***WARNING TO ALL VISITORS***
This motel will take photos front and back of every driver's license in your party (even if they didn't purchase the room) or will not give you a room.
The policy reason given for this is "in case someone damages our hotel we can track them down". The policy provided was not an actual privacy agreement but instead a public blog post printed off the internet. Nowhere on Expedia or their website was this mentioned as a policy.
During a time of increased fraud and identity theft, this is very concerning. I spoke with the county sheriff and he agreed with my statement in how unusual and concerning it is, recommending we stay vigilant about identity theft or other fraud.
After requesting the photos be deleted, they refused.
The building and rooms were fine but this type of behavior will make me never want to return. This experience was reported to Expedia who agreed with our concern of the unsafe handling of private information.
Also to be clear, this was a prepaid booking, they had my information and card on file for incidentals, and they immediately took a photograph of my drivers license upon check in without permission. They then required the same of EVERY person staying in my party. The front desk clerks (although just doing their job and what they were told) could not help resolve any of the issues or get us in contact with any form of management.