<p>My 19 year old son wants to spend a weekend in a nearby city with a few friends, to atend a concert. One friend is 18 and the other is 19 (so no minors). H is worried that hotels will refuse to allow them to stay because they are all under 21. I have looked at the websites of a a few hotels and I can find nothing about age requirements. </p>
<p>Where would I find information about a hotel’s age requirements?</p>
<p>Call the hotel.</p>
<p>I would prefer something in writing, if there is a chance there could be a problem. I guess I could email.</p>
<p>I ran into this last month. I would call. Some hotels state their policy clearly on the website, and others are more interested in screening out problems, and will pull the policy out if they see a potential problem person/group trying to check: post-prom party with underage drinking potential, for example.</p>
<p>I ended up having to fax permission for my daughter to stay, and sign a release saying I would not hold the hotel reponsible for anything that might happen to her during the stay. And this was after a lot of pursuasion on my part. She was arriving late at night and had no other hotel or transportation options until the next morning. What a pain.</p>
<p>They will absolutely need a credit card (in their name) - not a debit card. Other than that, unless it is in a resort town, should be no problem.</p>
<p>3bys, I was able to charge the room to my card over the phone, and guarantee any other expenses would be paid with the same card.</p>
<p>I think the age varies by state - and then by hotel policy. I have called ahead and made arrangements in the past with no problem.</p>
<p>I hope it’s not in Oklahoma! My D and friend were driving to college and were ready to stop in OK–but since they were under 21 not one hotel would rent them a room. I even called and spoke with the person on duty at several hotels and they refused to rent them a room. Luckily they were close to the Texas border and were able to find a room there.</p>
<p>I planned a trip with a 19 year old when I was 18 (three years ago), it was necessary to call the hotel and confirm their policy. The nicer hotels tended to have stricter policies than, say, days inn or something. I think we ended up at a baymont.</p>
<p>You just call and get the policy confirmed. My son missed a flight at LAX when he was 17 I called around and found a hotel that would take him and was willing to take my card over the phone. Often they will want you to fax the card and a copy of your driver license if you are paying for the room but wont’ physically be there.<br>
You just have to check each hotel, policy is at the discretion of the management.</p>
<p>Just call and check. </p>
<p>My friends and I (15(me), 16, 17, and 20) stayed at a small chain hotel right outside Baltimore for a three-day convention a few years back. Didn’t have any age requirement problems.</p>
<p>You just have to call, check, and approve it with the individual hotel. I’m sure you’ll find a few that don’t have any problems.</p>
<p>Or they could look into youth hostels.</p>
<p>I just got off the phone with some OHare area hotels- my 17 year old will possibly be stuck there tonight. NONE of the hotels near the airport will let her check in. Crossing my fingers that her next flight takes off late enough for her to make it…bleh.</p>
<p>S has had this same problem. He’s a road trip kind of kid and I had NO idea that hotels didn’t rent to 18 (now) 19 year olds. Here’s what I found out.</p>
<p>Choice Hotels (Comfort Inns, Quality Inns, etc) Does NOT allow anyone under 21 to check in - not even if a parent calls and begs.</p>
<p>Many of the other chains (Hilton, Marriott, Holiday Inn) also don’t like the teens.</p>
<p>Red Rood Inns and Super 8’s and Motel 6’s - allow 18 year olds to rent rooms. However, every franchise is allowed to set their own policies, so call ahead.</p>
<p>Disney rents to 18 year olds - I was surprised</p>
<p>RR,
same thing happened to my niece last month at O’Hare. I had to drive up and stay the night with her (or bring her to our house, a hour away). Otherwise it would be sleeping in the terminal. The desk clerk said next time to check with the airline to see if they know of a hotel that would take minors. Don’t really think it would help but it’s an idea.
On the plus side, O’Hare had alot of security and noone past the gate without a boarding pass so she should be safe.</p>
<p>RR</p>
<p>You might try to throw yourself on the mercy of this hotel - they have a shuttle</p>
<p>Super 8 Chicago OHare Airport
2951 Touhy Avenue
Rt 72 and Elmhurst Road
Elk Grove Village, IL 60007 US Maps & Directions </p>
<p>Phone: 847-827-3133
Fax: 847-827-3246</p>
<p>Wow! Thanks TooRealistic! I’m hovering over the flight tracker and it looks like she’s going to make her connection. I’ll give this hotel a call just in case. I was going to ask AL34 to go up and spend the night in the terminal with her :)</p>
<p>RR,
You are more than welcome. It was the closest that I could find that had a shuttle/decent reviews and normally takes 18 year olds (so might take a 17yo). </p>
<p>Good luck to her!</p>
<p>Lisa</p>
<p>Lisa, she got on her flight. Yay! I can’t thank you enough for taking the time to research this. I was looking for a backup flight to get her out of there later tonight, if need be, and hadn’t had time to look into hotels. You’re the best!</p>
<p>What is the legal basis for a hotel refusing accommodation to an legal adult based solely on their age?</p>
<p>Can they say ‘sorry Mrs Jones you are over 80 and we have had bad experiences with incontinence in your age group so you can’t stay here’?.</p>
<p>It seems peculiar, the number of times college students are referred to as adults on CC, yet they can’t get financial aid if their parents are rich, they can’t stay in a hotel even if they are rich, and they can’t even legally drink a beer until age 21. If they want to drop out and join the military, 18 will be just fine.</p>