- Today we're gonna show you how to make a reservation
at a hotel in Spanish. Let's get started!
(theme music)
- Hello friends!
Jim and May here from Spanish and Go,
your resource to learn real-world travel Spanish.
And today we're going to follow May into a hotel
and show you all the phrases you need to know
for making a reservation in Spanish.
First, you'll listen to the whole conversation in Spanish.
Pay attention and see if there is
any word or phrase, you already know.
After that, we'll go over
the most important words and phrases
from this conversation in English.
(bell chimes)
- [May] Hello, good afternoon.
- Good afternoon.
- Yes, tell me.
- I want to see if you have any rooms available.
- Yes. For how many people?
- It would be 2 people, a basic room.
What amenities do you have here at the hotel?
-Yeah, the room has air conditioning, full bathroom,
cable TV, and the ones for two people have a king size bed.
- Okay.
- And the hotel has parking, in case you have a car, you can leave it there. It's on the lower level.
There's a jacuzzi pool, and we also have a restaurant from 8am to 2pm.
Except on Tuesdays. Tuesday is our rest day.
- Oh, cool! What’s the price of the room per night?
- For two people it’s 450.
- Four hundred and fifty, okay.
I want to make a reservation for three nights.
- Yeah, of course. Under what name?
- Mayra Larios.
(paper rustles)
- I'll give this to you. Will your payment be in cash or with a card?
- Do you take cards? - Yes.
- Yeah? Okay. Can I pay with a card?
Do I have to pay now or can I pay at the end of my stay?
- As you wish. Sometimes we charge fifty percent upon arrival and the other fifty at check out.
- Okay. - That's not a problem.
- Okay, good. What time is check out?
- Check out... at twelve.
- At twelve. Okay.
- At twelve in the afternoon.
- And are the rooms ready now?
- Yes, they’re ready now.
- So can we go see the room?
- Of course, go ahead.
(bell dings)
- [May] Hello, good afternoon.
- Good afternoon.
- Yes, tell me.
- I want to see if you have any rooms available.
- [May Voiceover] - Quiero ver si tiene cuartos disponibles.
- [Jim Voiceover] I want to see if you have any rooms available.
For a simpler phrase say:
- [May] ¿Tiene cuartos disponibles?
- [Jim] Do you have any rooms available?
- Yes. For how many people?
- [May] ¿Para cuántas personas necesitaría?
- [Jim] For how many people?
- It would be 2 people, a basic room.
- [May] Serían dos personas. Un cuarto básico.
- [Jim] It would be two people. A basic room.
Here, you can add any specific things
you're looking for.
Like,
- [May] Quisiera un cuarto con dos camas.
- [Jim] I'd like a room with two beds.
- [May] Quisiera un cuarto con baño privado.
- [Jim] I'd like a room with a private bathroom.
Or
- [May] Quisiera un cuarto con tina de baño.
- [Jim] I'd like a room with a bathtub.
- What amenities do you have here at the hotel?
- [May Voiceover] ¿Cuáles son las amenidades que tienen aquí en el hotel?
- [Jim] What amenities do you have here at the Hotel?
-Yeah, the room has air conditioning, full bathroom,
cable TV, and the ones for two people have a king size bed.
- [Jim] Room Amenities.
- [May] Aire acondicionado.
- [Jim] Air conditioning.
- [May] Baño completo.
- [Jim] Full Bathroom.
- [May] Televisión con cable.
- [Jim] Cable TV.
- [May] Cama king size.
- [Jim] King Sized Bed.
- Okay.
- And the hotel has parking, in case you have a car, you can leave it there. It's on the lower level.
There's a jacuzzi pool, and we also have a restaurant from 8am to 2pm.
Except on Tuesdays. Tuesday is our rest day.
- [Jim] Hotel Amenities
- [May] Estacionamiento.
- [Jim] Parking.
- [May] Jacuzzi alberca.
- [Jim] Jacuzzi pool.
- [May] Restaurant.
- [Jim] Restaurant.
- [May] Notice how some people say "restaurant"
instead of "restaurante"?
Anglicisms are very common
in the hotel industry in Latin America.
You can simply say "restaurante".
- [Jim] Other amenities you might be
interested in are:
- [May] Internet inalambrico.
- [Jim] Wireless internet.
- [May] Servicio al cuarto.
- [Jim] Room service.
- [May] Transportación al aeropuerto.
- [Jim] Airport shuttle.
For more phrases and vocabulary,
visit the link in the description
where you can download the pdf
that accompanies this episode.
- Oh, cool! What’s the price of the room per night?
- [May Voiceover] ¿Cuál es el precio del cuarto por noche?
- [Jim] What's the price of the room per night?
- For two people it’s 450.
- [May] Para dos personas la tenemos en cuatrocientos cincuenta.
- [Jim] For two people, it's four hundred-fifty.
- Cuatrocientos cincuenta, okay.
- I want to make a reservation for three nights.
- [May Voiceover] Quiero hacer una reservación para tres noches.
- [Jim] I want to make a reservation for three nights.
- Yeah, of course. Under what name?
- [May] ¿A qué nombre sería?
- [Jim] Under what name?
- Mayra Larios
- I'll give this to you. Will your payment be in cash or with a card?
- [May Voiceover] ¿Su pago va a ser en efectivo o con tarjeta?
- [Jim] Will your payment be in cash, or with a card?
- Do you take cards? - Yes.
- Yeah? Okay. Can I pay with a card?
- [May Voiceover] ¿Puedo pagarlo con tarjeta?
- [Jim] Can I pay with a card?
- Do I have to pay now or can I pay at the end of my stay?
- [May Voiceover] ¿El pago se hace de una vez o puedo pagar al final?
- [Jim] Do I have to pay now,
or can I pay at the the end of my stay?
- As you wish. Sometimes we charge fifty percent upon arrival and the other fifty at check out.
- [May] Como guste. Igual, a veces se les cobra el cincuenta por ciento a la hora de llegada
y ya el cincuenta restante a la hora de salida.
- [Jim] As you wish. Sometimes we charge
50% upon arrival and the other 50 at checkout.
- Okay. - That's not a problem.
- Good. What time is check out?
- [May Voiceover] ¿A qué hora es el check out?
- [Jim] What time is checkout?
- Check out... at twelve.
- At twelve. Okay.
- At twelve in the afternoon.
- [May] A las doce del día.
- [Jim] At twelve in the afternoon.
In Mexico, it's common to hear,
"A las doce del día" when referring to twelve in the afternoon.
- And are the rooms ready now?
- Yes, they’re ready now.
- [May] ¿Ahorita ya están los cuartos listos?
- [Jim] Are the rooms ready now?
- So can we go see the room?
- Of course, go ahead.
- [May] ¿Vamos a ver el cuarto?
- [Jim] Can we go see the room?
- [May] Claro que sí. Pásele.
- Of course. Go ahead. / Come on in.
And that's all there is to it.
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in this episode, but that's why we created a resource
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all the phrases you heard in this video.
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