Hotel & Cruise
Check-in, room requests, broken things — plus the Ha Long Bay cruise: what’s included, where the best view is, when the boat leaves.
The hotel arc + the cruise
ENTRY → greet + anchor. INITIATION → reservation / name / room. PURPOSE → room requests, broken things, check-in/out. WRAP-UP → thanks, see you. The Ha Long Bay cruise is its own mini-context: meals are included, but you’ll want to know what’s included in the excursions, where the best view is, and what time the boat leaves. The cruise phrases are tagged separately below.
1. Initiation — check-in
2. Room & requests
3. Wrap-up
4. The Ha Long Bay cruise
Your overnight cruise: meals included, excursions not. The two phrases that matter most: Hoạt động này có bao gồm không? (Is this included?) and Điểm tốt nhất để ngắm cảnh ở đâu? (Where’s the best view?).
5. Domain vocabulary (lookup)
Hotel + cruise vocab. “du thuyền” = cruise ship (the bigger boats); “thuyền” = boat (smaller). Your overnight cruise is likely a du thuyền.
| Item | Vietnamese | Says | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| hotel | khách sạn | khat san | |
| room | phòng | phong | |
| bed | giường | goong | |
| bathroom | nhà vệ sinh | nah-vay-sinh | |
| shower | vòi hoa sen | voy hoa sen | |
| towel | khăn | khan | |
| key | chìa khóa | chee-kwah | |
| check-in | check-in | check-in | loanword |
| check-out | check-out | check-out | loanword |
| front desk | quầy lễ tân | kway lay tan | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi | |
| elevator | thang máy | thang may | |
| floor | tầng | tanh | |
| receptionist | lễ tân | lay tan | |
| boat / cruise | thuyền / du thuyền | thuyen / doo thuyen | |
| deck | boong | boong | |
| scenery / view | cảnh / cảnh đẹp | canh / canh dep | |
| included | bao gồm | bao ghom | |
| extra charge | phí thêm | pee them |