"Thomas Bushnell, BSG" wrote in message
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: Pavel writes:

: I think a better choice than a cell phone--which might not work at
: all--is to make sure that the people back home have the phone number
: of the front desk where you will be staying, and let the front desk
: know that you may need to be fetched in event of an emergency.

Indeed, that's a given. However, I may be in town or on the
beach....or worse, the hotel doesn't give me the message.