The word check in comes from English, which in Spanish means “register” or “register”. Check in is a process carried out in a hotel, airport or port, which consists of registering the arrival of a person, who is arriving at the place, where the receptionist is in charge; so usually the word check in is used to refer to the method by which an airline or a particular hotel officially records or registers the arrival of a passenger, traveler, or tourist of a flight or a guest for a stay. Currently the word check in is used in various social networks, where they allow the user to mention where they are at a set time compared to other users of the network.
The check-in procedure to fly on an airplane can be done at the time of arriving at the airport in advance before a flight takes off, here the passenger goes to the registration area where the person in charge of this process is located, then the traveler must Identify yourself and deliver the luggage that you should not or do not want to take with you, you can also choose your seat, acquire information about the flight or destination, make changes to the reservations, among other things, after this the staff gives you the boarding pass to being able to get on the plane; But this process can also be done online, from a computer with internet access where you can reserve the seat and print the boarding pass the day before the flight.
On the other hand , check in at hotels is usually done upon arrival at the hotel, in the reception area, where the room keys are delivered and provide guarantees to cover costs such as room service for the duration of the stay..