Is a request for a passport number reasonable and safe?
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Most hotels by default take copies of our passports & credit cards and we know hotel databases are routinely hacked and information stolen.
If I can trust a hotel chain with my passport and credit card data, I can trust an Airbnb superhost with my passport data. But that’s just me. We just have to accept nothing is 100% safe. It’s a matter of personal risk tolerance vs odds of something bad happening.
Does this kind of invitation sound normal? Can any harm come of someone knowing your passport number?
It’s not unheard of. I have twice (maybe three times) provided my passport info to Airbnb hosts in Spain and Brazil. Experts say someone having only your passport number can do relatively little damage without access to other info.
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