Do I need an ID card to book a hotel?

You need an ID card to book a hotel. Because the police station in the hotel area will check the room registration record, if there is no registration ID card at the time of registration, the hotel will be responsible, which is not in compliance with the law. Because of the relevant laws and regulations, hotels, restaurants, guest houses, passenger warehouses, chariots and horses shops, baths, etc. Hotels that receive passengers' accommodation, hereinafter collectively referred to as hotels, must be observed regardless of whether they are state-owned, collective, partnership, individual and foreign-funded enterprises, whether they are franchised or run concurrently, whether they are perennial or seasonal.

For hotel guests, registering personal information before check-in is not only a responsibility to society, but also a guarantee for their own safety. You should know that hotel security and public security system are interrelated. Once the guests encounter any unexpected situation, the police can control all the developments at the first time.

Legal basis: Article 6 of the Measures for the Administration of Public Security in Hotel Industry.

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 56 of People's Republic of China (PRC) Public Security Administration Punishment Law

If the hotel staff fails to register the names, types and numbers of identity documents of the guests, or fails to stop them knowing that dangerous goods are brought into the hotel, they shall be fined between 200 yuan and 500 yuan.

Hotel workers who know that the overnight guest is a criminal suspect or wanted by the public security organ and fail to report to the public security organ shall be fined between 200 yuan and 500 yuan; If the circumstances are serious, he shall be detained for not more than five days and may be fined not more than 500 yuan.