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Book

Meaning in tourism & hospitality, with examples

/bʊk/verbCore term

In tourism & hospitality, book means: To arrange in advance to have a room, table, ticket or tour on a certain date, by phone, online or through an agency.

In Turkish: rezervasyon yapmak, yer ayırtmak, rezerve etmek

How it is used

Very common in British English and in tourism everywhere. You book a room, book a table, book a tour or book a guest into a hotel. The noun is booking; "The room is booked" means it is already reserved.

Example sentences

  1. I'd like to book a double room from the 12th to the 15th of June.

  2. The guest booked through an online agency, so the payment was taken in advance.

Common collocations

  • book a room
  • book a table
  • book in advance
  • book online
  • book through an agency
  • reservationAn arrangement made in advance to keep a room, table, seat or service for a guest on a particular date.
  • fully bookedHaving no free rooms, tables or places left for a particular date because everything has already been reserved.
  • availabilityWhether rooms, tables, seats or places on a tour are free to be booked on a particular date.
  • early bookingBooking a holiday or hotel stay months in advance, often to get a discount offered for bookings made before a certain date.

This word in other fields

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