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Tourism & Hospitality vocabulary · Check-in & Check-out

Check out

Meaning in tourism & hospitality, with examples

/ˌtʃek ˈaʊt/phrasal verbCore term

In tourism & hospitality, check out means: To pay your bill, return your key and leave a hotel at the end of your stay.

In Turkish: çıkış yapmak, check-out yapmak, otelden ayrılmak

How it is used

Guests check out, and staff check guests out. The noun is check-out (also checkout): check-out time, express check-out, late check-out. Check-out time is usually late morning or noon, so rooms can be cleaned for new arrivals.

Example sentences

  1. What time do we have to check out tomorrow?

  2. Room 214 checked out early, so housekeeping can start on it now.

Common collocations

  • check out of the hotel
  • check a guest out
  • check-out time
  • express check-out
  • late check-out
  • check inTo arrive at a hotel, register your details and receive your room key. Staff also check a guest in.
  • billA document showing what a guest must pay for the room, meals and other services, or the total amount itself.
  • settle the billTo pay everything a guest owes at the end of a stay or a meal, so that the account is closed.
  • late check-outPermission for a guest to leave the room later than the hotel's normal check-out time, sometimes for an extra charge.

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