Hey there, french coming to Hungary in two days. Received this message on Whatsapp, is it normal ? Should I send my ID ? I’ll be here for a week, any tips (where to party, what to visit…) would be welcomed ! 🙂

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  8. It is mandatory. Just tell them that you would provide it upon arrival to the accommodation if you are not comfortable sending it over the Internet.

  9. Salut copain, je suis pas le seul mec Français qui il y a un rapport avec la Hongrie. Je suppose tu visite que Budapest dans ce temps la, je te propose l’idée, de visiter Halászbástya, Le Parlement, Le Château de Buda, La Basilique, Le bain Gellért, Gellért-hegy, János-hegy (c’est des colline lol), Le Városliget (ici tu as plein a photographer: Place des Héros, les musées qu’il sont ici, la reconstruction du Vajdahunyadvár et si tu veut, tu peut aussi regarder le Zoo), tu as plein de ponts a voir, (mais le plus connu, Pont Széchenyi/Pont des chaînes, est entrain de rénovation), tu as l’île Margarethe le park peut-être plus populaire dans Budapest pour les adolescents, et bien sûr plein d’autres endroits a voir, qu’il y a pas accès de place dans ma liste. Si tu veux aller ailleurs de Budapest, et si tu as accès de temps, Szeged c’est cool, Esztergom est pas mal, Székesfehérvár c’est aussi un de mes Fav, et a la fin GyÅ‘r.
    Je sais, que tu viens de dire, que tu as une semaine, mais je crois, que c’est des endroits classe. Est si tu reviens à l’été, le Lac Balaton est toujours bien pour les familles et les copains.

    (Pardonnez moi pour mon Français, ça fait un peu longtemps que j’ai essayé de écrire dans ma langue secondaire)

  10. The law is legit but I would not send it to an unknown contact on WhatsApp. If it’s not your host requesting it, they have no business dealing with your personal information.

  11. Yupp they have to check and track who stayes where on how long. And based on that there is a tax of 1-2eur/day

  12. Yes, this is a quite new, soooo fckiiiing useful law here. Awkward and unpleasant to the guest and the accomodation provider, too. Welcome in our democracy:))

  13. I can see them asking for a picture of ID/passport if you are checking in remotely and picking up the key from a lockbox or something but generally they are supposed to be scanning the actual document at arrival. I think this happens more with apartments and stuff. The law is legit though, and it is a pain in the behind for sure (coming from a hotel worker).

  14. Hi, this is totally normal. You should also send me your bank card information so I set up your card to work perfectly in budapest 😉😉

  18. All the commenters here are talking out of their collective asses. I read the law. Yes your host is required to report any guest’s identity to the government. They are required to check your ID, however they cannot require you to send a photographic copy of it. At the latest when checking in, they have the right to scan it in an app designed for this reporting system, but that only extracts your data from the ID card via optical character recognition, and they are forbidden from retaining the photo in their system. These remote ID scan requests that many of these airbnb hosts do are massive GDPR risks, and while I understand the intention (making checking in easier) I simply cannot comprehend why they choose to handle ID photo data processing through fucking email/whatsapp.

    Source: I challenged hosts on their bullshit, and nothing bad ever happened. If they insist on remote check in, ask for their written privacy policy, and they will shut up, as almost none of them has, which is a big no-no.
    ID scan is ok, but it is only valid when you are in front of them. If they don’t even meet you to see whether it is really your ID, they are also breaking the law.

  19. Hi I work at a hotel. We have to scan every guests id/passport. Even hungarian guests. There is nothing fishy about it.

  20. I never heard of actual scans being required. Yes, it is a (fucking absurd police state bullshit) legal requirement for you and any other guests to provide ID upon checkin, and they do indeed have to record the ID numbers and whatnot. I was just in a hotel a month ago and they didn’t need to scan it. I don’t recommend doing that, just send the ID numbers.

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