Minimium age for checking into a hotel

Hi

I am looking to go to New York in March or April of this year and I have been looking up some hotel websites. One of the girls I am going with is 20yrs old while the rest of us are 21 yrs old.

I noticed on the websites that I was looking up that some hotels have a minimium age of 21yrs old to check into the hotel. Has anyone come across this before. I know that you are not allowed drink alcohol unless you are over 21.

Does this mean that my friend will be unable to book into certain hotels?

The websites I was looking up were www.hotels.com and www.hotelclub.com.

thanks

Ally

Minimium age for checking into a hotel

Shouldn%26#39;t be a problem. I think all that means is that the person booking the room and paying for it has to be 21 or over. The ages of the rest of the party shouldn%26#39;t be of any concern.

And as to your friend not being 21, I hate to say it but certain NY bars and clubs will occassionally let in a slightly underaged girl if she and her party are attractive. Sexist, yes, but that%26#39;s life. They are much stricter in enforcing the age limit with males.

Minimium age for checking into a hotel

Hi,

I also had this problem. When travelling with a friend to New York, at the time we were both 20. A lot of the hotels we were looking at said we had to be 21 to check in. Or at least one of us. After the dissapointment of thinking we wouldn%26#39;t be able to go we searched the web for hotels in Manhattan allowing check in for younger guests. We found the InterContinental The Barclay on 48th St which had a check in age of 18+ which actually worked out better because it was a much nicer hotel than we had originally planned to stay in.

To answer your question, as long as the person making the booking is 21 then it won%26#39;t be a problem.

Jack

Thanks DevDC, for your reply.

Its great to know that we will not be restricted on what hotels we can Really looking forward to the trip!

thanks again

Ally

Hiya Ivenus,

Not that I would EVER encourage anyone to drink underage, but if your friend had some kind of Irish ID with a different age on it and told the bouncers at the clubs that she had her passport stolen and that that was the the only ID she had until the Irish Consulate in NYC could replace the passport, she%26#39;d probably get away with it. Especially if the rest of you had your passports with ages of 21 or more.

Remember, this is all hypothetical and not an endorsement of any illegal behavior.

Im going with my boyfriend in March and Im 19 and he is 22. I booked it and paid for it, then noticed that it was a minimum check in age of 21, so they just changed the name of the booking into his name and he will just check in. I would assume some of you will be sharing a room? If so, just have the room booked in someone over 21s name and they can check in.

Thanks for all the replies.

I can start booking the hotels rooms now!

Thanks also to DevDC for all your helpful hints. Will have to try them out but if we get refused entry into bars/clubs we won%26#39;t mind because this trip is all about shopping!!

Ivenus - regarding drinking ages...for better luck, go to bars/restaurants outside of the tourist areas and go on weekdays.

But I don%26#39;t think you%26#39;ll have much of a problem. When I was in college in New York I used to joke that girls could write their name and any age on a napkin and 99% of New York bouncers would let them in.

-chuckle-

RCA is right. A prettly young girl won%26#39;t be denied entry into a local bar or club (as opposed to the touristy places), especially if she is with a flock of other girls over 21 who might not go in if their slightly underaged friend is denied entry.

But, if you do this, don%26#39;t put the bar owner in potential trouble by drinking booze. Have your young friend stick with soda, so incase an ABC inspector (Alcoholic Beverage Control - is that what they%26#39;re called in NY, that%26#39;s the name here in DC) if he sees her drinking a soda the bar owner wouldn%26#39;t get in as much trouble.

Also, bars attatched to restaruants are usually easier to get into, since even though booze is sold in these places, they cannot keep underagers out of a restaurant.

Have fun, New York is a HOOT!

Cheers,

Dev