Originally Posted by
IncyWincy
Properties in Asia are strict, Japan one of the strictest. They often insist on verification by contacting headquarters of the corporation.
Remember that they have a copy of your passport at check in and credit card details. They will charge you the balance for rack even after you have checked out, which they are entitled to do.
While I agree with IncyWincy that Japanese hotels and staff usually play by the book, it is virtually impossible to contact HQ of a corporation for identification purpose.
Firstly, what if the customer arrives late at night, do you think the hotel can reach someone at a corporation that can tell them whether the customer is an employee of their company? In case of global corporations like IBM or Toyota, with hundred and thousand of employees in the world, it is impossible for the hotel to verify that.
Secondly, whether or not someone is an employee of a company or not is considered privacy. In the past, privacy in Japan was not valued as much as the West, but with recent implementation of various laws to improve privacy in Japan, I doubt someone in the HQ would just release employee information over the phone to some hotel.
Still, prepare to pay the rack rate in case they ask you for your ID. Japanese rarely make exception, because it's their job on the line.
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