Originally Posted by
TravelinSperry
A business card should suffice. Not everyone has hard plastic company IDs. Some are blank for security purposes (so if lost no one can use them to gain entry). Further not everyone travels needs their corp entry security ID if they are solely traveling to a meeting (and not going into a remote office).
A young seemingly inexperienced front desk clerk at a random CY once asked me for ID. My corp ID was at home. Since I worked remotely and only needed the ID when at the home office a few times a year I never carried it. I pointed out the clerk was holding my corporate cc, which was clearly marked "Corporate Account" and "Brand X." The FDC would not accept the cc and pushed for a business card, which I dug out of the bag. Anyone can print a business card claiming to work for any company, but it is much harder to get a corporate cc, but the FDC had no clue.