Essential French Phrases For Hotel Bookings

Asking for a hotel recommendation in French
Pouvez-vous me recommender un hotel, pas trop cher?
Can you recommend to me a hotel, not too expensive?
Lâ hotel Etoile. Câest un excellent hotel, pres dâici.
The Star Hotel. Itâs an excellent hotel, near here.
Booking the hotel room in French
Avez-vous des chambres libres?
Do you have any rooms free?
Est-ce vous avez un chambre a deux lits?
Do you have a double room?
Seulement au deuxieme etage, monsieur.
Only on the second floor, sir.
Et le prix? Combien est-ce?
And the price? How much is it?
Deux cents euros par jour.
Two hundred Euros a day.
Mais, mon ami mâa dit que câest un hotel pas trop cher.
But my friend said this not a very expensive hotel.
Vous etes en Paris, monsieur.
You are in Paris, sir.
Est-que le petit dejeuner est compris?
Is breakfast included?
Main non, monsieur, câest a part.
Oh, no, sir, it is extra.
Paris est certainement cher.
Paris certainly is expensive.
Puis-je voir la chambre?
May I see the room?
Avec plaisir, monsieur.
With pleasure, sir.
Cette chambre est tres agreable. Elle donnne sur le jardin.
This room is very pleasant. It looks onto the garden.
Bon, je prends cette chambre.
Fine, Iâll take this room.
Le numero onze, alors. Le valet va monter vos bagages.
Room eleven, then. The valet will take your bags up.
Alors, quel hotel choisis-tu? So, which hotel do you choose?
Descendons a l Hotel de la Gare. Câest tout pres de la gare. Câest plues pratique, câest plus facile avec les bagages et câest lâ hotel le moin cher.
We will go to the Station Hotel. It is right next to the station. It is more practical, itâs easier with the baggage and itâs the cheapest hotel.
Oui, dâaccord mai sil y a aussi lâ Hotel des Voyageurs. Câest aussi tout pres de la gare. Alor, quel hotel choisis-tu?
Oh, OK, but there is also the Travelers Hotel. Itâs also near the station. Which hotel do you choose?
Oh je te laisse chiosir, câest plus simple.
Oh, I leave it to you to decide, itâs simpler.
Dans ce cas je choisis lâ Hotel du Centre. Câest plus loin de la gare mais câest certainement plus confortable.
In that case, I choose the Hotel Central. Itâs further from the station, but certainly more comfortable.
There are four ways to say âof theâ in French
de lâ Hotel
lâ Hotel de la Gare
lâ Hotel des Voyageurs
lâ Hotel du Centre
De + la= de la (Rue de la Cite)
De + le= du (Rue du Port)
De + lâ= de lâ (Rue de lâEurope)
De + les= des (Place des Quebecois)
We have also had a chance to practice the âIRâ verbs.
Note the endings on the âIRâ verbs.
Je choisis | I choose | Nous choisissons | We choose |
Tu choisis | You choose | Vous choisissez | You choose |
Il/elle choisit | S/he chooses | Ils/Elles choisissent | They choose |