and how many times have you gotten through passport control with a photocopy? A passport is for travelling, not when you have already arrived at your destination. A driving licence is for driving.
I dont live in a hotel - I only stay in them on business / holidays - I travel with my passport (original) to the airport, get on plane, go to hotel, lock my passport in the safe and carry the photocopy with me.
You seem to be misisng the point.
a) You suggested carrying a photocopy of your driving licence
conshine said:
Can you carry a photocopy?
but you know well that you would not get through passport control using a photocopy so why would you get through a garda checkpoint (where they are legitimately entitled to ask you to produce your original) with a photocopy.
You could carry around a photocopy of your visa card too if you were worried about that getting stolen but when it came to buying stuff you might have some diffiulty.