Describe a journey that didn't go as planned.: IELTS Speaking Cue Card

Yes, so the journey was to Singapore and it was an international trip for sure. So we started packing our bags and then just hurrying up to the airport and after landing to the airport, I realized that I have forgotten my passport at home. So everyone was like, what did you do Pankaj? What kind of behavior is this? So I was like, you guys were only making me to do things in a hurry and just saying, yeah, do it quickly and yeah, we are running out of time, our flight will miss. Then I suddenly ran home and took a cab, got the passport, locked the door again, checked thrice all the things are organized in my house or not. I was going with my family, so they scolded me very well and God, it was a hectic day and it is really a lifetime experience where you forget your passport and you are going on an international trip with your family, which is just not acceptable.

It was during one of our family get-together. All the family members wanted to go for some water activities. As we lived near to a coastal area there was a place nearby which offered various activities like speed boating, house board, kayaking etc. So we have never been to that place and we very ardently wanted to try one. So on one fine weekend our family members set out for experiencing these activities. We had made all the required reservations and we were looking forward to a great experience. However an unforeseen situation arose. It started raining all of a sudden. So we had booked for speed boat experience but due to the rain we were sure that we were going to get drenched. There were also elders in our family. However they couldn't get cold. Anyways we proceeded to the destination. During our travel it was raining profoundly. However we thought that since we have booked it already let's go experience it. But to our astonishment when we reached the location the rain had ceased and we could continue like how we have planned. It was an all very well experience.

Three months ago, I went to Shirdi with my friends. It was a sudden planned trip. So, we didn't get the train tickets confirmed. One week ago, we booked our train tickets, but they were not confirmed. So, during the journey, we faced a lot of issues with seating arrangement, with people around the seats. As it was not confirmed, we had to share the seat with somebody else, like some stranger. The coach was very dirty. The washrooms were not clean at all. The water supply was also not good in the train. It was a mess-up feeling. When I try to remember that journey, I get a very unpleasant feeling. Next time, we try to avoid it by booking priorly, by planning a trip in a very sophisticated way. Not only the train journey, but we booked our rooms also very lately. But after going to that hotel, our rooms were occupied with somebody else. So, we try to roam around the streets for that room. We have to arrange four of them in just one single room.

Today I am going to talk about a journey that didn't go as planned. So what really happened was that we wanted to travel to China. So we had to take a bus to Hyderabad and from Hyderabad to Delhi we need to catch a flight. From there we need to go to China. So what happened was that we missed the bus to Hyderabad. So we had to take a cab and the cab driver was dragging the time to reach the destination that we planned earlier. So we had to shout at him and then he was just going fast to reach the destination. So

In my college days, I, in my third year, I planned a trip to Goa with my college friends. We were six girls and we were going in the semester break, but it did not go as we planned because two of my friends backed out at last moment and we didn't even book the flights on time. Then the four of us, yes, we decided to go, but the flights were too expensive. Then one of the girl backed out saying she has a family emergency and then it was awkward for just three of us to go. So we just canceled the trip and I felt really bad after canceling that trip because it was supposed to be the last trip of our college life and Goa is a part of our college trip.