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Travel & Airport English vocabulary · Hotels & Accommodation

Check out

Meaning in travel & airport english, with examples

/ˌtʃek ˈaʊt/phrasal verbCore term

In travel & airport english, check out means: To leave a hotel at the end of your stay, returning the key and paying any extra charges at the desk or online.

In Turkish: çıkış yapmak, check-out yapmak, odayı boşaltmak

How it is used

Hotels set a check-out time, often 11 a.m. or noon. At the desk, staff ask about the minibar and print the bill. The noun is check-out (also checkout): check-out time, express check-out. Many hotels keep guests' luggage for a while after they check out.

Example sentences

  1. We need to check out by 11, but our flight isn't until the evening.

  2. Could we leave our bags here after we check out?

Common collocations

  • check out of a hotel
  • check-out time
  • express check-out
  • check out early
  • late check-outPermission to leave your hotel room later than the normal check-out time, sometimes free and sometimes for a fee.
  • check inTo show your ticket and passport and hand over your bags at the airport before a flight, or to register when you arrive at a hotel.
  • front deskThe counter near a hotel entrance where guests check in and out, pay, collect keys and ask for help; also the staff who work there.
  • key cardA plastic card used instead of a metal key to open a hotel room door; in many rooms it also switches on the electricity.

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