Hi all - I hope some folks here that have traveled to Europe can help me with this question and please let me know if I've dropped this in the wrong forum.

I'm traveling to Germany in the fall and I'm in the process of securing the hotel reservation. On the hotel's website, it states that they will accept a cashier's check in Euros to secure and pay for the reservation, but after emailing the hotel to confirm availability, they asked for my credit card number to secure the reservation.

Obviously, this throws up all kinds of red flags so I wanted to check with some folks to see if this was common before going that route. I talked to three users that reviewed the hotel on TripAdvisor and all three said that they did the same process (secure reservation with credit card via email, then paid the room charges by cashier's check).

Can anyone tell me if this is common or are the red flags going off in my head correct? It seems to be a reputable hotel from the information I've found online, but some more input on this would be greatly helpful.

Thanks