 Identification rules for Hotels in Canada
"Rik Brown" <Rik.Brown.2gedqx@no-mx.forums.travel.com> wrote in message
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>> > I am staying at hotels in Vancouver, Marriott / Best Western /
>> > Hilton
>> > / Holiday Inn. They all seem to require photo id on checkin.
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Hotels -- or other businesses -- increasingly need to know the identity
of their customers, for a variety of reasons. First among these is the
need to prevent fraud due to "identity theft", the use of stolen or
forged credit cards. The best way for a merchant to do this is to ask
for photo ID that matches the credit card.
And if the hotel burns down, the owners can give the authorities an
accurate list of guests!
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