Spanish hotel vocabulary: booking, check-in and your room

Q: How do you say hotel room in Spanish?

A hotel room is la habitación. Ask for una habitación doble (a double) or una habitación individual (a single). In Spain, avoid cuarto for a hotel room — that word usually means a room in a house.

Q: How do I check in or say I have a reservation in Spanish?

Say Tengo una reserva ("I have a reservation"), then Quería hacer el check-in ("I'd like to check in"). At the desk you will get la llave (key) or la tarjeta (keycard) for the room.

Q: What's the difference between a double and a single room in Spanish?

Una habitación doble is a double room (for two), and una habitación individual is a single room (for one). For the booking itself, Spain says la reserva, while much of Latin America says la reservación.

A hotel stay in Spanish runs through a short, predictable set of words. You make la reserva (the reservation), arrive at el hotel, speak to someone at la recepción (the front desk), and pick up la llave (the key) to la habitación (the room). Learn those five anchors first and most check-in conversations stop feeling intimidating.

This page collects the core nouns, the phrases you actually say at reception, and the small mistakes English speakers tend to make. Examples follow Spain usage, with notes where Latin America says it differently.

Word	Transcription	Translation	Example
hotel	/oˈtel/	hotel	Los hoteles son caros aquí en verano.Hotels are expensive here in summer.
habitación	/aβitaˈsjon/	room	Una habitación pequeña.A small room.
llave	/ˈʝaβe/	key	Recibo una llave.I get a key.
cama	/ˈkama/	bed	Voy a la cama.I go to bed.
baño	/ˈbaɲo/	bathroom	El baño está junto a la cocina.The bathroom is next to the kitchen.
la reserva		the reservation	Tengo una reserva a nombre de Pérez.
la recepción		the reception desk	Pregunte en la recepción.
una habitación doble		a double room	Quiero una habitación doble.
una habitación individual		a single room	¿Tienen una habitación individual?
el aire acondicionado		the air conditioning	La habitación tiene aire acondicionado.

Beyond the single words, hotels run on a handful of set questions and statements. These are the lines you can memorize and reuse at almost any front desk.

Situation	Spanish	Meaning
Arriving with a booking	Tengo una reserva.	I have a reservation.
Checking in	Quería hacer el check-in.	I’d like to check in.
Asking checkout time	¿A qué hora es la salida?	What time is checkout?
Getting the Wi-Fi	¿Cuál es la contraseña del wifi?	What’s the Wi-Fi password?
Breakfast included?	¿El desayuno está incluido?	Is breakfast included?

Booking a room

Booking centers on la reserva and the verb reservar (to book). When you reserve, say whether you want una habitación doble (a double) or una habitación individual (a single).

Quiero reservar una habitación doble para dos noches.
I want to book a double room for two nights.

¿Tienen una habitación individual para esta noche?
Do you have a single room for tonight?

At the front desk / check-in

At la recepción, the everyday phrase for checking in is hacer el check-in. Once you are registered, the receptionist hands you la llave or, more often now, la tarjeta (the keycard).

Buenos días, tengo una reserva. Quería hacer el check-in.
Good morning, I have a reservation. I’d like to check in.

¿Me puede dar la llave de la habitación?
Can you give me the room key?

In your room

Inside la habitación you will talk about la cama (the bed), el baño (the bathroom), la toalla (the towel) and, in summer, el aire acondicionado (the air conditioning).

La cama es grande y el baño está muy limpio.
The bed is big and the bathroom is very clean.

¿Puede traer otra toalla, por favor?
Can you bring another towel, please?

La habitación tiene aire acondicionado.
The room has air conditioning.

Common mistakes

Using cuarto for a hotel room

For a hotel room, Spain uses habitación; cuarto usually means a room in a home (it is more common for hotel rooms in parts of Latin America).

~~Quiero un cuarto doble.~~ → Quiero una habitación doble.
I want a double room.

Saying “reservación” in Spain

Reservación is normal in much of Latin America, but in Spain the booking is simply la reserva.

~~Tengo una reservación.~~ → Tengo una reserva.
I have a reservation.

Translating “to check in” as registrarse

Registrarse means “to register” or “to sign up” and sounds formal; at the front desk you will usually hear hacer el check-in.

~~Quiero registrarme en el hotel.~~ → Quería hacer el check-in.
I’d like to check in.

A hotel is usually the stop right after the airport, so it pairs naturally with Spanish airport vocabulary. In Fluera you rehearse these check-in lines as short spoken exchanges, hearing each word and dropping it into a real reservation or front-desk sentence rather than memorizing a flat list. Try it when you practice Spanish before your next trip.

Practice

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Frequently asked questions

How do you say hotel room in Spanish?

A hotel room is la habitación. Ask for una habitación doble (a double) or una habitación individual (a single). In Spain, avoid cuarto for a hotel room — that word usually means a room in a house.

How do I check in or say I have a reservation in Spanish?

Say Tengo una reserva ("I have a reservation"), then Quería hacer el check-in ("I'd like to check in"). At the desk you will get la llave (key) or la tarjeta (keycard) for the room.

What's the difference between a double and a single room in Spanish?

Una habitación doble is a double room (for two), and una habitación individual is a single room (for one). For the booking itself, Spain says la reserva, while much of Latin America says la reservación.