> I am uncomfortable with providing my passport number. Whenever you've traveled you'll have handed it over to dinky little hostels/backpackers/hotels to phot

> I am uncomfortable with providing my passport number. Whenever you've traveled you'll have handed it over to dinky little hostels/backpackers/hotels to photocopy the whole passport page..... is this different? When they literally paper photocopied it, different. These days as the digital world absorbs us all I'd assume hotels also grab an electronic copy. Check Reddit, you don't want a second-level domain so don't need to be a citizen, try a different re-seller if it worries you. [edit] And if you don't care too much give them a fake passport number. You can say you accidently gave them your old one if you get caught out, plus it's good practicing creating fake identities.