getting a hotel room

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Let’s Get a Hotel Room!

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Have you ever stayed in a hotel? It’s quite an experience. It is a chance to be a king (or queen). I like it. Today, we learn hotel vocabulary and key phrases used when we want to get a room. “Get a room” is a common expression for getting a hotel room. One of the first things to know about hotels is the kind of room you want. There are 3 different types of rooms. Like airplane tickets, there is cheap, and expensive, and something in the middle. The names of these 3 types of rooms are…

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The single The single room is used often for a couple of people or a solo person (business traveler).

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The double The double room is for the family of four, or friends traveling in a group. It is a little more expensive than the single.

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The Suite This is the luxurious room. You can see it is much bigger. It has a couple of rooms. It not only is expensive, but it looks like it too. RICH travelers, single or groups will stay in a place like this.

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Another key phrase to learn is check in, and check out. Our lesson, only talks about check out. It is the time the hotel tells you to leave. Usually that is around lunch time.

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Do you know where to check in, or check out? Its called the front desk. Located at the front, when you walk in the hotel.

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This is where you go to get your room. Whatever you want or need, they will help you get it. For example, if you want to know where to eat. They would tell you if they had that place. Do you like to swim? Maybe you want to know if there is a pool.

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Maybe the family will stay for a couple of weeks, then they will need to wash their clothes. So, laundry service is needed. These are the same people (maid service) that clean your hotel room everyday.

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There is another expression we use, in hotels and everyday English as well. “Wake up call” If you are on a business trip, you may need a wake up call. The hotel front desk will call you at the time you ask. A wake up call in everyday English means it is time to pay attention, time to think about what is going on.

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That almost covers everything there is to know about hotels. Just one more thing is important to know. How to pay. There are 2 ways to pay. One everyone knows.. CASH

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And the second, and not so familiar for students is … VISA, a.k.a Credit Card, a.k.a Charge Card a.k.a “Plastic”

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It is time now to look at some important things that will help with the next part of the lesson. Repeat after me, please. Front Desk: Welcome to the Wyatt Hotel. How may I help you? Traveler: I’d like a room please? Front Desk: Would you like a single or a double?

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Traveler: I’d like a double, please? Front Desk: May I have your name, please? Traveler: Timothy Findley. Front Desk: Could you spell that please? Traveler: F-I-N-D-L-E-Y Front Desk: How many are in your party?

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Traveler: Just two Front Desk: How many nights would you like to stay? Traveler: Just tonight. Front Desk: How will you be paying? Traveler: Is Visa OK? Front Desk: That’ll be fine. Would you like a wake-up call?

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Traveler: Yes, I’d like a wake-up call for 6:30. Do you have a pool? Front desk: Yes, we do. On the 2nd floor. Here’s your key. That’s room 405 on the fourth floor.

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As you may already know, single and double are the room size. The traveler spells his name when asked. “Party” means how many people are traveling together. Hotels use “nights” to find out how long someone will stay. Room numbers, like our example, are pronounced four “oh” five. The 4 stands for the fourth floor.

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You are traveling alone. You would like a single room. You would like to pay with cash. You will be staying 2 nights. You would like a wake-up call for 7:00 A.M.

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Some cards you will receive will say INN and MOTEL. If you remember our storybook, you will remember inn. Motel, is just a cheap hotel. Available rooms means, a room that isn’t being used. N/A means that there is no such thing at THAT hotel.