Microsoft Word ielts speaking Actual Tests (Sep Dec 2019) and Suggested Answers Version

How has travelling changed, compared to several decades ago?
Well, several decades ago, travelling was more of a luxury option for people with a lot of money. Nowadays, it has changed and become more accessible to the middle class. You can easily get a roundtrip tickets to Paris for less than 200 dollars, before, that was bananas (crazy)!
When do people travel (as tourists), who do they usually go with?
When people travel, they usually go with friends or family. Those ways are the most common, but for me the best way to travel is by yourself. It’s becoming more common for people to travel alone, but for me especially because I love the feeling of being able to do whatever I please at any given moment. Do you think the internet has had an effect on people’s traveling behavior today?
It has deeply affected the way people travel, particularly in the way people buy plane tickets and layout their days at destination. Thanks to the internet, now you can buy plane tickets immediately, all you need to have is a credit or debit card. People also pick up their destination and determine what to do each day, based on the information they find online.
If you were going on a trip, what essential modern technology would you take with you, and why?
One of the essentials on my trips is my phone. I can’t survive without it, it brings me so much information about destination, like how to get there and what to see. To be honest, I’d be completely lost without google maps! I need all of that information right in the palm of my hand (accessible) to be able to proceed with my trip.