LIVE watch party Checking in at a Hotel
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we’re gonna watch a video together one
of my favorite videos that I’ve ever
made
we’ll watch it together and I’ll pause
it if needed and you know I can answer
questions that are happening in chat so
we’ll talk about things that we see if
you see something in the video and you
have a question put it in chat and we’re
just gonna watch this video together and
I’m gonna pause it and we’ll talk about
things as we go okay so let me figure
out fell room you could also book a
table at a restaurant this means you’ve
made is too fast okay I gotta figure out
how to start playing the video here we
go Asian you could book a venue for your
wedding or a concert venue could you
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what I did wrong I know what I did wrong
this is a brand new software so bear
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guys we got a book to my friends band
for Friday here OOW makes the as in push
vowel book a book
so both the noun book a corner booked my
friends band for Friday okay guys that
is not working the way I wanted it to I
wanted it to start at the beginning of
the video but it’s not it’s starting
like one minute
to the videos so frustrating okay maybe
if I do this here oo it makes the a zinc
push vowel book your beautiful book
first
so both the noun and the verb book are
pronounced exactly the same hi
I booked online Rachel Smith and then
about an hour after I booked I booked an
upgrade I used the term upgrade this
means to improve okay I’m still not
happy with that it’s still not starting
at the beginning in the video you guys
are so great experiment of going live
it’s a cool idea though isn’t it
we watch a video together and we go with
it
wait a second oh you know it’s that is
trippy I need to put that away this what
I’m seeing there is is behind what I’m
actually doing okay there are currently
five hundred fifteen people here in this
live stream and I can’t figure out how
to start the video from the beginning oh
wait I think I know some time to get a
higher quality for example if you’ve had
your cell phone that shoot so
disappointed guys I’m so sad I wanted to
figure out what I was doing with this
video oh I know here is a bit slow yeah
you might loss all videos okay now go to
my video in point I want to start over
how do I do that
I’m not being too impressive here am i
well we’re gonna watch this video gather
if we have to watch it from one minute
in then we will that’s silly
but it’s what we’ll do if we have to do
it video in point jump to zero go back
go back to the very beginning okay that
might have done it let’s see we’ll try
I’m gonna shrink myself down oh I did it
wrong again
you beautiful people thank you for being
here with me as I figure this out I
appreciate you
it’s kind of hard trying to be the
person who controls everything and is
live but you guys are all here wonderful
okay I think I figured out how to start
the video from the beginning let’s try
this that doesn’t look quite right but
we’ll see what happens when we click
start I want to get an upgrade here I’m
using it as a noun on a flight you might
be upgraded from an economy to a
first-class seat here I’m using it as a
verb upgrade in this case I booked a
hotel room and then the system asked me
if I wanted to upgrade the offer seemed
like a good deal to me so I did up if
you have seen this video that we’re
watching together let me know in the
comments it’s a video that I made a
couple years ago and it was one of my
favorite videos I loved making it so
much it’s got some of my favorite people
in it but it didn’t get very many views
so I thought I’m bringing it back and
we’re gonna watch it together I paid a
bit more money for a bigger better room
and then about an hour after I booked I
booked an upgrade because it was sounded
very enticing what was being offered do
you have to move my camera here because
I’m blocking how pregnant I look in the
video and that’s no fun I want it I want
everyone to see how pregnant I was that
I am here I’m eight months pregnant
and this was the last weekend that my
doctor said I could travel away from
home so we took Stoney to my in-laws
that is David’s parents and took this
short trip in the u.s. you might hear
people call this a babymoon that is a
relaxing trip you take have any of you
guys heard the term babymoon before it
was the trip that we did right before my
son Sawyer was born it was really fun
and oh man it’s just so crazy right now
isn’t it to think about being able to
take a trip versus being stuck inside
I’m very wistful for that trip and just
for thinking about being able to go to
New York City my favorite place on earth
