Where to stay
El alojamiento is the general word for accommodation — a hotel, a flat, a guesthouse. The verb alojarse means to stay somewhere on a trip; like quedarse, it is reflexive. In Spain a small, simple hotel is una pensión, and the same word names the meals a hotel includes: media pensión (half board) and pensión completa (full board).
| We have already found accommodation for the trip. | Ya hemos encontrado alojamiento para el viaje. |
| The guesthouse is small, but very clean. | La pensión es pequeña, pero muy limpia. |
| We want half board, please. | Queremos media pensión, por favor. |
Alojarse in the past
Keep the two past tenses apart: a finished time (ayer, el verano pasado) takes the preterite; a time that is not over yet (este año, ya, todavía no) takes the present perfect.
| preterite | present perfect | |
|---|---|---|
| yo | me alojé | me he alojado |
| tú | te alojaste | te has alojado |
| él, ella | se alojó | se ha alojado |
| nosotros | nos alojamos | nos hemos alojado |
| vosotros | os alojasteis | os habéis alojado |
| ellos | se alojaron | se han alojado |
| Last summer we stayed near the sea. | El verano pasado nos alojamos cerca del mar. |
| This year we have stayed at a guesthouse. | Este año nos hemos alojado en una pensión. |
Before you go
You can book the trip at la agencia de viajes. The night before, you hacer la maleta: Spanish makes the suitcase where English simply packs.
| Last night I packed. | Anoche hice la maleta. |
| Have you already packed? | ¿Ya has hecho la maleta? |
| I have not packed yet. | Todavía no he hecho la maleta. |
Arriving, and at the beach
La llegada (the arrival) is the opposite of la salida (the departure). A distance uses estar a + the number of kilometers: está a dos kilómetros. On the beach you lie on la arena and tomar el sol — to sunbathe.
| At what time is the arrival of the flight? | ¿A qué hora es la llegada del vuelo? |
| The hotel is two kilometers from the beach. | El hotel está a dos kilómetros de la playa. |
| I love sunbathing on the sand. | Me encanta tomar el sol en la arena. |
