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Vacancy

Meaning in tourism & hospitality, with examples

/ˈveɪkənsi/nounCore term

In tourism & hospitality, vacancy means: A room in a hotel, guesthouse or motel that is free and can be booked; often used in the plural on signs.

In Turkish: boş oda, boş yer

How it is used

Seen on signs outside small hotels and motels: "Vacancies" or "No vacancies". In conversation, hotel staff more often say "We have rooms available" or "We're fully booked." The word also means an open job, so the context matters.

Example sentences

  1. Sorry, we have no vacancies this weekend because of the festival.

  2. The guesthouse still had a few vacancies in early June.

Common collocations

  • no vacancies
  • have a vacancy
  • vacancies available
  • vacancy sign
  • availabilityWhether rooms, tables, seats or places on a tour are free to be booked on a particular date.
  • fully bookedHaving no free rooms, tables or places left for a particular date because everything has already been reserved.
  • walk-inA guest who arrives at a hotel and asks for a room without having made a reservation.
  • 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.

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