[Political Junkie Too]

Hotels require a picture ID when checking in, so I don't think it would be him, unless the Canadian hotel desk clerk doesn't follow American news.

Now, if he's paying cash at an upscale hotel, that would be a flag. If he's using a credit card, that would get flagged. That's why I would expect Laundrie to be camping somewhere.

-PJ

[EVO X]

Hotels require a picture ID when checking in, so I don't think it would be him,

I haven't travelled much since Covid began, but I've never had to produce ID to pay for a hotel room in the US or Canada

[Labyrinthos]

Hotels require a picture ID when checking in, so I don't think it would be him, unless the Canadian hotel desk clerk doesn't follow American news.

According to the article, the person never actually checked into the hotel: "The flight attendant said a worker at the hotel, which she did not identify, told her that the mystery man “didn’t know where he was going and he had the wrong hotel.”