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If they simply add the purchaser's name to the reservation, IMO it's a huge security risk. The original owner of the reservation could go to the hotel, check in, show photo ID, get duplicate key cards for the room occupied by the purchaser (because, after all, according to the hotel's records, they are sharing the room), and then proceed to the room to steal the guest's possessions or worse. No thanks.