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Fully booked

Meaning in tourism & hospitality, with examples

/ˌfʊli ˈbʊkt/adjectiveCore term

In tourism & hospitality, fully booked means: Having no free rooms, tables or places left for a particular date because everything has already been reserved.

In Turkish: tamamen dolu, dolu, yer yok

How it is used

Said by reservations and front desk staff when they cannot accept a booking: "I'm afraid we're fully booked that weekend." Similar phrases are sold out, full and no availability. Staff often offer another date, a waiting list or a sister hotel.

Example sentences

  1. I'm sorry, we're fully booked on the 20th, but we have rooms from the 21st.

  2. The boat trip is fully booked tomorrow. Shall I put you on the list for Thursday?

Common collocations

  • be fully booked
  • fully booked weekend
  • fully booked until
  • almost fully booked
  • availabilityWhether rooms, tables, seats or places on a tour are free to be booked on a particular date.
  • overbookingAccepting more reservations than there are rooms or seats, expecting that some guests will cancel or not arrive.
  • occupancy rateThe percentage of a hotel's available rooms that are sold over a certain period, such as a night, a month or a season.
  • high seasonThe busiest time of year for tourism, when demand is strongest and hotel and travel prices are at their highest.

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