Deutsch · A1 · vocabulary · 4 minutes
Travel essentials
Combine destination, luggage, reservation, and accommodation.
Understand the choice
A compact travel sequence starts with booking, continues through documents and luggage, and ends at accommodation. Keep destination phrases separate from static lodging phrases.
Core rule: Use nach for most city and country destinations without an article; use in + dative for the place where you stay.
Notice it in context
Wir fahren nach Berlin und übernachten in einem kleinen Hotel.
We are traveling to Berlin and staying in a small hotel.
Nach Berlin gives the destination; in einem kleinen Hotel describes the fixed lodging place.
Mein Koffer und mein Pass liegen im Zimmer.
My suitcase and passport are in the room.
Koffer and Pass are travel items; im Zimmer marks location.
Die Reservierung und das Ticket sind auf meinem Handy.
The reservation and ticket are on my phone.
Both documents form a plural subject; auf + dative marks storage.
What to remember
- Say in die Schweiz because the country name has an article, but nach Deutschland.
- Übernachten means stay overnight; wohnen usually suggests residence.
Common trap: Do not use zu Berlin for ordinary travel to the city. Use nach Berlin.