“I need to know how to book hotels in Taichung and Taipei if I am not Taiwanese? Seems most hotels in Taiwan require the Taiwanese identity card to register for reservation of hotels. Can I just walk in when I reach the cities? Would there be a situation where there are no rooms? Can any one advise? Thanks.”
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you can try here as I booked it for my last trip to China here it is http://www.worldmapsinfo.com/asia-hotels/china-hotels.html
Generally it is very easy to book a hotel by walking in and asking. You may need to have your ID photocopied or held for you.
The situation in which there is no vacancy is rare but possible if you are attending during a large international business conference, but that problem is solved if you are willing to stay a few MRT stops away from the destination rather than walking distance from it.
You can often book using the internet, at the main sites like Travelocity etc, but these tend to be much more expensive than necessary. You WON’T save money by doing it this way, but you will save yourself the "OMG I don’t know where I am going to sleep!" feeling on arrival by doing it this way. However, if you fight that feeling you can save a few dollars and stay at a generally clean, affordable hotel.
A good rule of thumb is if it costs below 1200NT a night it probably is a bit sketchy or a hostel or something. At the 1200-1500NT range it may be very good or just a little weird, but tolerable weird. Above that you will probably get a quiet clean place. If you are paying over 4000NT a night you should be getting a very luxurious room with nice hot tubs and gardens inside or something.
There are quite a few sites that you can search that will likely show you great hotels at the best prices available. Check out the website BookMe and you will be able to compare prices on all the reputable travel sites in just a couple minutes. It’s very convenient and will save you a bunch of time and money. Also, make sure you buy them online… otherwise they charge much higher fees for phone orders. Good luck.
References :
http://www.BookMe.com