Free Hotel Reservation For Visa
Kerrie Gingrich
The embassy or consulate that you have to apply at in order to get a visa to your destination country, may require from you for either proof of accommodation, certificate of accommodation, letter of accommodation or hotel confirmation letter.
Though most of the countries will require you to submit proof of accommodation, especially in the old continent of Europe, in many other countries you will only have to show Means of Subsistence. Which means you will have to show proof, like a bank statement, that proves you have enough money to financially maintain yourself during your trip, including the stay at the hotel/hostel/guest house.
Every embassy or consulate advises its applicants to make a hotel reservation at a hotel that will fully refund your expenses in case of visa rejection or delay. If you cannot find one like that, then try to find the cheapest hotel reservation. That is because if you book a room at a hotel that does not refund you in case of visa application rejection or delay, then you will lose your money.
Many hotels charge non-refundable fees just for making a booking. This may be inconvenient because you could never be sure that you will get your visa approved, and you will not get refunded even in case of visa rejection.
However, there are specialized companies such as VisaReservation that will support your visa application by providing you with a dummy hotel booking confirmation for a small fee. This service is completely safe and is the most inexpensive way of dealing with hotel bookings prior to obtaining your visa.
Many travelers, when traveling abroad plan to spend their night over at friends or family relatives in order to avoid expenses. It is not a problem for the embassy/consulate if you wish to do so, but you will still have to show proof that your friend or relative is willing to take you in and not only.
If you are planning to go on a tour organized by a tour operator, together with a group of people, then you will have to submit a letter by the tour operator. The letter must show the hotels/hostels/guest houses where the group will be staying throughout the whole tour. The letter must include the following detailed information of each place:
If you are planning to rent a place in your destination country, then you should arrange that before you apply for a visa. You can find a place at your destination country online, also sign the contract online and submit it on the day of your interview at the embassy or consulate, alongside with the other documents.
However, your case is not a lost one. You do not have to change your plans since you can still book a hotel room with free or very cheap cancellation, and then after you get your visa you can cancel it. You are strongly advised to be careful when doing such stuff, because some countries, like Belgium, will check if your hotel reservation is still available when you arrive at the border by calling the hotel. If you have already canceled your accommodation, then you will not be allowed to enter.
Many websites offer fake hotel reservations for very little money, but you are not advised to buy one of them. If the competent authorities find out that you have provided a fake document, then you might get banned from entering that country. It will also damage your other visa applications, especially if you have been banned from a Schengen country.
If you are going to attend some kind of professional activity like training, seminar, research etc., and the expenses will be covered by the organizer, you will still have to submit proof of accommodation. In this case, it should be a letter signed/stamped by the organizers, which aside of the main details as the address of the accommodation place, email, and telephone number, it should highlight who is going to cover the expenses of the accommodation.
Proof of Means of Subsistence is usually a document (like a bank statement) which evidences that you possess sufficient funds for the trip, that you will be able to financially maintain yourself during your stay in your destination country. Every country has the appointed sum of money that the traveler must possess per each day he or she plans to spend in that particular country.
My wife is presenting in a conference in the USA (she doesn't need a visa to travel under the visa waiver program). I'm accompanying her but I don't qualify for the visa waiver and will need to apply for B1/B2. The hotel reservation is in her name only, but obviously we are traveling together and staying together.
I would suggest taking along a copy of your wife's passport (and if you do not share a common surname, proof that you are married such as your marriage certificate), along with the hotel reservation. If the consulate staff question the fact that the reservation is in "someone elses name", then it will be a simple matter of showing them these documents to show that you are sharing with your wife.
Many hotels will allow you to add a second name to the reservation, and whilst it might not hurt to do this it's extremely unlikely to be necessary as far as the visa application goes as long as you can provide documentation like that mentioned above.
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I am booking hotels/hostels in Europe through booking.com. Soon I'll apply for a Schengen visa. The problem is, all the third-party sites like Booking, Agoda, Expedia show only my name as the guest. Shouldn't the confirmation email show my spouse's name also? Otherwise, how is he going to prove his accommodation booking to the embassy?
A reservation for two guests in the name of one spouse should be sufficient evidence of accommodation for both spouses. Consider this from the point of view of a visa officer. Your husband's visa application will show that he is planning to travel with you. The application will include a hotel booking in your name for two guests. The only logical conclusion is that this booking is intended to accommodate both you and your husband.
While this works most of the time, it's not always the case.I've applied for Schengen visa for my wife and myself several times.On the first 2 times (Italian & German consulates) we used one hotel booking under my name. Both times the visa officer accepted it for both mine and my wife's visa application.
A few years later we applied for another Schengen Visa (to the same German consulate). This time however, the visa officer refused to accept the hotel booking made under my name for my wife's application even though we were travelling together.
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A hotel reservation is an essential document for tourist visas. It serves as proof of accommodation for the visa application. A hotel reservation for visa can be obtained from any booking website, with or without paying the full price.
A hotel reservation for visa is a booking made at a hotel in your name that can be submitted as proof of accommodation for visa application. This reservation can be paid or unpaid and must be verifiable if necessary.
Your hotel booking must be active during the entire period of the visa process. In the event of verification by the embassy, the hotel must be able to confirm that there is an active booking in their system. The embassy may refuse your visa if they cannot validate your hotel reservation.
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