Hi, is there a difference between “we’re fully booked” and “we’re booked out”?
Many thanks,
Torsten[YSaerTTEW443543]
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I’ve never heard ‘booked out’, Torsten, just ‘We’re all booked up’. Same meaning.
Hi Charles, maybe ‘booked out’ is Australian as in this example:
ROB MORTON: We’re booked out; GPs in the area are booked out, three, four weeks ahead. If you’re sitting here on call - if you’re on call for an emergency - for an obstetrics service, you couldn’t be sitting in your rooms here looking after patients and then waiting for the call to go up and see someone, because it’s too far away.[YSaerTTEW443543]
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I agree that it should be “booked up”.
The only people I have heard say “fully booked” are Germans, but maybe native English speakers say it too without my having noticed.
Hi Jamie, are you saying that all of the following examples of ‘fully booked’ are written by Germans? google.com/search?hl=en&neww … =&aql=&oq=[YSaerTTEW443543]
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Read my message again.
Ah got it. Apparently, native speakers use the phrase ‘fully booked’ too.[YSaerTTEW443543]
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Hi Torsten,
‘Fully booked’ would sound fine to me in response to an enquiry about restaurant/hotel where there are no vacancies: Sorry we’re fully booked over Easter/on Sunday.
Alan
However, on the street, at least in my world, people say “booked up” most of the time. Even a hotel clerk or a maître d’ would say that.
It seems Canadians say it too:
Dwight: Could it be under “affirmation?” Cause you have thousands of those.
Michael: No. [to hotel employee on phone] We’re trying to look it up right now.
Dwight: You did get the e-vite to my barbeque!
Michael: Um, come on.
Dwight: Michael…
Hotel Employee: Uh, sir? A lot of people are trying to get last-minute reservations at hotels here for the Olympics, but we’ve been fully booked for months.
Michael: Well, I have been booked for three years, so you should have that. I’ve always heard that British Columbia is a very nice place, but I am not getting that from this conversation.
Dwight: Wait, I got it! Confirmation code: XV2RDM!
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Both “fully booked” and “booked up” sound OK to me (UK).
Hi Torsten,
Although both indicate that there are no more vacancies/places left, there is this slight difference to me - ‘booked up’ suggests that you won’t be able to get a place/seat or whatever and ‘fully booked’ is almost aspirational because it means that you have succeeded in filling all your seats/places.
Alan