Talking about your plans in English

Here are some useful phrases to talk about your future plans.

Asking about plans

• What are your plans for (… summer)?
• Have you decided (… where you're going on holiday)?
• What are you up to (… in summer?)
• Are you going to Majorca again for summer?
• When you talk about your plans, use the present continuous tense:
• I'm thinking of going to …
• We're planning to go to…
• He's hoping to go to…
• I'm toying / playing with the idea of…

Other useful phrases

• I've got my heart set on…
• I've been dying to go to… (ever since I heard about it from my neighbour)
• I'd love to go to Australia, but it's too far / expensive
• I can't choose between Morocco or Tunisia.
• I'm torn between Italy and France.

When your plans aren't yet certain

• It looks like… (we're going to Cyprus)
• As long as we can get our visa in time, we'll be going to the USA
• We're not 100% sure, but we might be going to Egypt
• It's a toss-up between Greece and Spain.
• We're on the waiting list for a villa in Tuscany.

When your plans are all arranged

• You can use the present perfect tense to announce your plans:
• We've decided to go to Greece.
• We've settled on Spain, after all.
• They've opted for a camping holiday in France.
• We've booked a weekend in a boutique hotel in Paris.
• Or use the going to future to talk about your intentions:
• We're going (to go) to the Algarve for two weeks in July.
• She's going to stay in a B&B in the Lakes with some work mates.