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Nov 30, 2018, 9:04 am

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Originally Posted by phltraveler

Some countries like the UK require hotels to take down passport information and retain it for a minimum of 12 months (Source). This is actually common in a lot of the EU..

My passport had to be presented and was copied in many locations, including Thailand and China, although I do not remember if it needed to be included in the reservation. However, I made a reservation for my sister over the summer at the Prague Sheraton. She had dropped off the phone and I did not have their passport numbers. The agent knew we were going to call back to add those. A few hours later the hotel manager sent an email stating the numbers needed to be in the reservation and needed to match what was presented at check-in, so I know for sure that at least for the Prague Sheraton the information needed to be included in the reservation.

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