Originally Posted by
escape4
Yes hotels can ask but guests will answer whatever they want, which defeats the purpose of requiring hotels of asking - it's just pretending they are doing a job.
Granted it's not even remotely close to being the oddest thing that has happened since covid, but still not the most well thought out implementation in my humble opinion.
Originally Posted by
funkydrummer
I've heard from collegues of hotels much stricter than this, requiring a letter from your company certifying you're traveling for work and such.
Yes, indeed, I have heard this too. I have also seen police cars outside several of the bigger hotels in Berlin. Now, this may be a coincidence, but it would not surprise me if they occasionally popped in to check on things.
The bottom line is that, if you are a single traveller with a trolley and a briefcase staying one night, with a letter from your employer and that of the company you are visiting, you'll not likely have any problems. If you show up at an Alpine resort with your two kids on a Friday afternoon, I think you may get more scrutiny.