Oh yeah Hotels blow ass... Car rentals as well. Yeah those two specifically penalize you because they want to use the credit card almost like collateral...

I've given them the deposit in cash before at Best Western. Then had to scold the lady at the register for inputting all my details from my driver's license into her computer we without my consent.

Like... Just check who I am to make sure I'm registered, why the fuck you need to record my home address that's on my license.

After that I started giving my passport.

If they ask for an address I give them the public library address