Bike rentals, passport or photocopy
[QUOTE=ChristianG;1787286]If is not ok, change shop! Or you can rent a motorbike from your hotel, they have all you data and passport copy already.[/QUOTE]I thought the reason they want the passport and not a photocopy is because there is no insurance against theft or damage and they want to make sure you pay up.
I hate to surrender my passport, but never had a choice, not even in my hotel.
They sealed it in an envelope and put it in a safe, but they still were in possession of my passport.