What are the most needed phrases to take on the road and across the globe? The Tower of Babel can be conquered in 10 easy questions, according to Booking.com
When Booking.com questioned over 18,000 people worldwide on what were the top phrases they’d want to know immediately in the language of the country they’re visiting, results revealed something that is not so surprising: we’re internet addicts. “What’s the Wi-Fi password?” was one of the most popular questions travelers wanted to make sure they could say in their new Latin language of choice.
The top 10 phrases most in demand are:
- “What’s the best way to get into town / downtown?” (46%)
- “What’s the Wi-Fi password?” (43%)
- “What time is breakfast?” (41%)
- “Where can I get the best meal?” (40%)
- “Where’s the bathroom?” (25%)
- “Bring me somewhere awesome” (22%)
- “I need coffee” (21%)
- “I can’t remember my room number” (11%)
- “Can I request an early check in?” (11%)
- “Where’s the closest pharmacy?” (10%)
When looking at gender preferences it was found that women are far more likely than men to want to know where the bathroom is (29% of women to 21% of men), yet men are more interesting in knowing what time the bar opens (13% of men versus 7% of women).
Empowering people to experience here is a translated table of top phrases to know.
English Spanish French Italian Quel est le Qual è il modo "What's the ¿ Cuál es la meilleur moyen migliore per best way to mejor manera de de se rendre en raggiungere la get into town llegar al ville / en città/il centro / downtown?" centro? centre-ville ? città?" "What's the ¿ Cuál es la Quel est le mot "Qual è la Wi-Fi contraseña del de passe du password del password?" WiFi? Wi-Fi WiFi" À quelle heure est servi le "What time is ¿ A qué hora es petit-déjeuner "A che ora è la breakfast?" el desayuno? ? colazione?" "Where can I "Qual è il get the best ¿ Dónde se come Où mange-t-on posto migliore meal?" mejor? le mieux per mangiare?" "Where's the ¿ Dónde está el Où sont les "Dov'è il bathroom?" baño? toilettes bagno?" "Bring me Indiquez-moi un somewhere Llévame a un endroit "Voglio vedere awesome" lugar increíble magnifique. un bel posto" "I need Necesito un Il me faut un "Ho bisogno di coffee" café café ! un caffè" "I can't No recuerdo el J'ai oublié mon "Non ricordo il remember my número de mi numéro de numero della room number habitación chambre. mia camera" "Can I "Vorrei request an ¿ Podría hacer Est-il possible richiedere il early check el check-in d'arriver plus check-in in?" antes? tôt ? anticipato" "Where's the ¿ Dónde está la Où se trouve la "Dov'è la closest farmacia más pharmacie la farmacia più pharmacy?" cercana? plus proche ? vicina?"
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