to be annoyed Premier Inn wants my passport details

[DorothyL]

and my "next destination" because I'm not a UK citizen.
My next destination is home ffs - another town in the UK. I'm a UK resident and taxpayer. Why do they insist on this, other hotels don't?

I don't recall ever being asked my nationality when staying at a Premier Inn

I could be wrong but I don’t remember the premier inn ever asking for photo id. Passport, driving licence or anything else.

There you go - online check in

YABU - it is actually a legal requirement in the UK.

The Immigration (Hotel Records) Order, that has existed since 1973 so not a new thing, requires hotels to record the full name and nationality of every guest over 16.

For international guests, hotels must record the passport (or national ID document) information that confirms the guest's identity, nationality, and their next destination in the country.

The details must be kept on record for at least 12 months and 'at all times be open to inspection by any constable or by any person authorised by the Secretary of State.'

Since the Travelodge website asks for your nationality and not your citizenship or residency status then it will flag your booking up as an international guest and so these requirements will be activated.

If you read the link I posted you see how silly it is.

For international guests, hotels must record the passport (or national ID document) information that confirms the guest's identity, nationality, and their next destination in the country

As do hotels outwith the UK for UK guests.

YANBU, but then the UK doesn't seem to treat long term residents who are not citizens very well.

I hate it when I'm asked for my passport. Where I live they photocopy it at every hotel. It's completely unsafe.

Exactly Lass - in Britain, anyone without a British passport needs to fulfil the requirements. Outside of Britan anyone with a British passport visiting a country with this/similar laws needs to fulfil the requirements too.

Not true - Premier Inn does not require the information from Commonwealth citizens.

Happened to me for the first time recently. Been travelling up and down the country with work for 20 years, I never carry a passport, never needed it unless I’m going abroad. Yep and suddenly I’ve got to remember to take a passport if i go down for a London meeting just in case the hotel insists. The risk of it getting lost or stolen is much higher if I’ve got to leave it in my bag all the time, but what’s worse it suddenly makes you feel like a stranger again after years and years of thinking of he U.K. as home

Since the Travelodge website

It's Premier Inn not Travelodge. I have never been asked when I have stayed at a Premier Inn. Have never stayed in a Travelodge so not sure about them.

I know it's a legal requirement in Spain for example, as you always get asked there, even for a self-catering apartment. I don't think I have ever been asked at a hotel in the UK though, except the YHA asked for photo id but did not have to be a passport. I am a UK resident (ILR) but a non EU citizen.

I don't understand the ire. You're flying in from a foreign address, where you reside. On to a local address to visit family? For the purpose of the check in- you are an expat. You don't live in the UK. If that insenses you so much- move back?

Just put your nationality as British then - problem solved!

That is exactly the point -
I DO live in the UK
I'm going from my home (a city in south west England) to a Premier Inn in another city (north west of England)
Then I'm going back to my hometown (in the south west of England)

I was wondering if this was a new thing and then realised I never check in on line. For years I have been given a scrappy piece of paper asking for loads of info but I just write my reg down and sign.

I don't own a passport.

Not sure why you are singling out Premier Inn. They are only doing what is required by the law. Complain about the law by all means but it is not Premier Inn's fault.

You're flying in from a foreign address, where you reside. On to a local address to visit family?

No they are not - "My next destination is home ffs - another town in the UK. I'm a UK resident and taxpayer. "

You're flying in from a foreign address, where you reside. On to a local address to visit family? For the purpose of the check in- you are an expat. You don't live in the UK. If that insenses you so much- move back?

Where did you get all of this from? You have quite the imagination

That is exactly the point -
I DO live in the UK

But Premier Inn's online booking doesn't know that. All it knows is that if you're a not a UK national, certain formalities are required.

What happens when a UK national books into a hotel in Germany?

They do know that because they ask for my home address.

Just wondering. Are you from a country that does not allow dual citizenship? If not, why not go ahead and get naturalized? It makes things so much easier and would save you some of these hassles. For me, it was a relief to know that my status was the most secure it could be.

Travelodge asks for photo id but from everyone, which is fairer.

It's a long story but essentially I have only just become eligible to apply for British citizenship, in spite of 20 years here, British husband and children etc. It's to do with having to prove five years continuous employment and having children.

You're living in a foreign country. Grow up. People will need to see a little more paperwork than usual. I'm married to someone from a different country and whenever we want to check into a hotel room in his home country, we need our marriage certificate!

Ana you are still rambling and barely coherent.

The OP is a UK resident, she’s not flying to Africa or anywhere else. She’s just visiting somewhere else in the UK. It’s not about hiding anything, it’s about it being a pain to take your passport for short domestic journeys.

OP I’m a British citizen and obviously don’t have to show my passport to stay in hotels here but I have lived abroad in the past and we always had to take our passports for in country holidays for exactly this reason.

It’s a bit annoying when you after all have residence status but it’s just part and parcel of living in a foreign country.