Vacations on Farm

The most beautiful time of the year is awaiting you right out­side your door. All you have to do is decide where to go. Vaca­tion farm areas can provide you with peaceful, unencumbered days. Out in the country, you will find elements of life that you otherwise may not experience. Instead of the hectic pace of ev­eryday life that makes you feel unacknowledged, you encoun­ter real hospitality in a warm, personal atmosphere.

You will find yourself rejuvenated in such a natural setting whether just walking outside, fishing, biking or horseback riding. There’s no end to the new experiences and discoveries you can make. The hosts of the farm will spoil you with regional delica­cies like fragrant fresh breads, home-made sausages and chees­es as well as wine and juices from own vineyards. Diverse lei­sure activities for both young and old round off the whole experience in the country. Choose from guest rooms with or without food stocked, vacation homes, special vacation areas just for children, equestrian farms and vineyards. Wherever you stay, you will definitely find the farm setting along with your guesthouse to be a place where your vacation dreams will be reached.

Business writingreference section forms

Forms are documents with questions and gaps for you to write the answer in. This is a form to request foreign currency for a business trip.

Request for foreign currency
Name (CAPITALS)
Department
Date of departure
Date of return	30.11.2004
Currency required
Place of visit ;
Purpose of visit

This form asks you to give personal details. Other forms may ask you to give details about products or services, e.g. invoices and order forms.

Always read the whole form before you write.

Write clearly and use CAPITAL LETTERS when asked.

Messages

A message or a note is a request or a piece of information that you leave for someone when you cannot speak to them di­rectly.

TTiis is a message from one colleague to another asking if she would like to attend a presentation.

The message is very short and usually contains one piece of information.

General rules:

• day or time write at the top,

• don’t use headings or greetings,

• the language can be quite informal,

• put your name or initial at the end.

Friday,

Jo,

Iphoned Mary Jones about her presentation.

She is giving her talk in the Greenwich conference room, Wind­sor Hotel at 10o’clock on Wednesday 15 December..

Give me a ring if you’d like to attend.

Nick.

Notices

A notice is an announcement giving information. It is put in a public place where everyone can see it. It is not for one par­ticular person, but for eveiyone to read.

This is a company notice inviting employees to a summer party.

*

SUMMER PARTY

All staff are invited to the summer party.

Meet friends and colleagues after work and relax in the garden!

There will be dancing, live music and plenty of good food and wine.

The party is on ftiday 16 June from 6.30 — 11.30 p.m.

Food will be served from 7.00 — 9.00 p.m.

Please let Mary Jones know if you would like to come and if you are a vegetarian.

You can e-mail her on: [e-mail] Mary Jones, HR Director, 10 May.

A notice should be quite short and very clear so that every­one who reads it Can understand the information and know what to do.

The heading at the top should be eye-catching and describe what the notice is about.

Write Name and position of the person who wrote the no­tice, and the date in the end.

FAXES

A facsimile or fax copy is an exact reproduction of a docu­ment, so when you send a fax it could just be a copy of a docu­ment (e.g. a letter) not a new document. Often though, a fax is a new document similar to a letter, but is more often direct. Faxes are quick, convenient, and the sender knows that the document has arrived.

This is a fax giving confirmation of a booking.

25/03/2004 MON 09.56 FAX [phone] FAX MESSAGE Capsis Palace Hotel

To: Joe King

Marketing Manager, Big Corp Fax no: 0207 346346

From: Joan Fletcher

Fax no: 01291 236236

Date: 25 March

Pages (inc. this one): 1 Re: Booking Confirmation

If you do not receive all the pages, please telephone us on 01291236236.

Following our telephone conversation, this is to confirm that the “Greenwich ” conference room is booked in the name of Joe King for Thursday 8 April.

The room seats 15 people and the booking includes a sandwich lunch. ■

Conference participants may use the hotel’s facilities.

Thank you,

JK

General rules:

• Most companies print their own fax stationery

• The date of the transmission is printed by the machine when the fax is sent

• Re: means ‘regarding’. Put the subject here

• Say how many pages you are sending, so the receiver knows if there is any problem with the transmission

• The style is more direct than a letter

• Information about the sender and the receiver appears at the top, so the writer does not use traditional greetings (Dear Sir etc.)

• The fax ends with the sender’s name or initials