Saying Goodbye

Before we finish this lesson on our hotel booking dialogue what I’d like to do is just quickly share with you a few ways to say goodbye formally and informally.

So for a business one common thing to say is Thanks for coming.

Thanks for stopping by.

Thanks for calling.

Thank you for calling.

Thanks for coming.

If somebody comes over now it can be used informally as well.

If I go to your party and then it’s time for me to leave you say OK well thanks for coming.

OK bye see you.

OK.

It’s also quite common.

Have a nice one or have a good one.

Have a nice day.

These are also quite common.

Have a Nice Day is for both friends.

Could say it and also people in the business could say it to people who are leaving.

If you go to their shop then you leave.

They might say Have a nice day.

Have a good one.

Same.

I say this one to my friends all the time.

All right have a good one.

Bye.

Sometimes I say both have a good one and goodbye.

But you could just say Have a good one.

Take care.

Take care.

Again this is for both.

But I also use it when I’m saying goodbye to my friends in person and over the phone.

Many of these can be used for both.

Thanks for stopping by.

Can be used for both.

Thanks for calling.

Maybe but it would be a very special situation.

That’s informal where you would say thanks for calling with your friends.

Thank you for calling friend.

Sounds a little bit weird but man maybe maybe.

Thanks for calling.

I really needed to talk to you.

That might work.

OK.

See you later is always with friends.

OK if we’re doing that as a business see later it’s ok I guess it’s all right.

If that’s the way that you communicate but you’re sort of communicating in a way as though you’re that person’s friend and you wouldn’t hear it in for example the the hotel dialogue situation they wouldn’t say all right.

See you later.

That would be generally to relax.

That would be too informal and they might actually get in trouble for saying See you later.

Now this is very very informal and you wouldn’t see this in any business will be very unlikely.

Maybe a skateboard shop where all of the people who work there are very relaxed the later but this is this is for friends only.

And it just means goodbye just means goodbye.

Take it easy.

It’s pretty informal.

Take it easy.

See you.

You can say both or you can just say Take it easy used with friends typically stay warm and stay cool are related to the context.

The actual weather if it’s a hot day if it’s summer to stay cool stay cool.

You want the person to feel comfortable.

Right.

So when you want them to feel comfortable.

If it’s cold you want them to stay warm.

If it’s warm you want them to stay cool so we can use either of these in context but usually only for very warm days or very cold days if it’s nice weather.

You probably wouldn’t say either of these.

You might instead just say later See you later.

One very traditional Goodbye is so long so long so long but I pretty much never use this one.

This one is becoming very very rare and I would recommend that you do not use that one.

There are others too.

But these are some of the common ways to say goodbye both formally.

For example if you are a front desk person or a receptionist in a hotel or if you’re with friends.

OK.

Very common.

So to practice this record the dialogue several times record yourself speaking through it.

In both roles several times if you can get a friend involved that’s great but make sure you recorded on your phone for example so that you can listen to it again later.

OK if you can then next time you’re booking a hotel as I mentioned before try to do it over the phone.

It’s a great way to practice and you’re going to put yourself in a feeling of pressure.

No no I don’t know how to handle this and that’s going to that discomfort is very healthy it’s going to push you past your limitations.

So I would encourage you to.

Anytime you have the chance engage in real situations with real people especially customer service people.

Make sure to write down your questions before you call so that you don’t have to try to remember them and that will make it a little bit easier you’ll have a bit less pressure.

All right so good luck with that and I will see you in the next lesson.