At the hotel, the receptionist asks for your name and your passport; then you ask about breakfast, the Wi-Fi and check-out. This lesson also brings the whole course together.

Your turn

What is Ben saying?

Tengo una reservación a nombre de Ross.

The main idea

Tengo una reservación a nombre de Ross.
I have a reservation under Ross.
¿Para cuántas noches?
For how many nights?
Para una noche.
For one night.
¿Me permite su pasaporte?
May I see your passport?
Sí, aquí está.
Yes, here it is.
Su habitación es la doscientos cuatro.
Your room is 204.
¿A qué hora es el desayuno?
What time is breakfast?
¿Hay wifi?
Is there Wi-Fi?
¿Cuál es la contraseña?
What's the password?
¿A qué hora es la salida?
What time is check-out?
El elevador está a la derecha.
The elevator is on the right.

la habitación is the room; el cuarto works too. In Mexico you'll hear la reservación and el elevador; in many other countries, la reserva and el ascensor. wifi sounds like WAI-fai. la salida is the exit on a sign, and at a hotel also check-out.

Checking in

After a day in the city, Ben checks in at the Hotel Las Flores.

Ben: Buenas tardes. Tengo una reservación a nombre de Ross.
Good afternoon. I have a reservation under Ross.
Recepcionista: Sí, para una noche. ¿Me permite su pasaporte?
Yes, for one night. May I see your passport?
Ben: Sí, aquí está. ¿A qué hora es el desayuno?
Yes, here it is. What time is breakfast?
Recepcionista: De siete a diez. Su habitación es la doscientos cuatro.
From seven to ten. Your room is 204.
Ben: Gracias. ¿Hay wifi?
Thanks. Is there Wi-Fi?
Recepcionista: Sí, la contraseña está en su tarjeta.
Yes, the password is on your key card.
Ben: ¿Y a qué hora es la salida?
And what time is check-out?
Recepcionista: A las doce. El elevador está a la derecha.
At twelve. The elevator is on the right.

Quick check

Your turn

The receptionist says ¿Me permite su pasaporte? Answer:

Your turn

Ask whether there is Wi-Fi:

¿ wifi?
Your turn

Your room is la doscientos cuatro. Which number is it?

Putting it all together

Ben's weekend in Puebla, step by step. Answer each turn.

Your turn

At the ticket counter, buy a round-trip ticket to Puebla for Saturday.

Your turn

At the station, ask an employee which gate the bus to Puebla leaves from.

Your turn

In Puebla, ask a taxi driver to take you to the Hotel Las Flores.

Your turn

At the hotel, say that you have a reservation in your name, and ask what time breakfast is.

The whole course in one day

Your turn

It's your last day in Puebla. Say one sentence at each stop: order a coffee to go at a café, ask a passerby how to get to the cathedral, ask at a pharmacy for something for a cough, and ask at the hotel what time check-out is.

You can now order at a counter and in a restaurant, understand prices and pay, read signs, find your way and shop for clothes, say when you don't understand, make an appointment, tell a doctor what's wrong, ask at a pharmacy, travel by bus and taxi, and check in at a hotel, all in Spanish. Everyday life is full of these moments, and now you can handle them.

Take with you

Tengo una reservación a nombre de Ross.
I have a reservation under Ross.
Para una noche.
For one night.
Sí, aquí está.
Yes, here it is.
¿A qué hora es el desayuno?
What time is breakfast?
¿Hay wifi?
Is there Wi-Fi?
¿Cuál es la contraseña?
What's the password?
¿A qué hora es la salida?
What time is check-out?

At the front desk, a nombre de… gets you your room, and ¿A qué hora es…? and ¿Hay…? get you everything else.