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Old 20-Nov-2009, 17:32
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Is my sentence right?

I've booked a room via www.booking.com and I want to make sure that there'll be an available parking lot upon check-in.

Could I say - ...there'll a parking lot available upon check-in?

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Old 20-Nov-2009, 17:38
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May I suggest this instead?

... and I want to confirm that there will be parking available on-site.

(You don't care about the whole parking LOT, just that there will be enough space for you: that there will be parking available.)
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Your suggestion is very useful.

I thought a parking lot means a space just for one car not a whole parking area.

Thank you very much.
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And it may in other places, but in the US, a parking LOT is the entire area dedicated to parking, with many individual parking SPACES.
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Hello!

Is my sentence right?

I've booked a room via www.booking.com and I want to make sure that there'll be an available parking lot upon check-in.

Could I say - ...there'll a parking lot available upon check-in?

Thank you in advance!
In BrE a "parking lot" is a car park and an individual place in it is a parking space.
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