At the Hotel in Spanish

Need to know what to say at a hotel in Spanish? This free audio lesson is for you! Whether you’re making a hotel reservation over the phone, or you’re face to face with a Spanish-speaking receptionist, the Rocket Spanish team will walk you through the kind of simple Spanish conversation you need to understand.
 

Listen carefully to the Spanish pronunciation of the native Spanish speakers and then try saying the Spanish words and phrases aloud. After this lesson you’ll feel more confident with questions in Spanish like “how much?” and “how many?”. Vamos – let’s go!

The taxi drops Carlos and Carmona off on a bustling avenue with wide streets and buses zipping crazily back and forth. They lug their suitcases through the entrance of a tall, dark building. The receptionist looks up as they enter.

Follow along with their conversation by playing the audio.

Wearily, Carlos and Carmona carry their bags up to their room. “After a nap,” Carlos promises, “we’re going to explore the city!”

I hope that this lesson has given you lots of useful words and phrases. Getting a hotel room can be a difficult and scary task in a Latin American country … especially if the receptionist doesn’t know any English!

From my experience, most major hotels either have someone who knows a little English or can offer you a printed list of their rooms and services in English. However, be warned: sometimes the person who knows a little English can be worse than the person who knows no English. My friend Amy says that she's been in hostels where the receptionist was certain that he was speaking English to her, but she found it completely incomprehensible!

Mauricio Evlampieff
Rocket Spanish

P.S. Use this exercise to help you really get this hotel traveling vocabulary down!

Let’s see how good you would do if you had to get a room in a hotel! Fill in the blanks in the conversation below.