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Wake-up call

A wake-up call is a telephone call that a hotel arranges to make to a guest at a requested time to wake them.

In plain English

This is a planned phone call from the hotel to the guest. It is set for the time the guest asks for and is meant to wake the guest.

In context

Here, "Wake-up call" names the service of having the hotel place a phone call to the guest at the requested time to wake them.

Situation
Booking hotels, reading room and rate labels, checking in, and using amenities
What it communicates
labels a guest service in the hotel app or room guide.

Meaning limits

By itself, the term does not state the requested time.

Examples

“At 5:30, the hotel placed the wake-up call to her room just as she had requested.”

Core meaning

“He asked the front desk to arrange a wake-up call before his early departure.”

In context