hotel

Everyday

A hotel is a building where people pay to sleep and eat when they are travelling or on holiday. tree →

In the lessons

In everyday life, families stay in hotels on trips; a hotel has a reception desk, rooms with keys or key cards, and often a restaurant or pool. In maths problems, hotels come up with prices per night and floors and room numbers. In safety: learn where the fire exits are, and stay with your adults. In Australia and New Zealand, «hotel» can also mean a pub. Phrases: stay at a hotel, check in, check out, hotel room, book a hotel.

Examples

• We stayed at a hotel near the beach. tree →
• The hotel room had two beds and a view of the sea. tree →
• We checked in at the hotel reception. tree →
• A room at the hotel costs 80 dollars a night, so three nights cost 240 dollars. tree →
• Always find the fire exit when you arrive at a hotel. tree →
• The hotel had a swimming pool on the roof. tree →
• We are in the midst of Paris, in a great hotel. tree →

Note

«A hotel» (usually, with «a»). Stress on the second syllable: ho-TEL. A motel is a hotel for drivers, where you park by your room. In maths, «per night» means for each night: multiply by the number of nights.