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Kindly, Ckeck my letter, You and your family are planning to spend a weekend at a seaside hotel
You and your family are planning to spend a weekend at a seaside hotel.Task: Write a letter to the hotel making the arrangements. Let them know when you will be arriving and leaving, what type of rooms you would like, and ask them how much the weekend will cost. Also enquire about activities and places of interest near the hotel.
Dear Sir/ Madam,
I am writing to inform you that, I and my family are going to dwell at your esteemed hotel for the upcoming weekend.
1/ You don't need a comma after "that"; there is no separation between the first part of the sentence and the second part.
2/ In English it's a convention that you put yourself last. You would never say "I and my family" but rather "my family and I". However in this case I don't think that you need to include "and I" at all; "my family" is sufficient. Because "family" is singular, this would make it "my family is going to dwell". However I wouldn't say that either.
3/ "Dwell" is technically correct, but unless someone was speaking poetically you would almost never hear it used for a hotel stay. The word "stay" would normally be used. Also "esteemed" is a little too "flowery" (definition 1.2 here: https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/flowery ) for this type of letter.
4/ The next thing is that I wouldn't say "my family is going to" because at this point you have no idea whether the hotel has any vacancies. You would therefore need to ask that. I would therefore say
I am writing to ask about the availability of rooms for my family for the upcoming weekend.
Therefore, we will stay for 3 nights. Our expected check in will be on 4:00 pm June 14th, and we will check out on at 11:00 am June 16th.
1/ "Therefor" means "for something". For example, "I just bought a new machine and some spare parts therefor", though the word seems to be falling out of fashion. Therefore (with an e at the end) means "consequently"; in this case, you want to stay for the weekend therefore you will need to book for three nights. 2/ You use "on" for a date ("on June 16") but at for a time ("at 11am"):
Since, we are a big family consisting of 2 adults and 3 children, I would prefer to book a double bed room, non smoking and with an ensuite bathroom.
This is going to cause confusion. Most hotels would regard a "double bed room" as being a single room with one double bed, which would not be enough for a family of 4. You would need to spell out your intentions:
- If you want a suite with two separate bedrooms you would say "a two bedroom suite"
- If you're happy enough to have everyone sleeping in the one room but in two beds you would say "a room with two double beds", or "a room with a queen bed and a double", or "a room with a queen bed and two single beds", depending on what you intended the sleeping arrangements to be.
Also, I prefer a see sea view room in on the upper floors if possible.
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