Checking out of a hotel in English
How to check out, pay for minibar items, and ask for a taxi.
Full script
Key phrases
The lines worth keeping. Read them once before you go out.
Say you want to leave the hotel.
For more time: Could I get a late checkout?
Friendly reply: your stay was good.
How was your stay? = polite small talk; a short nice reply is fine
Say you had only water.
If you used nothing: Nothing, thanks.
Polite: ask staff to get a taxi
call me a taxi = ask someone to get a taxi for you
Quick answers
At the front desk: what to say in English
Say “I'd like to check out.” — say you want to leave the hotel. For more time: Could I get a late checkout?
Small talk: what to say in English
Say “It was great, thanks!” — friendly reply: your stay was good. How was your stay? = polite small talk; a short nice reply is fine.
What you used: what to say in English
Say “Just one bottle of water.” — say you had only water. If you used nothing: Nothing, thanks.
To the airport: what to say in English
Say “Could you call me a taxi?” — polite: ask staff to get a taxi. call me a taxi = ask someone to get a taxi for you.