After 7:30pm visitor needs to be registered guest
Finished a 3 night stay at the Four Points Medellin and have to say that I'm rather confused by some of the policies (not in writing) put in place. Every friend I had visit the hotel had to hand over ID/passport that was photocopied. These were just friends visiting or picking me up to go out for the day. The hotel did not allow them to walk into the elevator and come up to my room unless I met them at the lobby and escorted them up. I was then told that after 7:30pm any person coming to my room had to be a registered guest.
During my stay at the Sheraton Lima I was told that I'd have to pay for any guest after 11:30pm. I haven't been a guest to many Starwood hotels in South America, but I'm wondering if there is a policy I'm missing here? I've never encountered similar policies in the USA or Europe (except for what I've overheard at the Pulitzer Amsterdam).
I have no problem giving a passport or ID to have on file as a registered guest, but do my visitors need to do so as well? Also, at what point does Starwood consider a visitor a guest? 11:30pm?