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I'm not sure why you're so suspicious of my banal vacation story. Here is the dull chain of events: * We return late to the MGM self park one night. I was told
by petercooper 3y ago
I'm not sure why you're so suspicious of my banal vacation story. Here is the dull chain of events:
* We return late to the MGM self park one night. I was told I could "use my key" to get in/out. Stupidly I put my key into the credit card slot (rather than scan the barcode, as you're meant to) and it eats it.
* We return to the hotel room using my wife's key because we're tired.
* The next morning we decide to use the Grand's pool. I leave everything except the remaining room key and my phone in the safe because we're going to the pool and I would not leave anything poolside that I couldn't tolerate being stolen.
* On making it to the lobby, my wife decides she wants Starbucks. I decide to spend my time attempting to get my key replaced. I therefore turn up to the desk with my remaining room key, my phone, but no driver's license or passport. In Europe this would literally be zero problem, hence my attempt.
* I was able to use a combination of answering numerous questions about my room, my identity, and how much I'd spent on the room to convince them to give me a second key.
* I later returned to the desk with my ID to add parking to my folio.
- andy800 3y agoHow is identity verified in Europe? Every hotel I've checked into there wanted a passport.
- wkat4242 3y agoThey do yes, some bastards even want to hold on to it which is illegal in all of Europe.
- dumpsterdiver 3y agoIn Europe? Don't you mean "in that specific hotel, on that specific day, with that specific employee"? Do you really think everyone follows the rules to the letter when they're making front desk wages? That job is 100% replaceable. Sometimes workers get tired of dealing with persistent people who absolutely insist that they are correct (which in this case they were), and realize that they don't get paid analyst wages, they get paid front desk wages, and they say "Okay, this looks right to me. Here you go."
- andy800 3y ago> In Europe? Don't you mean "in that specific hotel, on that specific day, with that specific employee"? No I don't mean all of that. He wrote "In Europe this would literally be zero problem, hence my attempt." I'm curious, if you can get a hotel room key in Europe without ID, how does that work? Does the phone work as proof?
- dumpsterdiver 3y agoApologies, I misunderstood your question. I interpreted your question as a dismissive general response, but it appears that it was a legitimate question about a specific thing.
- andy800 3y agoIt's all good. I opened up a can of worms at the start by expressing doubt, it was all kind of a joke but as we all know, text on a screen lacks expression.
- petercooper 3y agoAs others have suggested, it varies, but in my experience, knowing my full name, room number, possessing a key and knowing how I paid for the room has always been enough. Last four digits of the card used for the room tend to seal the deal in every case, but were not acceptable for MGM (despite me having that very card on my Apple Watch). In the UK, at least, it's unusual to show a driver's license for anything (except buying alcohol if you look young) because many drivers don't carry them, whereas in the US I had to show it every time I even checked into a hotel and even occasionally when buying things with a credit card.
- andy800 3y agoEverything in your first paragraph usually flies at a typical suburban Courtyard Marriott in the USA. However your story took place at a 5000-room megaresort in Las Vegas, where security has to be much more serious. Most visitors appreciate that.