who knows when we’ll be able to go back
hopefully in a couple of months but
anyway all right let’s keep watching
click myself down again shrink myself
down before it’s harder to travel
because you have a baby this is related
to the term honeymoon which is a trip
you take alone with your partner right
after you get married
yes south-facing here we’re using some
terms that you might use when describing
a room I just want to say I’m really
enjoying watching you guys in chat some
people here already knew the term
babymoon some people knew honeymoon but
not babymoon and it’s just it’s fun
reading the chats as they come in okay
let’s keep going we have this room we
had an amazing amazing trip we booked a
king which means it has a king-sized bed
in it king and california king are the
two largest sized beds she okay who here
sleeps in a king I sleep in a king with
David because I want as much room as
possible use the term water view this
simply means what you can see from your
room you might have City View Park View
water view ocean view
garden view street view this hotel is
close to the Hudson River I used the
term south-facing this means when you’re
in your room looking out the window
which direction are you looking I knew I
wanted to be south-facing because just
north of the hotel are some taller
buildings and I will say that hotel had
an amazing view were about to see it I
didn’t want to look directly at another
building
so I upgraded to a south-facing room you
might also see a room described as a
corner room which of course means you’re
on the corner of the building and you
might get views in two different
directions
yes south-facing sure when checking into
a hotel there’s a good chance that
they’ll ask for a form of ID like she
did that would be something official
with your picture and name on it like a
driver’s license or passport I have you
ever gone on a trip and forgotten your
ID I was on a bus on the way to the
airport to fly to Barcelona when I
realized I didn’t have my passport and I
had to call my ex-boyfriend and he had
to go break into my house I told him how
to do it find my passport I knew exactly
where it was and drive it to me it was
like 45 minutes away from where he was
it was so embarrassing but I was very
lucky he did it for me and I still made
my flight always remember your photo ID
when you travel d is short for
identification
they’ll also usually want a credit card
from you so they can make charges to the
room if you damage or take anything
sure okay I saw Pedro asks what’s the
name of the hotel this was called the
standard Hotel in New York City it’s the
only time I’ve stayed there it’s pretty
ritzy it’s very pricey it was a splurge
something that you can’t do every day
something that you just do every once in
a while to sort of treat yourself that
was what this hotel was the standard
hotel in New York City actually they
have two hotels in New York City this
was the one on the west side buy what is
the name of that park the High Line okay
no problem
incidentals this is a word they use for
anything in addition to the cost of the
room for example if you eat or drink
from the minibar in your room
they’ll keep track of that and charge it
to your card after you leave okay no
problem and it doesn’t it’s not ready
yet by chance is it Oh perfect
she asks have you stayed here before oh
no I’ve not it’s been on my bucket list
bucket list have you heard this term
before it means something you want to do
within your lifetime
for example okay someone is asking what
was my ex-boyfriends name someone says
ex-boyfriend what does that mean
so my ex-boyfriend is somebody who was
my boyfriend and is not anymore and his
name was Justin and so it was my
ex-boyfriend who I had to call to bring
me my passport because I didn’t have
that many people’s phone numbers
memorized this was before cell phones I
had to get off the bus call this guy
from a payphone I had his number
memorized I called him and I knew that
he would probably be home and he would
probably do this huge favor for me to go
get my passport at my house and bring it
to me 45 minutes away so ex-boyfriend
someone that used to be your boyfriend
isn’t an
more you’ve probably heard the term
ex-husband - or ex-wife that’s what you
call your partner after you divorced I
don’t have an ex-husband I just have a
husband and you will see him in this
video well visiting Paris is on my
bucket list
oh no I’ve not it’s been on my bucket
list so I’m glad that it’s happening
Yeah right just initial here here and
it’s signature there and if you could
just add this gentleman’s name right
sure there might be something you have
to initial or sign when checking into a
hotel initial of course means you just
