HI TS and Mark
We used to do that, as we hate prebooking, roll up around 3-5pm and we have had to change it. In Central America it was fine but with holiday season we are now prebooking from online searches.
In Iquique we tried every hostal on the ground, B&B, hotel along the whole stretch of the beach and inland 3 blocks.....it was diabolical and most had been booked for ages. Two or three we had just missed their last room, in hostals that actually were really horrible, but beggars cant be choosers... it was maybe just bad timing, but from a mate off HUBB he said the same thing that he has sent off emails for South Chile, etc and has been returned 8 or 9 full already.
We havent found that the case South Argentina though yet and are booking our Xmas and New Year accom at Bariloche or El Calafate and there is availability still.
Cheers
Jules
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