Do most people still confirm reservations?

[SweetAlex]

Strange question I know but with everything being clearly documented electronically (confirmation emails, mobile Travel apps, etc), is it still necessary to call hotels to confirm reservations these days?

I'm pretty sure I never did for our other two trips but maybe I should have... just in case. We leave in a week today so contemplating whether or not I should. Or perhaps I'm just looking for things to do to quench my Disney thirst because I'm so dang impatient for this trip!

Do you still call to confirm?

 

[Butterfly123]

I always do. It only takes a few minutes, and then I don't have to worry about it. That is also when I make my requests, like being on the top floor, etc.

 

[sheetz]

I call if I book thru a 3rd party or if I have special requests.

 

[rms123]

After just having a trip with a problem losing our reservation, we've started doing this again.

 

[crystal1313]

I always do just in case. We've gotten burned in the past. I also like to let them know if we will be arriving later (like after 10pm) just in case.

 

[cmpeter]

For our last trip we received email confirmations from the hotel, the car service and all our dining reservations, so no...I didn't call to confirm anything. I did bring print outs of the confirmations. If I didn't have those, then yes, I would call.

 

[bumbershoot]

I don't call to confirm, because I always have an email confirmation of reservations. I only call hotels if I'm coming in at a very late time.

 

[mystic_path]

Yes I leave nothing to chance. I just want to make sure that nothing goes wrong on vacation because I didn't follow up with something. Especially if it is something I paid money for. There have been a few times where a reservation hadn't gone through or the company I was dealing with gave me some great advice that I hadn't previously known. For a peace of mind I say follow up.

 

[pepe3penelope]

With all the planning, I always call beforehand to make sure the hotel reservations & any other dining & other reservations are lined up. I always keep on a piece of paper the printouts of confirmations & I write down any other confirmation numbers (dining, etc).

On our July trip, I checked in & confirmed with the front desk all reservations & they couldn't find our GCH cabana reservation. But when I gave my confirmation number, they found it! I almost had a heart attack!

 

[5forMickey]

I agree with the above posters, if you are feeling like you should then by all means DO IT!!! We booked our Christmas trip in May of this year and then I added one day to our stay at the end in July. For some reason I never received a confirmation with the new departure date. I called the first of this month because it just kept bothering me. Good thing I did, while the WTD had the extended day in their system, the DLH showed us leaving on the original departure day and of course there now were not any rooms available for our room type . I was on the phone with a lead for approximately 2 hours that day trying to straighten things out so I'm glad I did this before hand and not on arrival. I will make sure that I have the new confirmation with me for check in just in case (and I'll probably call again just before we leave).

**Just a side note, the CM I spoke with was VERY GOOD at taking care of the problems and I thought she went above and beyond to take care of the issue even though it did take so long. So gold star to the Walt Disney Travel Company!!!!

 

[SweetAlex]

Thanks everyone. Even though I have printouts of all the reservations, I did call to confirm and everything was just fine.

SEVEN days today

 

[krispin41]

I usually call too, if only to make a request for something. I just got off the phone in fact. Since this is a solo trip, I am hoping for a King sized bed...it will be nice not to have to share with the dogs or the DH!