How do you say "it's only a provisional hold" in Japanese?

Name: That Email Was Not a Room
Uploaded: 2026-10-15T21:57:13Z
Duration: 33 s
Description: Learn to say 仮予約です (kari yoyaku desu) — it's only a provisional hold. A 30-second Japanese lesson for travelers from Kōfuku.

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That Email Was Not a Room

To say it's only a provisional hold in Japanese, say 仮予約です (kari yoyaku desu).

You showed the clerk your booking. She said 仮予約です. The room was never yours.

仮予約です kari yoyaku desu it's only a provisional hold

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仮予約です。 kari yoyaku desu. It's only a hold.
仮予約です。まだ確定していません。 kari yoyaku desu. mada kakutei shite imasen. It's a hold. It isn't confirmed yet.

Why this phrase

Hotel front desk at night. Hana is the clerk. Kōfuku is the guest with bags and an email that contains 予約. She says 仮予約です. 仮 means provisional, so the hotel never confirmed the room and it can already be gone. He is looking at a same-night rate or a taxi. She is warm, not scolding.