And yet many Germans don't have passports because they don't need passports, and similarly many people from nearby countries can visit Germany legally without carrying a passport. There are other types of legal identification commonly used.
For travelers who are obviously coming from farther abroad, staff are likely to ask you for the passport, but it doesn't mean that you couldn't use another document instead, should you have an acceptable one on hand.
You made a claim about hostels requiring passports. I was pointing out that actually hostels don't require passports. Why would you write something that you know from personal experience is incorrect? It's very strange.
@orcrist all due respect you sound a bit paranoid.
I'm a New Zealander. Every time I have stayed in a Backpacker hostel in Germany or Austria they have asked to see my passport and made a note of its number. Sometimes in the past they "held" my other government-issued identification instead but always sighted the passport.
If you don't believe me, that's fine.
But I'm not interested in continuing this conversation. I find it deeply strange.
Does the backpackers' hostel require passports from German citizens?
@orcrist all I know is, in that part of the world, hostels normally require guests to show passports.
Not sure how an exemption for Germans would work/be enforced, to be honest. Easier to just ask everyone.
And yet many Germans don't have passports because they don't need passports, and similarly many people from nearby countries can visit Germany legally without carrying a passport. There are other types of legal identification commonly used.
For travelers who are obviously coming from farther abroad, staff are likely to ask you for the passport, but it doesn't mean that you couldn't use another document instead, should you have an acceptable one on hand.
Sure. I myself have used other forms of identification in hostels as well.
I don't understand where you are going with this, sorry. What is your main point about the police appearing in the hostel?
You made a claim about hostels requiring passports. I was pointing out that actually hostels don't require passports. Why would you write something that you know from personal experience is incorrect? It's very strange.
@orcrist all due respect you sound a bit paranoid.
I'm a New Zealander. Every time I have stayed in a Backpacker hostel in Germany or Austria they have asked to see my passport and made a note of its number. Sometimes in the past they "held" my other government-issued identification instead but always sighted the passport.
If you don't believe me, that's fine.
But I'm not interested in continuing this conversation. I find it deeply strange.
It sounds like you're projecting. I hope you feel okay. Anyway, good luck.