A couple days ago, I lost my driver's license. I'm going on vacation at the end of this week, and with North Carolina no longer providing a license on site, I've had to request that a duplicate be sent my way (takes a week or two). Obviously, the license won't arrive until after I return from vacation.

I've already called a couple places and they accept a passport as an ID. It would seem simple and shouldn't be a problem. But have any of you used a passport to go out to bars, on a cruise, etc.? Have you ever been denied entrance? I believe it would be legal to deny entrance as long as there is a consistent policy and they have non-discriminatory practices (Ex. if they have a policy stating they only accept state-issued ID's or driver's licenses), but I'm not 100 percent sure...

5/25/2010 4:20:23 PM

i work the door at a bar and we accept passports as long as they are valid

5/25/2010 4:21:53 PM

Yup, I have also used passports. You should be just fine.

5/25/2010 4:27:37 PM

its a federally issued form of identification

its fine

but be prepared for some door people to be idiots and act like they've never seen one before

5/25/2010 4:39:29 PM

I'm my experience, you'll receive less hassle using a passport for age verification than a driver's license.

5/25/2010 5:12:27 PM

i have misplaced my DL on many occasions, and used passport without fail every time.

5/25/2010 6:30:56 PM

what everyone else has said. ive never had a problem using it for bars/alcohol

5/25/2010 7:34:42 PM

Just don't be like my cousin and then lose said passport at the bar after you get drunk.

5/25/2010 7:52:19 PM

Yes, everyone accepts passport as an ID. I would think it is the most legit ID one can have.

[Edited on May 25, 2010 at 9:54 PM. Reason : a]

5/25/2010 9:53:49 PM

You would think so. I appreciate the advice! I didn't think it would be a problem, but I was hoping to avoid any surprises.

5/26/2010 8:31:37 AM

I was in the same boat about 2 months ago when I turned 25.

My passport worked like a charm, however I also had my license shipped to me in less than like 3-4 days.

5/26/2010 8:57:58 AM

i knew a guy who had lost his license and his passport had just expired like a month or two before. he was so desperate to go to the bar that he took his original birth certificate and SS card as ID.

don't be that guy.

5/26/2010 9:32:56 AM

I tried to use my Wake County Handgun Training & Safety Center card at the bar when we realized my ID had expired. It had my photo & was even issued to me by the Sheriff's department!

5/26/2010 10:20:17 AM

My passport was rejected once at Harris Teeter, probably because the picture is nine years old.

5/26/2010 10:30:46 AM

It was my understanding that passports are one of the only forms of ID still valid for identification purposes even if they're no longer valid for travel.

5/26/2010 11:57:02 AM

Maybe they just said they couldn't recognize him because of the old picture.

5/26/2010 1:19:43 PM

Quote :

"its a federally issued form of identification its fine but be prepared for some door people to be idiots and act like they've never seen one before"

5/26/2010 1:21:19 PM

^^ Yeah, durr

It's amazing considering I don't think my appearance has changed that much since I was 16. You could definitely tell it was me, I even had student IDs, bank cards etc to back it up. I guess the glasses threw them off.

[Edited on May 26, 2010 at 1:33 PM. Reason : It wasn't expired anyway, passports are valid for 10 years]

5/26/2010 1:32:24 PM

passport answer

5/26/2010 1:43:57 PM

^stfu.

5/26/2010 2:01:32 PM