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@Michael956,
If You call airbnb and ask them for a guests real name, adress and Government ID number they will not give it to You. There are a good number of stories on this topic here in this forum.
Here in Germany we have a law by the name of „Meldegesetz“. This law requires us to report the name, adress and passportnumber of all individuals staying at our places to the local community. We are getting this form from the tourist office of our cummunity:
As You can see it says: „Passportnumber“. I know that not everybody in the US does have a passport, any other Government ID will do.
We are not allowed by the way to take a picture of the government ID, but we have to write down the data as shown on the document.
When ever You rent an car, an excavator or some scuba diving equipment, You have to show Your Government ID, why not when renting an airbnb? Noone checks into my place without showing a passport or something similar. If someone doesn't, this person will be checking out before he or she has checked in.
cc: @Ron237, @Suzanne302, @Mark116, @John1080,
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