Hotel Reservation
Jan 14th 2012 00:28
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Would you mind telling me which option(s) you prefer in (A)s and (B)s?
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Clerk: Marin Bay Hotel. How may I help you?
Yumi: [(A-1) I would like to make a reservation. / (A-2) I want to make a reservation. / (A-3) I would like to reserve a room. / (A-4) I would like to reserve your hotel. / (A-5) I would like to reserve your hotel room.]
Clerk: All right, thank you. What day will you be arriving?
Yumi: We'll be arriving on the 28th of next month.
Clerk: Okay, we do have a vacancy. [(B-1) What kind of room would you like? / (B-2) What room would you like? / (B-3) Which kind of room would you like? / (B-4) Which room would you like?]
Yumi: How much is a double room?
Clerk: It would be 98 dollars plus tax.
Yumi: Okay, I'll take it. By the way, I'm afraid I'll be arriving late. Is that okay?
Clerk: Sure, the front desk is open 24 hours, so anytime is fine.
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Clerk: Marin Bay Hotel. How may I help you?
Yumi: [(A-1) I would like to make a reservation. / (A-2) I want to make a reservation. / (A-3) I would like to reserve a room. / (A-4) I would like to reserve your hotel. / (A-5) I would like to reserve your hotel room.]
Clerk: All right, thank you. What day will you be arriving?
Yumi: We'll be arriving on the 28th of next month.
Clerk: Okay, we do have a vacancy. [(B-1) What kind of room would you like? / (B-2) What room would you like? / (B-3) Which kind of room would you like? / (B-4) Which room would you like?]
Yumi: How much is a double room?
Clerk: It would be 98 dollars plus tax.
Yumi: Okay, I'll take it. By the way, I'm afraid I'll be arriving late. Is that okay?
Clerk: Sure, the front desk is open 24 hours, so anytime is fine.
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Yumi: [(A-1) I would like to make a reservation. [This is fine.]
/ (A-2) I want to make a reservation. [This is OK, but not as polite as (A-1).]
/ (A-3) I would like to reserve a room. [This is fine.]
/ (A-4) I would like to reserve your hotel. [This is wrong.]
/ (A-5) I would like to reserve your hotel room. [This would be understood, but it is also wrong. When you say "your hotel room", that suggests that there is only one room. This could be fixed by saying "I would like to reserve one of your (hotel) rooms", but this is wordy and unnatural as compared to "I would like to reserve a room." It is completely unnecessary to say "hotel room" instead of "room"; the clerk is speaking for the hotel, so of course "a room" means a room at the hotel in this context.]
[(B-1) What kind of room would you like? [This is fine, although the clerk is more likely to ask "Would you like a single or a double?" or "How many guests will there be?"]
/ (B-2) What room would you like? [This makes sense only if the clerk has some reason to believe that Yumi knows each and every room at the hotel, and can specify exactly which one she wants to stay in. This might be the case if Yumi is a regular customer at this particular hotel.]
/ (B-3) Which kind of room would you like?
/ (B-4) Which room would you like?] [This is the same as (B-2). It asks Yumi to say exactly which of the rooms in the hotel she wants. Ordinarily, she will not have the information necessary to answer this question, so it is an unlikely question.]
Clerk: Sure, the front desk is open 24 hours, so any time is fine.
/ (A-4) I would like to reserve your hotel. (This implies that you want to reserve ALL of the rooms, so that nobody outside of your group can be in the hotel during your event. This is not something that most people would ever do, and in fact I don't think most hotels allow it, but smaller facilities, like skating rinks and bowling alleys, often do.)
/ (A-5) I would like to reserve a room in your hotel.
[(B-1) What kind of room would you like? (This is grammatically valid, but most hotels would ask a series of much more specific questions. Would you like a smoking or non-smoking room? A single room or a suite? A room with one bed or with two? A room with air conditioning and cable TV or a cheaper room without them? A room facing the parking lot or a room facing the pool? Does the room need to be wheelchair accessible? Do you prefer to be on a lower floor, or would you rather have a more opulent room on a higher floor? Do you want the penthouse?)