put Rs instead of your whole signature
Rachel Smith just initial here here and
it’s signature there and if you could
just add this gentleman’s name ring sure
we finished checking in and head up to
our room room number 814 we have a card
as a key very dark elevator oh shoot I
didn’t pause it in time there was David
you could see a my husband you could see
him reflected in the mirror of the
elevator someone says sorry Justin you
know what my ex-boyfriend Justin he’s
okay he ended up great he’s married he
has three kids he’s living his best life
in Indiana so he’s all good we don’t
need to feel too bad for him
see this is why I didn’t want to be
North facing this because then you’re
just looking at a building north facing
south facing it can be very handy to
know the details of the room you want
when booking a hotel let’s go find the
room there’s the river and there’s the
city yes see that is the view that I was
talking about that is the view that I
wanted if I was gonna splurge on this
hotel I wanted to make sure I had that
view
and there’s the High Line how cool is
that the High Line is a park in NYC that
was built on top of an abandoned raised
train line I’ll also talk about the
Whitney which is an art museum
that’s the Whitney right there have you
ever been to the Whitney David the new
one
yeah and that’s their little rooftop
spot there maybe well maybe we should go
they have someone in the chat really
wants us to know that it’s 1218 midnight
there so acknowledged I’m enjoying
reading yells comments in the chat thank
you someone says what do you call this
kind of big window well we would
probably call it floor-to-ceiling
floor-to-ceiling windows and if I was
saying that more conversationally I
would say floor to ceiling so the word -
sounds like Florida floor-to-ceiling
floor-to-ceiling I just realized floor -
Florida
sounds like the state Florida
floor-to-ceiling floor-to-ceiling
windows so this hotel has amazing
floor-to-ceiling windows keep the
questions coming in the chat I can’t
answer all of them but I’ll do my best
to take them in hey as you wish entrance
on Friday evenings all right well let’s
settle in settle in is a phrase that
means to unpack to get comfortable to
arrange your things in a new place after
a big move it can take some time to
settle in whenever we stay somewhere
even if it’s just for a night or two I
like to spend some time settling in when
we first arrived to make this day more
comfortable all right well let’s settle
in that night our friend Renee dropped
by and we ordered room service generally
you can reach the front desk by pressing
0 the front desk is there in the lobby
where we checked in you can call them
with your needs and questions room
service is for the restaurant in the
hotel that can make and bring food to
your room ok
someone’s asking am I gonna go again to
this hotel
I would love to it’s gotten harder now
that we have the second kid it’s harder
to leave them and you know this hotel is
very expensive so it’s not something we
can just do without thinking about it or
you know we have to really plan it it
has to be like a special occasion
actually for our fifth wedding
anniversary we were gonna go we got
married in January and we were gonna
celebrate a little bit late we were
gonna celebrate in March but then
coronavirus started happening and it
kind of became clear that we should not
go that we could not go so we never did
go celebrate our fifth wedding
anniversary hopefully we will at some
point I’m just gonna keep my eye on the
chat so if you have questions just keep
them coming and thank you guys all for
being here this is fun I love watching
videos with you guys it’s fun seeing
your questions that come in I get a
chance to explain a few extra things and
we get to have this kind of conversation
more in real life hi is this where I
call to place a room service order I
don’t hear that thank you is hear it
pause all movies someone says how many
children do you have have two two
beautiful little children maybe that was
only in this year I better put this ear
back in one is four years old and one is
one year old and they are a lot of fun
okay let me try to play this again it
was the front desk I’m not room service
hi I’m in room 814 and I’d like to order
two orders of fries and does that come
with ketchup okay and also two orders of
a good pickle
[Laughter]
um anyone thirsty no I think we’re good
if you ask someone if they want
something or offer them something and
they say I’m good or we’re good
that’s like saying no thank you that
person does not want it anyone thirsty
no I think we’re good
they told me okay someone in the chat
said not to mention coronavirus because
then you it’s gonna wake up the YouTube
