如何在法国驻纽约总领馆申请申根签证？

在纽约的法领馆网站上，有这么一段：

confirmed and personal reservation by fax from the hotel(s) in France and in the Schengen countries to be visited and which must be sent directly to you and not to the Consulate, confirming your reservations for each night you will spend in France and the Schengen States (we do not accept emails nor online internet reservation confirmations)

 

芝加哥和旧金山的法国领事馆的网站都没这段要求，难道是纽约领馆的要求几年没更新了？现在还有多少人有传真机，我不说法语，怎么要求旅馆发传真（如果旅馆还有传真的话）；如果我在网上定的旅馆呢，找谁发传真去？

 

谁有类似经验吗？多谢多谢。