How many people can sit in a hotel room?

alistair.long

I was just wondering if you book a 2 bedroom hotel room, or a 4 bedroom etc...

Is it that you book the amount of beds you need, e.g a couple may need a double and a single for the child, or it maybe that a double will be big enough for 3 kids.
or that a couple can sleep in a single bed,
or a group of friends that travel stay over in a twin room, 2 sleep the night and 2 sleep the day.
or is it that you agree not to let more then the agreed into the room.

It does kind of relate to me, I have pruchased a twin room, and a cot is available for the todler at no cost from the Hotel.
So I was just wondering what the real rules were if there are any general rules.


Looking forward to any replies

Elle7

Most hotels will specify this somewhere...for example, saying it is suitable for between 2 and 4 people.

In single occupancy rooms I doubt they'd be happy to let you have a couple sharing the single bed...

You'd need to read the hotels T&Cs carefully, and ensure you obey them.

unholyangel

Usually all depends on the terms and contions along with whether you paid per person per night or per room. However even with per room most hotels will usually have a "maximum" people to a room policy.

Suzy_M

Two points -

Hotels usually have to provide a minimum floor area per person per room to achieve ratings.

Also overcrowding in hotel rooms may contravene all sorts of health and safety issues, fire regulations, etc.

Why not just book a proper family size room.

Evilm

I have had hotels not care before apart from the issue of fire safety and knowing how many they are expecting to be on site during night time.

But then we had been given a 4 person room even though we'd only paid for 2 (and it was a full hotel event too so they were getting loads of money from the event and bar tabs so didn't really care!).

hcb42

you should state the number of people who will be using the room on booking. Always.

Hotels (decent ones) will not want to be exceeding their occupancies, and of course it is not fair on other guests if more are sleeping in the room than it is designed for - this does impact noise levels.

Not sure I understand the need for the thread though - the OP has bought a twin room and asked for extra bed for toddler, and the hotel has obliged - therefore it is ok and there is no issue??!

alistair.long

hcb42 wrote: »

Not sure I understand the need for the thread though - the OP has bought a twin room and asked for extra bed for toddler, and the hotel has obliged - therefore it is ok and there is no issue??!

I was wondering if there was some kind of law that restricts a 2 bedroom room to be ocupied by more then 2.

tomjonesrules

alistair.long wrote: »

I was wondering if there was some kind of law that restricts a 2 bedroom room to be ocupied by more then 2.

Do you mean a 2 bedroom room or a double/ 2 person room?

Aside from the health and safety issues, it would come down to the terms of the contract. Even if not explicitly stated, it would be reasonable to imply that a double room was for two people. Hence, you would be in breach of contract if you exceeded this number.

baza52

perhaps you could explain what you mean?
Are you thinking that 5 or 6 people can occupy a twin room?
Why would anyone want to share the sleeping arrangements in a way that you suggest?

Evilm

baza52 wrote: »

perhaps you could explain what you mean?
Are you thinking that 5 or 6 people can occupy a twin room?
Why would anyone want to share the sleeping arrangements in a way that you suggest?

I've heard stories of events/conventions where people could only afford to come if the hotel costs were shared at least 6 ways. If its arranged in advance and people bring sleeping bags etc it can be done easily. (although most people put the DND card on the door so they get no housekeeping).

I would never do it personally btw.

Mark_Hewitt

alistair.long wrote: »

I was just wondering if you book a 2 bedroom hotel room, or a 4 bedroom etc...

A 4 bedroom hotel room? How does that work?