algorithm and they’re gonna be like ah
and try to shut it down okay someone’s
saying they can’t hear this sound the
problem is it looks like the sound for
that video is coming in one channel let
me see if I can change that I don’t know
that I know enough about how to change
it no I don’t think I do
so my microphone is coming in both
channels but the video sounds that we’re
watching together is only coming in one
channel so for some reason you have mono
mono ear stare stereo speaker instead of
stereo I’m not making much sense then it
you’ll you won’t hear it and I’m sorry
I’ll figure that out before my next live
stream because that’s that’s bad there
should be everyone should be able to
hear everything it would be a 30-minute
wait okay I am eight months pregnant if
that helps boost me forward okay okay
I’m just kidding
thank you but I mean I’m not kidding I
am eight months pregnant if that makes a
difference
luckily the food came quickly well okay
so here this is we got a room service my
friend Renee was visiting she came to
stop by and hang out with us for a
little bit in our hotel room and she
lives by herself in Brooklyn and
something amazing has happened what has
happened is that she hold on maybe I can
mute myself here and that will help will
that help does that do anything no oh
so she’s moved in with us she six weeks
ago
you know Brooklyn was starting to get
crazy in New York City was starting to
get crazy with the corona virus and so
her work was having everybody work from
home and so she said hey can I come live
with you guys for a week and we were
like yes absolutely and then of course
that week turned into much longer as we
started to realize what was happening
and the extent to which things were
gonna get shut down here so six weeks
ago she moved in with us we’re very
lucky that we have an extra room in our
house for guests so she got to you know
be here and have a comfortable place
some space to herself but it’s been six
weeks now that she’s been living with us
we love her so much we’re having so much
fun with her and we feel so lucky during
this crazy time to have a friend who’s
moved in and is living with us I love
her so much it makes me happy to see her
here in my video no mini mayonnaise to
go mini ketchup and then two good
pickles okay what did you think of yours
eight out of ten
I’m done think I’m gonna give it a 6 or
700 solo do you do this too we rated how
much we liked the pickle on a scale of
one to ten one is always the lowest and
10 the highest the very best of the best
so I didn’t love the pickle still
there’s something very luxurious about
eating french fries in your hotel room
at 10:30 at night many hotels have an
ice machine
this one was labeled an ice dispenser so
almost every Hotel okay so that’s my
husband in case you don’t know who he is
let me move myself a little bit there
that’s my husband David on our babymoon
right before Sawyer was born room in
America has an ice bucket that you can
take to the machine to fill up this one
also had tongs to serve ice into glasses
David and I had such a relaxing stay
here
enjoying slow days before we leave let’s
go over a few more words and phrases
that might be useful to you as you
travel as you stay in hotels first when
you check into a hotel you’ll find the
front desk in the lobby and you can
probably find a luggage cart there to
help you get all your luggage to your
room okay so somebody was talking about
they noticed some linking I had said
moved in and it sounded like a move din
like the D was on the next word that is
totally true that happens a lot with
linking and actually I have a funny
story about that Sawyer my youngest son
whenever he’s done eating I’ll get like
a cloth and I’ll get it wet and I’ll
come over to him in his highchair and
I’ll say Sawyer can I get you cleaned up
and I say cleaned up and he always
repeats the last word that you say as
he’s learning language and you know what
word he said he said DUP he took the D
from cleaned and put it on the word up
and he thought that was the word unit in
his mind that’s what he picked up DUP
cleaned up and he would say DUP DUP and
I thought this is amazing he is getting
like he gets the linking and it was just
an interesting way to think about it you
know he thinks the word is DUP even
though it’s cleaned up I love that all
right let’s keep going the opposite of
checking in is checking out check out of
course is when you leave the hotel room
and you give back your key to phrasal
verbs for your travel vocabulary
check-in/check-out here I called the
front desk to ask what time checkout was
I also had to report an issue about the
room hi Freddy
um I am wondering what time checkout is
tomorrow morning if it’s 1:00 p.m.
