Berlin September 2017

[scottish-guy]

The hotel reception is right next to the entrance and the policy is that you leave your key with reception when you leave.

Therefore when you bring someone back they would be noticed when you ask for your key.

There are very few places in the world where a middle aged guy bringing back (perhaps) a late teen/early 20s boy who was clearly of a different nationality would not raise eyebrows! Thailand being one of course.

Fortunately the solution in this case is simple - don't leave your key in the first place!

Just stride out when you leave and you're not challenged.

When you arrive back, stride confidently back in (with companion) and again there's no challenge

(Potential) problem solved. Having said that, it made me nervous enough to probably use the Novum Aldea next time - where I suspect you could take a goat to your room and nobody would question you.