Identification rules for Hotels in Canada

wrote:
I am staying at hotels in Vancouver, Marriott / Best Western / Hilton
/ Holiday Inn. They all seem to require photo id on checkin. I am a
Canadian citizen. Is it a legal requirement for them to verify photo
ID, or is it just common practice in Canada? I have observed that
hotels in UK and France do not typically require ID, whereas hotels in
Florida do require photo ID on checkin.

What are the rules in Canada?
just a drivers lic. is needed with photo

wrote:
... hotels in UK and France do not typically require ID,
whereas hotels in Florida do require photo ID on checkin.

I have checked in at a wide variety of hotels in Florida for over
25 years and seriously, none (here or elsewhere) ever asked me
for an ID, as long as I presented a valid CC. I expect that it is
necessary for guests who did not or paid with cash. Either way,
these days, I would have no objection to such a request. =R=

Rog' wrote:
I have checked in at a wide variety of hotels in Florida for over
25 years and seriously, none (here or elsewhere) ever asked me
for an ID, as long as I presented a valid CC. I expect that it is
necessary for guests who did not or paid with cash. Either way,
these days, I would have no objection to such a request. =R=

That might in part explain why I was asked for ID so frequently...
Simply I pay cash. I'd rather pay now, than owe it later.

When I checked into the Reno hotel, I needed photo ID. I also needed
photo ID for every single other thing I did in Reno, including
purchasing postcards and T-shirts with a credit card. Most merchants
(although that may vary by enterprise) want to see ID when a credit
card is being used, specifically in Reno.

I can't speak for the rest of my vacation, since I rarely used a credit
card except in California to pay for fuel at the pump (no pump now pay
later for the most part). I get annoyed at clerks who can't seem to
make the right change or give a proper receipt for the fuel I
purchased, so I pay at the pump. I'm not kidding on this one...

From what I remember, no one gave me too difficult a time... my US
debit card is also a Mastercard, and I just used my PIN at the grocery
stores to get cash back. It worked like a charm, and I didn't have to
worry about ABM machines eatting my card while on vacation.

S.