Originally Posted by
mike_la_jolla
Excluding hotels that I have been to before, I think all of them have asked for my passport at check-in. The advice to check with the properties ahead of time is good. Perhaps a scan of the page with your picture would be good enough for the hotel (?)
In such circumstances, hotels routinely accepted my color photocopy of the passport's bio-data page and/or relevant visa stamp in lieu of the passport itself. Never had a problem with this method, even in countries where hotels are required by law to collect passport information of foreign guests.