Dialogue

French luggage storage dialogue: leave bags and check collection time

Leave two bags at a staffed luggage counter in French. Practise asking about the price, latest collection time and receipt needed to collect them.

In short

At a staffed counter, ask Je peux laisser ces deux bagages ici jusqu’à 17 heures ? Then check À quelle heure dois-je les récupérer au plus tard ? Keep the reçu the attendant gives you for collection.

A traveller leaving a suitcase and backpack at a staffed luggage-storage counter.
Keep the reçu when leaving bags at la consigne. Illustration: Atelier

How do you leave your bags somewhere in French?

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  1. Employée

    Bonjour monsieur. Vous souhaitez déposer des bagages ?

    English

    Hello. Would you like to leave some luggage?

  2. Voyageur

    Oui, je voudrais laisser une valise et un sac à dos pendant quelques heures.

    Ask to leave a suitcase and a rucksack for a few hours.

    English

    Yes, I’d like to leave a suitcase and a rucksack for a few hours.

  3. Employée

    Vous pensez revenir vers quelle heure ?

    English

    What time do you expect to return?

  4. Voyageur

    Vers 17 heures. Mon train part à 18 heures.

    Say you will return around 5 pm and your train is at 6 pm.

    English

    Around 5 pm. My train leaves at 6 pm.

  5. Employée

    Très bien. Le tarif est de six euros par bagage pour la journée.

    English

    Very good. The price is six euros per bag for the day.

  6. Voyageur

    Donc douze euros pour les deux, même si je les laisse seulement quatre heures ?

    Check the total for two bags and the four-hour stay.

    English

    So twelve euros for both, even if I only leave them for four hours?

  7. Employée

    Oui, c’est un tarif à la journée. Nous fermons à 19 heures.

    English

    Yes, it’s a daily rate. We close at 7 pm.

  8. Voyageur

    À quelle heure dois-je les récupérer au plus tard ?

    Ask for the latest collection time.

    English

    What is the latest time I must collect them?

  9. Employée

    À 18 h 45 au plus tard. Nous arrêtons les retraits avant la fermeture.

    English

    By 6.45 pm at the latest. We stop collections before closing.

  10. Voyageur

    D’accord. Est-ce que je dois retirer mon ordinateur du sac ?

    Ask whether to remove your laptop from the bag.

    English

    All right. Should I take my laptop out of the bag?

  11. Employée

    Oui, gardez vos objets de valeur avec vous. Posez les deux bagages sur le comptoir.

    English

    Yes, keep your valuables with you. Put both bags on the counter.

  12. Voyageur

    Voilà. Est-ce que je paie maintenant ?

    Hand over the bags and ask when to pay.

    English

    Here they are. Do I pay now?

  13. Employée

    Oui, s’il vous plaît. Voici votre reçu. Il faudra le présenter au retour.

    English

    Yes, please. Here is your receipt. You’ll need to show it when you return.

  14. Voyageur

    Ce reçu correspond bien aux deux bagages ?

    Check that the receipt covers both bags.

    English

    This receipt covers both bags, doesn’t it?

  15. Employée

    Oui, les deux numéros sont dessus. Gardez-le jusqu’au retrait.

    English

    Yes, both numbers are on it. Keep it until collection.

  16. Voyageur

    Merci. Je reviens vers 17 heures avec le reçu, et au plus tard à 18 h 45.

    Read back your planned return, the receipt requirement and the latest time.

    English

    Thank you. I’ll return around 5 pm with the receipt, and by 6.45 pm at the latest.

Three times with different jobs
FrenchEnglishUse
vers 17 heuresaround 5 pmThe traveller’s planned return.
À 18 h 45 au plus tardby 6.45 pm at the latestThe counter’s last collection time.
Nous fermons à 19 heures.We close at 7 pm.The end of opening hours; collection ends earlier.

At the staffed counter

In this exchange, déposer is leaving the bags and récupérer is collecting them. The attendant also uses le retrait for collection. The receipt belongs with you while the bags stay behind the counter.

Question 1No account needed
What is the latest collection time in this exchange?

Choose one answer.

Answer and explanation

18 h 45.. Collection stops at 18 h 45, fifteen minutes before the counter closes.

Question 2No account needed
How much does the traveller pay for both bags?

Choose one answer.

Answer and explanation

Twelve euros.. The daily rate is six euros per bag, so two bags cost twelve euros.

Question 3No account needed
What must the traveller show on returning?

Choose one answer.

Answer and explanation

Le reçu.. The attendant says to present the receipt when returning to collect the bags.