Prices

So far in our hotel dialogue we’ve been able to confirm the dates.

We’ve also been able to confirm the number of guests and we’ve talked about the different room types and the prices.

So now it’s time to decide before we decide where the guest before we decide which room type we might want to know how much the suite room is probably pretty expensive.

It’s three hundred and twenty dollars per night each night.

Three hundred and twenty.

Well that’s pretty expensive and maybe that’s a bit out of my price range.

It’s a bit out of my price range.

All right.

Now I’ve tried to make this as natural as possible.

I’ve tried to make it as realistic as possible so by adding things like Mm hmm.

All right.

It’s not really adding a lot of meaning but it is adding what people often say when they’re in this kind of conversation is what we use when we think all right is when we’ve decided something or when we’ve agreed to something.

All right I guess I guess.

And again this doesn’t really add anything either.

We often just add I guess to things to soften what we’re saying or when we’re not really sure we’re not really confident about what we want to say.

I guess I’ll have.

Well I guess I’ll have a burger.

You’re not really sure.

So I guess we’ll go with go with means choose choose.

I guess we’ll go with the deluxe room as long as it has Wi-Fi.

So there is a now condition a condition if it has Wi-Fi I’ll stay there if it doesn’t I won’t.

Of course it has Wi-Fi.

It’s the 21st century.

It’s got to have Wi-Fi.

Could we get it higher up the Wi-Fi.

No we’re talking about the room.

We could say could we get a room that’s higher up.

Could we get a room in an upper floor an upper floor.

We could say that too but could we get it higher up.

They will know what we mean.

We want a view.

We want a view.

We want a room with a view if possible.

Now that’s just a preference a preference is when maybe we have three choices A B and C but I RIGHT SEE THERE A B and C and A is the preference but B is OK to maybe C is OK but a is our preference so if there are two rooms one on the tenth floor and the one on the 30th floor they’re both deluxe rooms.

They both have Wi-Fi.

They’re the same price.

Well I’m gonna choose my preference would be to have the one on the higher floor not the one on the lower floor.

OK.

It’s just a preference.

I’ll take either one if I have to but that one is better because I like the view OK.

So we use if possible when we want to state our preferences.

Sure.

I can book a deluxe room on the 24th floor if that works and yes it does have Wi-Fi.

It does have Wi-Fi.

So we’re doing all that together.

And I realized I forgot to mark who’s saying what I think you can guess here but let’s just do that.

How much is the how much is the suite.

This is said by the guest.

It’s three hundred and twenty dollars per night.

That is the receptionist.

All right.

That’s the guest.

And then the receptionist is confirming.

Sure means that’s OK I can book the book.

That means there are probably several rooms on maybe the 24th floor or on higher floors on the 24th floor.

If that works and yes it does have Wi-Fi.

Do you have any questions that means about other things.

For example we’ve got the room now.

It’s set.

It’s all good.

I’ve got your preferences.

I’ve booked the room that you want.

It’s on the 24th floor.

That’s pretty good.

Sure confirms it.

And then if that works is to say if you have any problems with me doing this I’m doing it now.

The receptionist is doing it now.

If there are any issues with me doing that now say it now.

Say wait wait wait.

No no no.

The 20 Twenty fourth floor is not high enough for example but it saves time.

We can get through the interaction faster if I don’t need to say is that OK because you’ve told me that you want a deluxe room on the 24th floor or a higher floor so I can assume that what I’m going to do now is OK.

OK.

And yes it does have Wi-Fi.

Do you have any questions.

It’s a very common question to ask to make sure that all of the needs of the guest are met.

If you’re not really confident in your English and you’re in this situation one good idea might be to write down your questions before you call.

That way you can focus on being polite and getting the really important things correct like the type of room and the dates.

And then you don’t have to try to remember your questions.

If you if you don’t feel very confident to to do the English situation if you need to do this.

Write your questions down.

That’s my advice.

That’s just personal personal advice.