We are talking Motels and Hotels.
Also, if you search google, many people are now saying that buses in Mexico get stopped and passports checked as well.
I didn’t get checked in with a passport in Tj, but in Monterrey it was required.
Most hotels do not accept drivers license form the US as a valid id, you have to either have a Mexico issued id or a passport to use your credit card.
Don’t know how they would dare accept your credit card or anything that wasn’t cash without id.
Once you present your passport for id, they record it and pass it on to the police.
“We are talking Motels and Hotels.”
That’s what i’m saying, i’ve never shown a visa, passport, id, etc. to stay at any hotel in Mexico and i’ve stayed at dozens of them.
I’ve not had to show Id to use a credit card either.
In the late 80s I had a mexican checking account when I was flying into Mexico twice a week and used it and cash most of the time.
I’ve probably been to Mexico well ovewr 500 times over the last 60 years for fishing, business, and vacations.
Until the PRI is back in control and PAN is voted out i’ll not set foot back in Mexico!