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<p>Fortunately for the insurers, 18-20 year old adults probably also have fewer resources to defend themselves against against age discrimination.</p>
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Actually, no. Age discrimination as a legal construct applies only to those 40 and older, and generally only in employment. It’s created by statute and I don’t think there are any that protect younger people.</p>
<p>Hostel is a good option, just remember to bring passports. My D and her friends tried to check in NYC hostel this past week and since half of them did not have the actual passports with them, a photocopy is insufficient, they were turned away. Luckily, they have friend in the city who let them stay with the family. I did not know American citizens need passports to check into hostels in the USA! Live and learn…</p>
<p>I definitely recommend asking the college. I was about to cancel a college visit because of this issue-- two hotels in town and neither accepted under 21s, but then the college informed me that they had an informal agreement with one of the hotels and if I let the hotel know I was coming in for a tour of the college, they’d let me in. And they did.</p>
<p>Otherwise, smaller, cheaper hotel chains are usually much more flexible than others. Think things like comfort inn, baymont, etc rather than mariott. This is a generalization but it is the rule of thumb that got me through travel until I turned 21. Under 18 is going to be even harder.</p>
<p>I sent my son to some auditions and college visits alone. His age never came up. I did have to fax a credit card on one occaison, but with subsequent kids, they had their own card, and there were no problems.</p>
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<p>That is unfortunate, but the absence of a statute doesn’t make it any less discrimination based on age. Someone ought to challenge it on equal protection grounds.</p>
<p>Bed and Breakfasts work well because you can easily talk in advance to the “manager” and you are not dealing with any “corporate policies.”</p>
<p>This is something I worried about when my daughter went to college 300 miles from home.</p>
<p>For Winter Break, the dorms close completely at that college – as they do at most colleges. As long as she was living in the dorms, I was afraid that bad weather would make it impossible for her to come home at the time when the dorms closed and that she would not be able to rent a hotel room because of her age.</p>
<p>I wasn’t really worried about snow in the college community. If that happens, colleges make some kind of arrangements for their students who are stranded. I was much more worried about snow at home. Would a college help to make arrangements for a student who is stranded because of a snowstorm 300 miles away? </p>
<p>I still don’t know the answer to that question, but I was very happy when she moved off campus.</p>
<p>Ok I found a hotel in a good location (block from the el stop) that will take them, one of the Kimpton hotels as suggested by Bay right off the bat. Hotel Monaco, it looks fab actually. Had to fax over some paperwork and I’m going to call a couple of days before and recheck that all will be well.</p>
<p>Oh! And Kimpton Hotels are funky and fun. Perfect! :)</p>