Restaurant reservation protocol
 

Is it considered acceptable form to request dinner reservations via fax? We're heading to Paris next month and are trying to make restaurant plans for a few nights. We're not fluent in French, so we thought it might be eaiser -- and leave less room for misunderstanding or error -- if we handled the transaction in writing.<BR>

I call--that way if there is a problem with a particular date/time you get an immediate response and have the opportunity to change the reservation--if you are really concerned you can always fax the restaurant a note confirming the information after you made contact over the phone.

We had our hotel make reservations for us. Contacted the hotel by e-mail. They seemed happy to do it.

I've successfully used the fax to make reservations; for me, the time difference makes it very hard to do it by phone. If I get a fax back for confirmation, yippee. If I don't, I will call to verify that the fax was receive and all is in order.<BR><BR>I've done it by email as well, and that works just dandy.

Jane I have also made reservations by fax and then ask for confirmation either by fax or email. Never had any problems.

Hi Jane, we always call the hotel and ask them to do it for us.It is so much easier that way.have fun~where are you planning on eating?

Thanks, all, for your helpful comments. I think we'll probably attempt to make reservations via fax (as Elvira said, the time difference can make phone calls a challenge), then call to reconfirm once we reach Paris.<BR><BR>We haven't finalized our plans yet, but L'Astrance is looking good ...