SIOC Language Labs · Specialist Life & Culture · Reviewed with care · 9 August 2026

Hotels and hospitality

Useful English for checking in, solving small problems and working with hotel guests.

EnglishA2–B1Hospitality

Useful language for real life

I have a reservation under Larsen.

Use it for: check-in

I have a reservation under Larsen for three nights.

Could we have a late check-out?

Use it for: guest request

Could we have a late check-out tomorrow?

There seems to be a problem with the shower.

Use it for: reporting a problem

There seems to be a problem with the shower in our room.

Breakfast is served from seven.

Use it for: hotel information

Breakfast is served from seven until ten.

I’ll ask someone to take a look.

Use it for: customer service

I’ll ask someone to take a look at it straight away.

Helpful tip: A calm, clear sentence often solves a problem faster than complicated vocabulary.

Your turn

Choose two expressions that fit your own life. Say them aloud, then build one short situation around them. A useful sentence you can imagine saying is easier to remember than a long vocabulary list.

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