In Reply to: Passport Fraud Bounty Hotel? posted by nay888t on Wednesday, 6. September 2006 at 10:12 Bali Time:
We stay at a private villa owned by Australian couples. The Manager Nyoman always needs our passports when we first arrive to report to Denpasar. I have always been under the impression that this wass purely regulation. As for asking for credit card details, i think you will find, as "JennyWren" said, this is only used as a guarantee. Different hotels have different cancellation fees and hotels all over the world ask for credit card details in case guests "no show", then the hotel will chrage the credit card anything from 1 nights stay to the whole duration. The requirements from the hotel are really quite standard.