Nicholas Marzolino

    >
    >> Hi All:
    > I have always used phone and fax. Emails will get an occassional quote
    > but most French hoteliers want a fax for a booking. A honeymoon in
    > Paris is more than a nice trip, it is the start of a lifetime
    > relationship with a city as well as a person!


It seems odd to me.I travel often to Italy and Switzerland and I do
everything via email...never had a problem. I thought France would be
more up-to-date but maybe not.

Marie Lewis

In article , hobart xaxinojo
writes
    >i would venture that most people are like me and are not so adept as you in
    >learning languages.


Unless you are below average in intelligence, there is no reason why,
with application and hard work, you should not be "adept" in learning
languages.

However, you are too lazy to punctuate correctly, so I hold out little
hope for you.
--
Marie Lewis

Geraint

sgwennodd "Nicholas Marzolino" yn neges
news:[email protected]...

    > It seems odd to me.I travel often to Italy and Switzerland and I do
    > everything via email...never had a problem. I thought France would be
    > more up-to-date but maybe not.
Conforming to any norm is something France tries hard _not_ to do.
    :-|

hwyl!
geraint.

Digital Traveler

In my opinion if a hotel advertises on the internet, has an email
address for contact and does not get back to you when you send them an
email, feel very lucky you have a hotel that you can scratch off you
list. To me it is an indication of the quality of the hotel's service.

When I an inquiring about rooms at a hotel, using email, I will get a
email back in a few days informing they have room for me or not. Many
times they will not reply the next day but they will get back to me in
a few days.

For Paris I can highly recommend Hotel du Levant. A hotel I have stay
for a week and will again.

http://www.hoteldulevant.com/

Bill
[email protected]

Fred Fowler wrote in message news:...
    > Hi All:
    >
    > We are getting married May 10th.
    >
    > My Fiance had never been to Europe so I thought Paris would be nice
    > honeymoon trip and a fun way to introduce her to the different
    > cultures and feeling of Europe. I have contacted 6 hotels via email,
    > and have not had a single response back from any. While I know that
    > American sentiment is not well loved now, should I just abandon the
    > idea and spend my $10K in another country?
    >
    > Any suggestions?

Ted

I was tempted to create a vacation through www.france-vacations.com before I decided on Barcelona
instead. Their prices look reasonable, and you can customize as you desire. The best part is you don't really
have to make reservations yourself.
If you're that hung up on having to deal with some receptionist, call a travel agent. They can take care of
everything for you so you can think about what to do when you get there -- *nudge, nudge* *wink, wink*
Good luck.
ted

On Tue, 18 Feb 2003 00:27:12 -0500, Fred Fowler wrote:
    > Hi All:
    >
    > We are getting married May 10th.
    >
    > My Fiance had never been to Europe so I thought Paris would be nice
    > honeymoon trip and a fun way to introduce her to the different
    > cultures and feeling of Europe. I have contacted 6 hotels via email,
    > and have not had a single response back from any. While I know that
    > American sentiment is not well loved now, should I just abandon the
    > idea and spend my $10K in another country?
    >
    > Any suggestions?
    >
    >

--
To reply, realize there is only one Texas...

Brenda

Fred Fowler wrote in message news:...
    > Hi All:
    >
    > We are getting married May 10th.
    >
    > My Fiance had never been to Europe so I thought Paris would be nice
    > honeymoon trip and a fun way to introduce her to the different
    > cultures and feeling of Europe. I have contacted 6 hotels via email,
    > and have not had a single response back from any. While I know that
    > American sentiment is not well loved now, should I just abandon the
    > idea and spend my $10K in another country?
    >
    > Any suggestions?

Wow - That's a rather harsh reaction. I would just book it on the
Internet - Travelocity or Expedia or what ever you like. That way you
will have no language difficulties, will have a confirmation in
writing & have someone to back you up if there's a problem. Or...
here's a novel idea - why don't you just use a travel agent? That's
what they do (& pretty well, too). A good Europe agent will have
great suggestions for hotels in your price range, know what rooms to
ask for - especially important for a honeymoon & will give you full
written confirmations & help at any point in the journey if problems
arise.

Jenn

In article ,
[email protected] (brenda) wrote:

    > Fred Fowler wrote in message
    > news:...
    > > Hi All:
    > >
    > > We are getting married May 10th.
    > >
    > > My Fiance had never been to Europe so I thought Paris would be nice
    > > honeymoon trip and a fun way to introduce her to the different
    > > cultures and feeling of Europe. I have contacted 6 hotels via email,
    > > and have not had a single response back from any. While I know that
    > > American sentiment is not well loved now, should I just abandon the
    > > idea and spend my $10K in another country?
    > >
    > > Any suggestions?
    >
    > Wow - That's a rather harsh reaction. I would just book it on the
    > Internet - Travelocity or Expedia or what ever you like. That way you
    > will have no language difficulties, will have a confirmation in
    > writing & have someone to back you up if there's a problem. Or...
    > here's a novel idea - why don't you just use a travel agent? That's
    > what they do (& pretty well, too). A good Europe agent will have
    > great suggestions for hotels in your price range, know what rooms to
    > ask for - especially important for a honeymoon & will give you full
    > written confirmations & help at any point in the journey if problems
    > arise.



travel agents for the most part book people into costly charmless hotels
-- I am sure there are specialists who do better, but for the most part
they just go to the big books --- you will do much better booking
yourself after doing some research.

