The first necessity that comes to mind when scouting holiday destinations abroad is getting flight tickets. We spend hours on airline websites to find the most pocket-friendly prices and are ever willing to re-schedule our dates if we can grab good discounts.

Sadly, however, most of us cast away accommodation options to the bottom of our list of vacation priorities. But did you know that just as furnishing a valid flight itinerary is a pre-requisite for visa processing, so is providing convincing documents for hotel reservation? Whether you plan to drive through the country in a trailer or lodge yourself in hotels, motels, or with friends and relatives, it is imperative that you furnish sufficient proof of accommodation for yourself and family members. Only then will the Visa issuing authorities be trustful of your travel plans. Hotel reservation tells them that you have a place to call home in a new and foreign land.

You can furnish any one or more of the following documents as proof of accommodation: booked hotel room; letter of invitation written by a relative or friend who resides in the country or is a citizen of the country you wish to visit; written confirmation by the tour operator organizing your vacation; rental contract.

For hotel reservations, you must have a letter issued by the hotel management. The content of the letter must include your full name; names of people accompanying you; dates of check-in and check-out; hotel address and other communication details such as email, telephone number, fax number, etc. as well as (room) reservation code.

However, just as pre-booked flight tickets carry the risk of you losing money if the visa is denied, so also is the case with pre-booked hotel rooms. And the scary part is that most hotels do not return any part of the reservation amount if you want to cancel your stay.

But there is no cause for worry! You can just as easily avail a hotel itinerary to meet visa processing requirements. This is a dummy booking confirmation, for which most service providers charge a small fee. Of course this fee is negligible in comparison to the actual room costs. So, if you win that visa, the fee is adjusted in the final bill; and if the visa is denied, you lose only a miniscule portion of your bank savings. In case your trip covers more than one destination, you must furnish hotel reservation proofs for each town/city.

You can arrange for a dummy hotel reservation from the hotel’s website directly. Alternatively, you can use customized itinerary service packages from www.schengenvisaitinerary.com. Our hotel itinerary services are extremely safe with secure and encrypted bookings accessible only to you. We work one-to-one with the hotelier without third-party involvement to get you the best deal as per your budgetary expectations. Our itinerary services for Visa also include other mandatory paperwork such as flight itinerary preparation, travel insurance, and health insurance, all available at competitively low prices.

How to Apply?

1. If you are looking to get just the hotel confirmation/itinerary/reservation, visit the Schengen Visa Hotel Itinerary website.

2. If you are looking to get the flight itinerary and the hotel confirmation, visit the Schengen Visa Flight and Hotel Itinerary website.

3. If you are looking to get the flight itinerary, the hotel confirmation and the travel insurance, visit the Schengen Visa Flight, Hotel and Travel Insurance  website.