Someone told police the group hiking through Saxony in eastern Germany were “foreigners”.

  • livus@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    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?

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      1 year ago

      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.

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        1 year ago

        @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.