Book before or Pay as you Go?

[robbrown11]

Want to travel to Madrid, Barcelona, South France and Rome. Is it wise to take each stay as it comes (via internet bookings?) or book this whole thing before i leave with accomodation too? Any ideas? Is it hard to be an English person in Madrid and try to get a plane and accomodation to say Rome?

[Janetex]

Perhaps booking ahead just from each place would be best. My daughter found she had been unknowingly "pickpocketed" on her way to her hotel in Milano. Because she had a booking they allowed her into the room and full international telephone facilities. (The money in her shoe ensured she had something to eat... no parmesan cheese required.)