Do I need an ID card to open a room online?

Yes, you need to bring an adult ID card when you check in and pay a certain deposit. When booking a hotel, you should book it in the name of the actual guest. When you check in, you should use the name of the guest registered at the time of booking, that is to say, the name of the guest should be the same as that registered at the time of booking. When you arrive at the hotel, report your name in the reservation form at the front desk and explain: I have a reservation. The hotel will provide the reserved room after confirmation.

legal ground

Measures for the administration of public security in hotel industry

Article 5

To operate a hotel, we must abide by the laws of the state, establish various safety management systems, set up public security organizations or designate security personnel.

Article 6

Hotels must register when they receive passengers. At the time of registration, the passenger's identity documents shall be checked and truthfully registered according to the prescribed items. To receive accommodation from overseas tourists, an accommodation registration form shall also be submitted to the local public security organ within 24 hours.

Article 7

Hotels should set up safe deposit boxes, cabinets or safe rooms for passengers' belongings, and designate special personnel to take care of them. A system of registration, collection and handover shall be established for the property deposited by passengers.

People's Republic of China (PRC) Identity Card Law

Article 14 In any of the following circumstances, citizens shall show their identity cards to prove their identity: (1) The registered items of permanent residence have changed;

(2) military service registration;

(3) Marriage registration and adoption registration;

(4) Going through exit formalities;

(5) Other circumstances in which it is necessary to prove identity with a resident ID card as stipulated by laws and administrative regulations.

A citizen who has not obtained a resident identity card in accordance with the provisions of this Law may, when engaging in the relevant activities specified in the preceding paragraph, use other means of proof that meet the requirements of the state to prove his identity.

Fifteenth people's police perform their duties according to law, under any of the following circumstances, when they produce their law enforcement certificates, they can check their identity cards:

(1) It is necessary to ascertain the identity of the criminal suspect;

(two) when implementing on-site control according to law, it is necessary to find out the identity of the relevant personnel;

(3) It is necessary to find out the identity of the relevant personnel at the scene in case of an emergency that seriously endangers social order;

(four) during major events in railway stations, long-distance bus stations, ports, docks, airports or places designated by the Municipal People's government, it is necessary to find out the identity of the relevant personnel;

(five) other circumstances required by law.

In any of the circumstances listed in the preceding paragraph, if the people's police refuse to examine the resident identity card, they shall take measures to deal with it in accordance with relevant laws and regulations.

No organization or individual may detain a resident identity card. However, unless the public security organ executes the compulsory measures of residential surveillance in accordance with the Criminal Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC).