Originally Posted by
todorovic
How do you deal with the similar requests abroad where it is a law in a lot of countries to make copies of the passport and, in same cases, submit the info to the local police? Trust me, you won't be able to check-in in any of the hotels in that city/country if you refuse to have your passport xeroxed.
I don't know if it is a policy of hotel chains to make requests like this. However, put yourself in a position of an FD agent who checked someone in on the gov rate and is being audited. How is she/he to prove that it was really a gov employee and not their friend who enjoyed the room for less money?
Overall I think the hotels are cracking down on people booking the govt rate. Talking to my brother in law, he can not find the govt rate any where he goes. HE asked if I had problems with rooms and what a normal rate was. He was shocked at the price difference between normal and govt rates.