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A website that [provides / provisions] price comparisons for flights, hotels and car hire across the globe has made some [bald / bold] predictions for what travel will look like [in / on] a decade from now. Perhaps the most [mouthwatering / mouth-to-mouth] destination for 2024 holidaymakers will be a trip to the Moon or a stay in space. The site Skyscanner.com has just released a report of what holidays in the [not-too-distant / not-too-distance] future might look like. The report is [titles / titled] 'The Future of Travel 2024' and outlines a whole [serious / series] of previously unimaginable vacation [choices / chooses] for the thrill-seeking traveller and those who just want to get [there / by] quicker. The report is a result of the collaboration [between / outside] travel experts and international technology experts.

Holidays in space are perhaps the most [spectacularly / spectacular] of Skyscanner's predictions. Its report says: "Orbital space travel will be the next [warm / hot] ticket, and commercial companies are lining [up / on] to make it a more affordable [preposition / proposition] ." Indeed, Virgin Galactic and SpaceX are already [acceptance / accepting] bookings. The cost of a seat on the Virgin craft ([round / square] trip, of course) is $250,000. Skyscanner also [predictions / predicts] an explosion in the number of underwater hotel rooms, which it says will become a [mainstream / streaming] travel option. Other things to look forward to include a supersonic aircraft that will fly London-Sydney in two hours and the [convergence / emergence] of "danger-zone" tourism. We can also expect futuristic advances in shopping and [dining / dinning] .

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