Originally Posted by
bbtrvl
Challenge accepted:
Members of tour groups, and spouses/minor children of the primary guest may be exempt, but everyone else must ID up.
Now, admittedly, the Schengen treaty is a requirement on the Member States themselves, and not on hotel guests or even on the hotels. So it's possible that the actual law still varies a little from country to country. Regardless, the Schengen treaty is binding, and I would not assume that any country is not legally in full compliance with Schengen (especially now with the refugee crisis)
And even what you posted above includes an example of what kind of people may be exempt where countries have a law about guest registration requiring verifying the identity and nationality of guests. Walking back from the earlier claim about such laws being applicable to all guests? That's good. Walking back from a claim that it's Schengen-wide law applicable to all hotels? Strictly speaking again, that Title III Article 45 language too is not applicable to hotels. Not all countries in the Schengen region have the same laws about hotels in this regard. The actual laws and regulations vary from Schengen country to Schengen country when it comes to hotels in this regard.
Let me help start people on research, to try to further corrrect the incorrect claim:
http://emn.ee/wp-content/uploads/201...ination_en.pdf