okay perfect my other question is I’m in
room 814 and the drain to the bathtub
doesn’t seem to close all the way
okay I’m gonna meet them coming up is it
okay that’s great we’re actually gonna
head out in a minute is it okay if we’re
not here yeah okay thank you so much
I used the phrasal verb head out this
means to leave we were just getting
ready to leave this could be another
case where you’re linking the ending
consonant into a word that begins with a
vowel or diphthong head out head out
head out head out cleaned up clean up
cleaned up cleaned up head out thinking
about the ending consonant beginning the
next word when the word begins with a
vowel or diphthong can help you with
your smooth smooth linking which is what
we really want in American English give
our room for a walk head out that’s
great we’re actually gonna head out in a
minute is it okay if we’re not here okay
thank you so much we don’t even need to
try to get a late check-out because
checkouts noon that’s perfect
this particular hotel does have a
minibar so that is a place where they’re
gonna have okay now here I am giving you
a little tour of the hotel room so that
I can go over a little bit more
vocabulary that has to do with the hotel
room so let’s check that out
but some food and snacks for you they
have some glasses for us nice and
there’s also a refrigerator minibar
usually refers to a frigerator
refrigerator and this one is fully
stocked that means it came with all
sorts of goodies ready for us now
usually if you eat or drink what comes
here in the hotel it’s quite expensive
much more expensive than just running
out and buying it yourself another neat
thing that this particular hotel room
has is a shower bath room so it’s this
whole room floor-to-ceiling doesn’t
matter if you get the whole thing wet a
big bathtub and then there are some
slats that look out into the I mean
that’s why I love this room look at that
view from the
shower that is when you’re really
getting spoiled isn’t it okay just
continuing to see you guys here in the
chat thank you for being here
a couple of people are asking about the
Academy someone here from Poland hey
I’ve seen Brazil
hey so the Academy is $27 a month
Rachel’s English Academy dot-com
of course if that is something that you
cannot do no problem I’m gonna keep
making YouTube videos and the ones
coming up in the rest of April May and
then the summer they’re all really good
videos I’m really excited about them
rooms so you can still see the view as
you take your shower this hotel room
also has a safe many many hotel rooms do
so you can put passports or money
valuables whatever in the safe when you
leave one thing that people are often
interested in when choosing a hotel is
the list of amenities amenities would be
things like a gym or a pool or room
service
other things that you get in addition to
your room or special things that you
might get in your room many hotels come
with a little card like this this one
says privacy please and you hang this on
your doorknob to let them know I don’t
want anyone to come in and work on my
room or on the other side I do want
someone to come in change out my towels
for all right just want to pop in and
say again okay in chat we’ve got Brazil
we’ve got I saw Ethiopia there I see
Peru what else to Colombia I mean I’m
saying that with the terrible accident I
apologize we’ve got the dr congo awesome
great to have you guys here
ibrahim hi
so just i’m reading the chat i can’t
respond to everybody but i love how you
guys are bringing so much energy to this
video watching this conversation that
we’re having thank you
all right we’re gonna keep going clean
towels maybe vacuum so this card says
privacy please but you might also see do
not disturb thank you guys for traveling
with me to New York City this weekend I
also have a video that I made on travel
phrases that you may use when checking
in at an airport be sure okay now at
that point I’m just sort of finishing up
the video there so thank you guys for
joining me on this livestream to watch
one of my past videos there were a
couple glitches especially at the
beginning I couldn’t figure out how to
play the video from the start the video
was playing with mono audio and instead
of on both channels so sorry about that
I’m gonna get better at it and once I do
once I gain more confidence in using
this software and doing livestream I’ll
start doing it more regularly and I’ll
let you guys know when it’s happening
okay because this is a great way to meet
you guys and to know you guys more so
thank you all so much for being here
for watching this video with me one of
my all-time favorite videos so wonderful
okay guys we’re ending this stream stay
safe out there
stay healthy love to you all bye
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