The Covid-19 pandemic has a wide and deep impact that has changed patterns of life
and behavior both in the business sector and in daily human activities. One of the changing
patterns of activity is in the education industry, many educational institutions across the world
have closed due to this pandemic, and it could jeopardize the academic calendar. Most
educational institutes have shifted to online learning platforms to keep academic activities going.
However, the question about the preparedness, designing, and effectiveness of e-learning is still
not clearly understood, particularly in Indonesia where the technical constraints like suitability of
devices and bandwidth availability pose a serious challenge. This issue is even more challenging
in the hospitality vocational education. This paper aims to dig deeper the online learning patterns
in the perspective of the students in vocational education as the impact of the pandemic. This
study uses a qualitative method by conducting in-depth interviews of 15 participants with the
expected result to provide information that can help various parties, such as vocational
institutions, teachers, and the hotel industry.