Originally posted by bohica at 7-11-2013 00:58
Do you use your real name to book a hotel room? If the girl is persistent or even has a friend who works at the hotel then your cover may be blown to your best laid plans...
This is definitely an issue. For me, more so when I am in the U.S. (close to home) than when I am overseas (where I am not quiet as concerned).
One way around this issue I have found is to enlist the services of a willing friend who will book and check-in to the room for you...though this requires of course you to be in the same town, at the same time. I have used this technique once or twice.
Another technique that may or may not work, it to book the reservation under a Pseudonym and list yourself as a Guest (and better to have your Credit Card be on record for payment). Upon check-in, you as the Guest checks-in first--and if the staff asks tell them the Pseudonym's flight got delayed. This works. However, this provides only a cursory "cover", as a clever or determined WG could dig deep enough to discover what "Guests" are also on the reservation.
Using a phony I.D. and matching Credit Card is a possibility...but this entails a certain tolerance for committing Identity Fraud and Credit Card Fraud...which could invite unwanted consequences.
I am curious how jake.houston solves this problem.