It is the law, for safety issues that they know the correct identity in case of a fire, accident, if someone should parish while in the room, when someone pays cash they are to take a photocopy of your govt issued picture ID such as a passport or driver's license or ID card, and take a cash deposit for incidentals or in case of room damage, missing items out of a room such as towels, blankets, pillows...(that happens from time to time) or in the case of needing to cover the cost of an excessive cleaning charge...to cover wages and costs such carpet cleaning, ironing a non smoking room that is guaranteed to be non smoking. Etc etc, if the occupants might of "trashed" the room...or in the case of occupants being excessively loud causing disruptions to the other guests around them resulting in discounts off of the room rate as others are not able to have a restful stay and sleep. If the renter has prepaid with a credit card, ID is required to make sure the name on the card matches .
ID is required always.
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