseas. These easy to digest language lessons are essentially audio phrase books (http://www.travelinsurancedirect.com.au/easy-guide-to-travel-insurance/free-language-guides-mp3-phrase-books.html)."It's just plain rude to visit another country without being able to say 'Thank You' in the local language," he says.

Other phrases Ian thinks it is essential to master before you visit another country are:

• "May I please have the bill?"

• "Where is the bathroom?"

• "How much does this cost?"

• "Excuse me;"

• "I love you"

"Spending a little bit of time to master these phrases will make you a better ambassador for Australia and help you have a better holiday," Ian says. "We hope our language guides help travellers to have a better experience on their holiday."

Travel Insurance Direct (http://www.travelinsurancedirect.com.au/) is an Australian travel insurance provider with a core focus of making it easier, better, faster and less expensive for Australian's to purchase reliable travel cover online. Cover options include Holiday Insurance, Cheap Travel Insurance (http://www.travelinsurancedirect.com.au/cheap-travel-insurance-prices.html), Domestic Travel Insurance (http://www.travelinsurancedirect.com.au/domestic-travel-insurance.html), Business travel Insurance, Annual/ Multi Trip Cover & Seniors Travel Insurance.

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