Originally Posted by
C17PSGR
Because there is no field. SPG only kept passport numbers because certain countries required them to do so. Those countries should be pressured to stop the practice.
I’m guessing 90% of the countries require hotels to report daily to the relevant immigration authorities the identities (including nationality and passport number) of all foreigner guests. Many countries require reporting the identities of all guests, including their own citizens and residents.
Originally Posted by
escape4
I even wonder how many hotels would insist on a passport if you provide another form of ID? Going forward I wonder if I should test it by providing another ID and see what happens.
If the hotel is required to report guest information to immigration authorities then it must collect the guests’ valid travel documents details. In most countries this would be passport and/or immigration entry card. Some countries allow international border crossing with national IDs only (within the EU, for instance) or even on a drivers licence (Nordic Area countries). In that case collecting that information would suffice.In several countries hotels are liable to heavy penalties if they host a guest that has not shown proof of having been legally admitted into that country and are required to report any cases of violation of immigration laws they detect.