Any suggestions for contacting recommended Fodor hotels with only a telephone number and address listed? Especially hotels in Paris?

Examples?<BR><BR>Maybe try<BR><BR>http://www.pagesjaunes.fr<BR><BR>or<BR><BR>http://fr.yahoo.com<BR>

At the risk of getting criticized for flip-flopping, I now recant my position on topping - - for some situations.<BR><BR>There are going to be some posts - - especially those that seem to be from newcomers - - that get posted late at night - - yet are buried (to the second page, or deeper) by mid-morning - - and just won't get sufficient attention for an answer that surely someone can contribute.<BR><BR>It's hard to provide any better information without specific details. I don't think that www.pagesjaunes.fr provides website information, which is apparently what Jeanine wants.<BR>

Jeanine,<BR>Go to:<BR>http://www.paris.org/hotels<BR><BR>you can search for your hotels alphabetically or by arrondisement.

Jeanine<BR><BR>I often find hotels simply by typing the name and city on major search engine pages--Mamma, 1 Blink or even Yahoo will usually get you to the hotels own website or one of the hotels reservation reps.<BR><BR>AH

Jeanine: Perhaps I don't understand the question, but is there some reason you can't pick up the phone and call? I can't think of a hotel in Paris that hasn't successfully dealt with an English-speaking caller, if that's what you're worried about.

StCirq, back before deregulation, I used to call hotels all the time and my 6 am calls would run me a buck or so. Now unless you have an international plan, those calls are very expensive--internet is free.<BR><BR>I think Austin's suggestion of using a search engine (I use Google) is right on. It has always worked for me.

Google's as good as search engines go ... presuming you want to find a web address, if any. (Not all hotels have them.)<BR><BR>But I'm with St. Cirq. Calling is cheap, particularly in relation to the cost of a hotel room, and the results are more often more reliable, in my experience, than e-mail.

Surely you jest, StCirq...<BR><BR>1. Internet is free.<BR><BR>2. You can't send a phone call to your printer to make hard copy for your files.<BR><BR>3. Time of day doesn't matter.<BR><BR>4. No pictures with phone calls.<BR><BR>5. Less risk of mis-spelled or mis-communicated information.<BR><BR>6. They build web pages for a reason - - to show off things you might not even think to ask about.<BR><BR>7. Who can remember to ask everything in a phone call that you might want to know (exact street address, fax, how to get there, on and on)...<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>

Jeanine:<BR>If you have a hotel name just enter it on search engine and their website may come up. I found Yahoo to be very good. Many hotels(as Ed points out)do not have e-mail capability. I did all of my booking via e-mail.<BR>Downside: You may not get a reply for 2 or 3 days or you may never get a reply. Your hotel choices are limited to those that have e-mail.<BR>Upside: You get a written confirmation of your reservation with all details spelled out. Can take this with you to show hotel if you have problems. You can also do this by fax but I do not have fax capability.<BR>Good Luck

Jeanine-<BR>I've always had success using the hotel's websites and e-mails to contact them and make reservations (or ask questions). When I get a response, I print out the confirmation and the name of the hotel staff member who made the reservations. I've also had luck using reservation sites such as http://www.france.com and print out the confirmation pages, as well. Maybe I have been lucky but I haven't had a problem using this system over the last five years.

Hi Jeanine, I just did a search on Google for Ardawn B&amp;B in Galway. Great big Google.com pulled up all kinds of sites. And I love the ease of e-mailing requests for information and reservations. I think the web is perfect for this type of travel research. And I do like the fact that you can have a hard copy. I personally try to stay away from hotels or B&amp;Bs without web sites for at least some tangible frame of reference. For example, I remember calling the Elizabeth Hotel in London(before web access) a few years ago. It was expensive and awkward AND they still messed up the reservation. <BR>Jeanine, do research, check chat rooms and message boards for people who may have stayed at those hotels.... Information should be out there, somewhere in cyberspace IMHO. Judy