Hook

You’re booking a flight and a hotel for your next trip. Do you know the words you’ll actually need at the airport and reception desk?

Notice

“I’d like to book a room for two nights.” “What time is check-in?” “Where is the boarding gate?” “I have a reservation under the name Garcia.”

Rule

Key travel vocabulary: booking/reservation (arranging a room or ticket in advance), check-in/check-out (arriving at or leaving a hotel), boarding gate (where you get on a plane), one-way/round-trip ticket. Politeness pattern: “I’d like to…” is the standard way to make travel requests.

Practice

  1. I’d like to ______ a room for three nights. Answer: book
  2. What time is ______? (arriving at the hotel) Answer: check-in
  3. Excuse me, where is ______ 12? (getting on the plane) Answer: boarding gate / gate
  4. I have a ______ under the name Silva. (booking) Answer: reservation
  5. I’d like a ______ ticket to Rome, please. (only going, not coming back) Answer: one-way

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This lesson supports: I can handle simple, routine transactions such as booking travel and accommodation.

Azizul Hakim