Originally Posted by
TMOliver
Requests for backup ID are becoming routine throughout the lodging industry and no longer seem limited to properies on the edge of "Hot Pillow" zones.
I did recently see my PP being copied at an upscale Marriott brand in Central Europe and though nothing of it, but then I'm so old that I recall the years when French hotel keepers filled out a "fiche"(?) for delivery to the gendarmerie or checking by the flics.
Personally I have zero problems if the property wants to have a look at my ID.
In some countries, especially in Asia, they just record your passport details i.e. number and expiry date and keep that in their system for subsequent visits. I have no problems with this either.