Originally Posted by
Often1
I still don't understand why OP doesn't make a simple phone call. Not only is he concerned about something which is common and almost certainly a non-issue, but he is then concerned that he won't be able to reach an English-speaker at a US-based chain in a major European capital, and that if he does reach such a person, they won't help him.
It will likely take less than 5 minutes to set this issue to rest. It has taken a good deal more time to simply raise questions which are at best imponderable.
I do plan to make a phone call IF I actually think I am not going to make the first night.
I have no plan to call "just in case"
And as for "non English speaking" after calling the Champs Elysees Marriott a few years ago and spending half an hour dealing with "No English" I am a little gun shy! No, this guy did not even really understand English and yes, I called back and got him again. He was the operator!