<p>My D and 3 friends have been planning a few short trips this summer, and are finding it impossible to book hotel rooms anywhere. This is even with me making the phonecall/reservations/credit card payment. I called around to several hotels in Montreal, where I thought the rules were a little lax, seeing how the drinking age there is 18, but no success.
Does anyone have any suggestions, or experience? Or do you just keep calling until that lucky strike?</p>
<p>I was able to book a room for my daughter by sending a letter stating my agreement to take full responsibilty for any incurred costs, as well as any liability for her safety. You would think that at 18, as legal adults who can die for our country, that this wouldn’t be necessary. I think they feel a need to protect themselves from lawsuits.</p>
<p>It’s so disappointing for these 4 very responsible girls. Did the hotel ask you to do this letter, or was it something you offered, and they agreed to? College kids go on Spring Break trips before they are 21, right? Do i need to be calling the cheesier places?</p>
<p>The hotel asked her age (19), and then said she couldn’t stay without this letter, which I faxed them. This was an average hotel near her college, and she was alone.
I don’t know how kids do it on spring break, unless they have one person who is over 21 staying with them and making arrangements. Some other countires allow it - Mexico, for sure. My now 20 year old daughter is currently in South America in a hotel. The arrangements were set up through a university , but I think they would allow it anyway.
I guess you could offer such a letter when you call. I know that a friend of mine’s daughers went to Hawaii after High School a few years ago unchaperoned, so it is/was possible. I wonder if the recent news in Aruba has scared some hotel owners.</p>
<p>I can’t help ya that much but my 18 year old daughter and two other 18 year old girls just drove 6000 miles from the east coast to Alaska and half the times they stayed in motels and half the times in campgrounds. They made all their own reservations, secured them with a credit card and never mentioned a single problem. I do not have any answers for ya but that is what they did. </p>
<p>Susan</p>
<p>hahaha… in Florida you can stay in a hotel alone, without parental consent, at 18.</p>
<p>I had to make my son a hotel reservation when he visited colleges back in April, and he was 18. I didn’t have to do anything special. (That was in Colorado, if it matters.)</p>
<p>My 18 year old cousin booked a hotel room for him and his girlfriend the night of prom without needing any letters or anything from their parents. (in PA)</p>
<p>My S booked a room for him and a friend over XMas break with no questions.Of course he is thrifty and booked a Motel 6 type of place.He is 19. I never realized it was an issue. Neither did he which is maybe why noone asked questions.</p>
<p>My friends and I go on trips to NYC, Boston, DC, etc every so often and we never have problems getting a hotel (this was last year when we were mostly 18-19)…check the Hyatt or the Ritz that’s where we always stay and we’ve never had a problem…</p>
<p>Try the Sofitel in Montreal - I booked a room there for my daughter and her friend when she was only 17 and looking at McGill. In all cases, if you have a problem ask to speak to the manager.</p>
<p>This is a state law issue. I ran into it last fall, when my son was 17, and DisneyWorld would not allow him to check into my hotel room (secured with my credit card) before I arrived. They told me it was a state law, not a Disney policy, and there was nothing they could do about it. </p>
<p>I didn’t inquire what the cut-off age was…apparently from earlier posts in FL it’s 18. But it does tell me that the rules will depend on the state where you’re trying to book a room…</p>
<p>I booked a room at a Marriott in DC for my son a few years ago when he was 17. It never even dawned on me that this was a problem. We made the reservation on line with his credit card. He had no problem at all when he checked in.</p>
<p>that does seem odd to me
I know some areas do allow minor to rent hotel rooms so to refuse to rent a room to an adult seems discriminatory.
When do they ask how old you are?
I never have a problem- I book online and all they care about is that the charge goes through.
Montreal hotels websites states that minimum check in age is 18.</p>
<p>I believe that hotels.com (the discount reservation system) mandates that the one making the reservation must be at least 18.</p>
<p>Get online? Try <a href=“http://www.cheaptickets.com%5B/url%5D”>www.cheaptickets.com</a>
Here is Montreal:<a href=“http://www.cheaptickets.com/App/PrepareHotelSearchResults?z=k0c2&r=1u&lastPage=interstitial&[/url]”>http://www.cheaptickets.com/App/PrepareHotelSearchResults?z=k0c2&r=1u&lastPage=interstitial&</a> </p>
<p>or <a href=“http://www.wotif.com%5B/url%5D”>www.wotif.com</a></p>
<p>Everytime I booked online, they asked ages. If I called directly, no one asked.</p>
<p>My son and 5 friends are right now on a road trip and I had queried this same question earlier (<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=65906[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=65906</a>) He and his friends (2 18 year olds and 4 17 year olds, 2 boys, 4 girls) have been able to get a room all along the way simply by having a valid debit card and at least one 18 year old signing for the room. He’s proudly reported they’ve “never spent more than $80 a night”. (I think only two of them go in to get the room–but they have not been challenged at any point about the fact that all 6 end up in the room.</p>
<p>When he was doing the planning we did find that some places want a parent to fax a credit card and ID. However, we have never needed to do that backup plan.</p>
<p>They’ve had a great time so far and I am WAY less anxious about the whole venture now than I was in the planning stage.</p>
<p>Yes, I did notice that the online booking forms ask for ages, while on the telephone they don’t. However, they do ask “How many adults, and what are the ages of the children”, so then should one say “2 adults” for the 2 18-year-olds, and “2 children” for the 2 17-year-olds. My worry is that they arrive in Montreal, and get denied access to the room.</p>
<p>Not all hotels in Florida will accept a booking from 18 year olds. Maybe it was because of prom, but a parent had to register the 18 year olds the day of the stay to allow them to book it. One of the moms had to drive to the hotel after 4:00 and book the room. Then they checked in after prom.</p>