Unusual hotel check in

[Mika78]

I am on my way to Chiang Mai and stop to a cheap hotel (260 THB) for few hours before drive again. The receptionist ask for my passport but did not check the visa or make a copy, as well she doesn't care about TM 30 and again no copy. Just a photo with her phone with my personal data. It's normal doing that, taking a photo and no copies? What's the purpose of taking a photo of my personal data only? Thank you.

[bignok]

She can type into computer. Same as a photocopy. You can even print from phones.

 

What is the purpose of your post?

[bignok]

A hotel has never checked my visa in 20 years. They only copy the ID.

[Mika78]

15 minutes ago, bignok said:

She can type into computer. Same as a photocopy. You can even print from phones.

 

What is the purpose of your post?

1) She has no pc or laptop

2) As I wrote, unusual check in as it's first time someone no look at the visa and or TM30 and I always get a copy with a printer, never by phone photo.

[bignok]

Just now, Mika78 said:

1) She has no pc or laptop

2) As I wrote, unusual check in as it's first time someone no look at the visa and or TM30 and I always get a copy with a printer, never by phone photo.

So whats the problem?

[Mika78]

1 minute ago, bignok said:

A hotel has never checked my visa in 20 years. They only copy the ID.

That's correct. Happened to me as well, but at least they copy the TM 30, but never using photos by phone.

It's not a big drama: it's just the first time I saw this.

[bignok]

You can hand a photocopy of passport to hotel. They never check visas. Not their job.

[Mika78]

1 minute ago, bignok said:

You can hand a photocopy of passport to hotel. They never check visas. Not their job.

I tried, but they always wants the original.

[bigt3116]

260 baht? That is a short time resort, not a hotel

[Mike Lister]

7 hours ago, bignok said:

You can hand a photocopy of passport to hotel. They never check visas. Not their job.

You would imagine that checking the validity of a visa is not the job of Thai banks but they do it. And guess what, no visa, no service! So its not impossible to think that hotels could do similar.

[lopburi3]

9 hours ago, Mika78 said:

What's the purpose of taking a photo of my personal data only?

For police report if you leave a body in the room.

[KhunLA]

I rarely go with the wife to check into hotel, as I'm parking the car, and wait with the dog till she's done.  I give her my pink ID, so she has something to give them, IF, they ask, which is rare.

 

With pink ID, they can't do TM30, as doesn't have the proper info, or so I was told.  This an old habit from when you had to do a TM30 when returning home, so avoided the need for that, by not using PP.

 

Doesn't seem to be a problem with chain, Ibis being a favorite of ours due to pet friendly.  Smaller, non chain hotels couldn't be bothered, as one less thing for them to do.

[Mika78]

2 hours ago, bigt3116 said:

260 baht? That is a short time resort, not a hotel

Is not. Its an hotel in the Muak Lek area.

[mfd101]

If you have a Thai d/l, you could always use that.

[Mika78]

24 minutes ago, lopburi3 said:

For police report if you leave a body in the room.

I just never had that doing by photo phone. Thats it.

[hotandsticky]

9 hours ago, bignok said:

A hotel has never checked my visa in 20 years. They only copy the ID.

 

 

20 years ?

 

 

Surprising that it took you until 2023 to find this forum.

[Mika78]

Just now, mfd101 said:

If you have a Thai d/l, you could always use that.

You are right. But here my question was about that i never saw someone take my infos using a photo with the phone. I suppose that if I had given her my TDL, she still would have used a cell phone photo

[bignok]

Just now, Mika78 said:

You are right. But here my question was about that i never saw someone take my infos using a photo with the phone. I suppose that if I had given her my TDL, she still would have used a cell phone photo

Maybe they dont own a photocopier or it was broken

[lopburi3]

3 minutes ago, Mika78 said:

I just never had that doing by photo phone. Thats it.

Perhaps conservation of paper has arrived - most of the world now seems to be phone centric for just about every document/copy. 

[ChipButty]

I don't see what the problem is, some cheap charlie resort maybe didn't have copy machine

[spidermike007]

For some reason you seem to be getting bogged down in the tiniest little details of life. Those kinds of things just don't mean anything, just let them go and get on with your life. 

 

And besides it makes for an extremely uninteresting post. 

[bignok]

15 minutes ago, ChipButty said:

I don't see what the problem is, some cheap charlie resort maybe didn't have copy machine

Maybe he thinks he will get deported. 

[bigt3116]

58 minutes ago, Mika78 said:

Is not. Its an hotel in the Muak Lek area.

 

OK, 629 baht is the cheapest hotel I can find in that area, but of course they are not all on the internet.

[ChipButty]

24 minutes ago, bignok said:

Maybe he thinks he will get deported. 

He needs deporting paying 260 baht, giving us farang a bad name 

[KhunBENQ]

1) seems that I visited the only hotel in Thailand that very carefully checks for visa/extension and properly registers guest with immigration.

2) my motorcycle rent always does a picture of my passport. Why the fuss with paper copy?

3) hotel will be interested in your ID in case you do the runner without paying or devastating the room.

Only exception are those shorttime rents 😙

Edited November 12, 2023 by KhunBENQ

[Bangkok Barry]

11 hours ago, Mika78 said:

What's the purpose of taking a photo of my personal data only?

 

Did you ask her? If not, why not?

[Mike Lister]

We've stayed at a couple of hotels where reception used their phone to take pictures of our ID and passport. My suspicion is that doing so satisfies the law but can always be erased afterwards so the income doesn't have to be declared for tax.

[Lemsta69]

11 hours ago, bignok said:

A hotel has never checked my visa in 20 years. They only copy the ID.

 

You're betraying your ignorance again bigstooge. I've checked in to many hotels and watched them take a copy of the visa page as well as the photo so they can enter all that info into the online TM30 system.

 

Bully for you that you've never encountered it but your experience is not universal and you just sound silly with your dogmatic assertions to the contrary.

[brianthainess]

In case you wreck the room, damage anything, steal anything, or leave nasty stains anywhere 😱 

[brianthainess]

28 minutes ago, ChipButty said:

He needs deporting paying 260 baht, giving us farang a bad name 

And a life time ban