Well, after faxing and/or emailing my final 2 hotels in Llanes and Luarca for my upcoming trip (leaving next week )and receiving no response, I broke down and telephoned them yesterday. My spanish is very limited but I managed to get the reservation made and gave them my name. They said they did not need a credit card number to hold the reservation nor did I need a confirmation number - everything was OK. Is this normal?

I usually receive an email or fax for my confirmation so I have everything set when I arrive - I'm a female traveling alone and like to have my hotels set ahead of time. I'm a little uneasy about this but it is off season in 2 cities that are highly seasonal so I should be fine.

Should I try to fax now to receive a confirmation, or perhaps just wait until the day I arrive and phone ahead with my arrival time?

I really do need to learn the language much better :o .

Thanks all!