confirm the reservation

Meaning

This phrase means to verify or finalize a booking that has been made, such as for a hotel room, a restaurant table, a flight, or a conference room. Doing this ensures that the booking is active, secure, and ready for use. It is a vital phrase for business travel, event planning, and hospitality contexts.

Examples

• I need to call the hotel to confirm the reservation for our guest speaker.

  I need to call the hotel to confirm the reservation for our guest speaker.

• You will receive an automated email to confirm the reservation once payment is processed.

  You will receive an automated email to confirm the reservation once payment is processed.

• Please confirm the reservation for the conference room for next Tuesday.

  Please confirm the reservation for the conference room for next Tuesday.

• The restaurant called to confirm the reservation for our corporate dinner tonight.

  The restaurant called to confirm the reservation for our corporate dinner tonight.

• Before you head to the airport, make sure to confirm the reservation for your rental car.

  Before you head to the airport, make sure to confirm the reservation for your rental car.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ I want to confirm the reserve for tonight.

  ✓ I want to confirm the reservation for tonight.

  'Reserve' is a verb or a noun meaning a storage/supply. The correct noun for a booking is 'reservation'.

• ✗ Please confirm me the reservation.

  ✓ Please confirm my reservation.

  'Confirm' takes the reservation as its direct object. Do not put 'me' immediately after 'confirm' as an indirect object.

Related Expressions

Practice

• Did you remember to ___ for the client dinner at the Italian restaurant?

  💡 Check that the table booking is secure.

  Show answer

  confirm the reservation

• The travel agent sent an email to ___ for our flights to Chicago.

  💡 Finalize the flight booking.

  Show answer

  confirm the reservation