Travel English Going to a hotel 5 Advanced Expressions
hi i’m vanessa from speak english with
vanessa calm what should you say at a
hotel let’s talk about it
welcome to the series travel survival
tips of course there are a million
expressions that you can use when you’re
traveling but in this series i want to
condense these to six different
situations and give you five expressions
per situation to help you really start
to feel comfortable with your upcoming
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let’s start with the first situation
take a look at this video and try to
guess which situation which travel
situation are we going to talk about in
this video you guessed a hotel you’re
correct we’re going to be talking about
five expressions you can use at a hotel
let’s start with the first one when you
walk up to the counter the person will
probably ask you do you have a
reservation do you have a reservation
and i imagine if you’re traveling
overseas you’ll probably have a
reservation in advance so you can say
yes it’s under Vanessa prophy it’s under
your name so I recommend using this full
sentence of course you can just say your
name do you have a reservation yes
Vanessa but if you want to use
expression that native speakers use this
is what we say yes it’s under plus your
name we use under to talk about your
reservation my reservation is with this
name I used this name when I made the
reservation because the look on the
computer and they’ll try to find your
name yes it’s under Vanessa profie your
reservation probably won’t be under my
name so make sure you say your name
the next question is really important
when you’re talking on the phone or when
you actually go to the hotel it is when
is check-in time and when is check-out
time that means when can you get to your
room and when do you have to leave your
room this is really valuable because
it’s different in all countries maybe in
your country you’re used to having a
really early check-in time maybe 10
o’clock in the morning well maybe in
London it’s going to be completely
different you can’t check in until 2:00
p.m. in some situations so make sure
that you ask when is check-in time when
is check-out time the third expression
is one that you’re not going to say but
you’re going to hear of course it’s
important to know the right questions to
ask but you also want to understand the
responses so this one is if you go to a
hotel and you sought check-in time was
at 11 a.m. but when you get there the
hotel attendant says I’m sorry the room
won’t be ready until 1 p.m. but you can
leave your bags here of course they’ll
say this quickly the room won’t be ready
to 1 p.m. but you can leave your bags
here
it means feel free to put your bags in
this safe area and that way you can go
out and enjoy the city and you can come
back later after 1 p.m.
that’s a great expression to be able to
understand the fourth expression that
you can use at a hotel is I’d like to
an extra night how much will it be let’s
imagine you’re having a great time you
don’t want to leave you want to stay
even longer well you want to ask how
much will it be to stay an extra night
maybe it’s the weekend instead of the
weekday maybe it’s a holiday instead of
an a not holiday time well you want to
politely say this I’d like to stay
another night how much will it be great
question and I’m sure that the hotel
attendant will give you a clear answer
because they’d love for you to stay
longer the fifth expression is a
question and you can use this type of
question in a lot of situations just
changing some of the words it is can I
have two extra towels brought up to room
203 let’s imagine you’re staying in room
203 and you want two extra towels you
have extra long hair or maybe your kids
need some extra towels you could say can
we have two extra towels brought up to
room 203 we would use brought up if
you’re calling the front desk or maybe
if you’re talking to the front desk and
you’re about to leave so you don’t want
to take the towels back to your room you
want them to go to your room and take
the towels for you what if you want
something else brought up to your room
no problem you can use the same Senate
structure can I have a bottle of wine
brought up to room 203 great have a
party you can use this question a polite
question for a lot of different things
before we go let’s talk about a magic
phrase I learned this phrase when I was
living in France because I wanted and I
needed to ask people a lot of questions
but sometimes when a stranger is walking
around the city you don’t really want to
bother them you don’t know how to
introduce your question
and you can use this at a hotel as well
this magic phrase for almost any
situation is
excuse me I don’t want to bother you but
can I have two extra towels brought up
to room 203 excuse me I don’t want to
bother you but and then you ask your
question in each video in this series
about survival travel tips we’re going
to use this magic phrase because really
it’s magic whenever you use it people
can’t resist but to help you
so I recommend memorizing that magic
phrase and using the other expressions
in this lesson now it’s your turn in the
comments below this video use one of
these expressions or share another
expression that’s important in a hotel
situation thanks so much and I’ll see
you the next time bye
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