A hotel that fails to respond to Email should be scratched off -- it is
a son of indifferent service

Runge

Try writing in french to start with
And stop it with these so called anti american stupidities
Even if the $ is weak, we'll take it

"Fred Fowler" a écrit dans le message de news:
[email protected]...
    > Hi All:
    > We are getting married May 10th.
    > My Fiance had never been to Europe so I thought Paris would be nice
    > honeymoon trip and a fun way to introduce her to the different
    > cultures and feeling of Europe. I have contacted 6 hotels via email,
    > and have not had a single response back from any. While I know that
    > American sentiment is not well loved now, should I just abandon the
    > idea and spend my $10K in another country?
    > Any suggestions?

Eddy

On Tue, 18 Feb 2003 00:27:12 -0500, Fred Fowler
wrote:

    >Hi All:
    >We are getting married May 10th.
    >My Fiance had never been to Europe so I thought Paris would be nice
    >honeymoon trip and a fun way to introduce her to the different
    >cultures and feeling of Europe. I have contacted 6 hotels via email,
    >and have not had a single response back from any. While I know that
    >American sentiment is not well loved now, should I just abandon the
    >idea and spend my $10K in another country?
    >Any suggestions?

if you dont use frog speak they wont reply
english is verboten
they NEVER willingly use english

Not The Karl Orff

    > On Tue, 18 Feb 2003 00:27:12 -0500, Fred Fowler
    > wrote:
    >
    > >Hi All:
    > >
    > >We are getting married May 10th.
    > >
    > >My Fiance had never been to Europe so I thought Paris would be nice
    > >honeymoon trip and a fun way to introduce her to the different
    > >cultures and feeling of Europe. I have contacted 6 hotels via email,
    > >and have not had a single response back from any. While I know that
    > >American sentiment is not well loved now, should I just abandon the
    > >idea and spend my $10K in another country?

As others have suggested, try writing in French. I did just that for a
trip to France last April that involved stays in chambres d'hotes only
(small b&b like establishments with a maximum of 6 rooms). Got replies
to faxes from most of them, even those which were full or out of the
business. I had to call a few to confirm.

Marie Lewis

In article , eddy
writes
    >if you dont use frog speak they wont reply
    >english is verboten
    >they NEVER willingly use english


Incroyable. Quant à moi, j'ai toujours trouvé que les Français veulent
bien me parler en anglais bien que je puisse m'exprimer bien en
français.

Il se peut que votre français soit incompréhensible.
--
Marie Lewis

Treemoss2

If I were you I'd take that 10k and go to New Zealand, or Thailand, both places
very friendly and you get a whole lot more for your money.

Tim Vanhoof

Fred Fowler wrote:

    > Hi All:
    >
    > We are getting married May 10th.
    >
    > My Fiance had never been to Europe so I thought Paris would be nice
    > honeymoon trip and a fun way to introduce her to the different
    > cultures and feeling of Europe. I have contacted 6 hotels via email,
    > and have not had a single response back from any. While I know that
    > American sentiment is not well loved now, should I just abandon the
    > idea and spend my $10K in another country?

I think it's probably more likely the hoteliers just haven't read their
email. It is surprisingly common for businesses to have an email address
but not actually make the cultural jump to using it.

Don't be put off. Unless YOU are pissed at France, go and enjoy
yourself.



--
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www.stopwar.org.uk

Marie Lewis

In article , hobart xaxinojo
writes
    >hmmm you madame are so opinionated and wound so tight that it is really
    >quite a miracle that you are able to sit and type without foaming at the
    >mouth. ah wait is that spittle i detect in your grandiloquence (bombast,
    >claptrap - Pretentious, pompous speech or writing).


Des maintenant, je vous reponds seulement en francais. Vous excuserez,
j'espere, le fait que je ne mets pas d'accents: les ordinateurs ont ,des
fois, des problemes avec les accents.

Je vous assure que mes opinions valent autant que les votres. Vous ne
savez rien de moi. Rien du tout, a part le fait que je connais bien mon
grammaire,
--
Marie Lewis

Jcoulter

eddy wrote in news:b7155v4u5kbc0tagk417ufo9pjebbp2vfc@
4ax.com:



    >
    > if you dont use frog speak they wont reply
    > english is verboten
    > they NEVER willingly use english
    >
    >

And you, I suppose are willing and able to speak the to tourists in your
country in their native tongue? I pity the European who comes here while I
have had nothing but good luck in all but the most remote places that I
have traveled to in Europe finding English spoken and well.