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Beginner · Unit 11 · B95

Ở khách sạn — Checking in and asking for what you need

Handle a simple hotel check-in, identify a reservation, ask about the room, wifi and breakfast, report a basic problem and check out without assuming all hotels use the same procedures.

Beginner Unit 11 Lesson 95 of 107

What you will learn

B95 introduces a small set of hotel-specific words while reusing familiar patterns: name, cho hỏi, có...không?, location, time, requests and polite address.

1. Tôi có đặt phòng

  • Tôi có đặt phòng.
  • Em có đặt phòng trước ạ.
  • Tôi đặt phòng dưới tên David Lee.

Đặt phòng means book/reserve a room.

2. Check-in

You may hear nhận phòng for checking in/receiving the room.

  • Mấy giờ nhận phòng ạ?
  • Bây giờ nhận phòng được không?

Hotels set their own check-in times and policies.

3. Identification

Staff may ask for identification or travel documents. Useful recognition words include:

  • hộ chiếu — passport;
  • căn cước — identity card/ID in relevant Vietnamese contexts;
  • giấy tờ — documents/papers, broad term.

Requirements depend on law, guest status and hotel policy. Do not use this lesson as legal guidance.

4. Room number and key

  • Phòng số mấy ạ?
  • Đây là thẻ phòng.
  • Chìa khóa — key.

Hotels may use physical keys, key cards or digital systems.

5. Wifi

  • Cho hỏi mật khẩu wifi là gì ạ?
  • Wifi có trong phòng không?

6. Breakfast

  • Có ăn sáng không ạ?
  • Ăn sáng ở đâu?
  • Ăn sáng từ mấy giờ đến mấy giờ?

Có ăn sáng không? may mean “Is breakfast included/available?” in hotel context. If exact inclusion matters, ask more explicitly.

7. Asking where something is

  • Thang máy ở đâu ạ?
  • Nhà hàng ở tầng mấy?
  • Nhà vệ sinh ở đâu ạ?

Tầng means floor/storey in this context.

8. A simple room problem

  • Điều hòa không chạy.
  • Phòng không có nước nóng.
  • Wifi không vào được.

The exact technical wording is less important than clearly identifying the problem.

9. Ask for help

  • Anh giúp tôi xem điều hòa với.
  • Chị cho em xin thêm một khăn được không ạ?

Khăn is a general word for towel/cloth; context specifies the hotel item.

10. Check-out

Trả phòng means check out/return the room.

  • Mấy giờ trả phòng ạ?
  • Em trả phòng bây giờ.

11. A short hotel dialogue

Khách: Chào chị, em có đặt phòng trước ạ.

Lễ tân: Dạ, anh cho em xin tên ạ.

Khách: Daniel Park.

Lễ tân: Dạ, anh chờ em một chút.

Khách: Vâng.

12. Hotel procedures vary

A small guesthouse, homestay, business hotel and large international hotel may use very different check-in, deposit, breakfast and payment procedures.

Use language to clarify rather than assuming one workflow.

13. Common beginner mistakes

  • Assuming có ăn sáng always guarantees breakfast is included in the room price.
  • Assuming all hotels use key cards or all require the same documents.
  • Trying to describe a technical problem with complex grammar instead of stating the simple symptom.
  • Ignoring check-in/check-out times because another hotel used different ones.

Try it

  1. Say that you have a reservation under your name.
  2. Ask what time check-in is.
  3. Ask for the wifi password.
  4. Report that there is no hot water.

Quick recap

Hotel language is mostly familiar Vietnamese applied to a new setting: booking, time, room, location, help and basic problems. Procedures vary, so asking clearly is more useful than memorizing one hotel script.

Explore & practice

Go beyond this lesson.

Use another part of Learn Vietnamese or step into a different corner of Ideal Space.