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Would we get away with this at the hotel?

263 replies

HOTD7383 · 12/04/2024 14:02

We are going to Lapland UK in November, it’s 1-2 hours away and we’ve got a really early entry time so we are staying near there the night before - the Legoland hotel as it’s got more child friendly facilities (soft play, a pool, crazy golf, a sensory area) and my DD (8) struggles with a normal hotel with nothing to do.

DD has autism and needs a lot of help and support therefore there is 3 of us adults going as her carers. The family rooms have 4 beds in them, therefore enough sleeping space for everyone, however the rule limits it to 2 adults only per room (despite allowing 3 children per room so it’s not for lack of space). This would mean booking 2 rooms at nearly £150 each, and £300 just for one night is extortionate (all nearby hotels are similar priced due to taking advantage of people staying there for the same purpose as us).

Would we get away with just 2 adults checking in and then us letting the 3rd adult into the room a little while later? Surely people are walking in and out of the hotel and their rooms all of the time and they don’t check where every single one of them are going if they’ve already got their hotel card etc?

OP posts:
VestibuleVirgin · 13/04/2024 09:51

TargetPractice11 · 13/04/2024 09:43

@VestibuleVirgin

"Crime"?

Come on now.

Responding to pp who said it was a victimless crime
But it is fraud, so yep. Crime

QS90 · 13/04/2024 10:38

VestibuleVirgin · 13/04/2024 09:11

Oh of course! If a crime is deemed victimless, then it's perfectly acceptable to break the law.
What a disgusting attitude.

Well.... yeah? Why would it not be...?

NameChangedAgainn · 13/04/2024 10:46

SwingTheMonkey · 13/04/2024 09:15

I think they were probably concerned about it developing into a potentially large group of adults having a party.

Three women getting ready to go out, without any drinks or music on? I doubt it could have been mistaken for the beginning of a party. They said it was because I'd arrived with a bag and they "knew" I was planning to sleep there.

PrattleTime · 13/04/2024 11:07

Oh of course! If a crime is deemed victimless, then it's perfectly acceptable to break the law.
What a disgusting attitude

I have to admit that I'm not up to date with the laws of Lapland but I'd be surprised if having an adult overnight in a hotel room who wasn't on the booking is against the law.

YellowDots · 13/04/2024 11:10

So people are happy to bend or break rules when it suits their situation?

I am.

crumblingschools · 13/04/2024 11:10

@PrattleTime if you would have to pay for an extra adult and you didn’t then surely it is against the law. Bit like going to an attraction/theme park and smuggling an extra person in without having to pay for them

fieldsofbutterflies · 13/04/2024 11:20

So people are happy to bend or break rules when it suits their situation?

Well, yes, lol.

theduchessofspork · 13/04/2024 11:25

Hecate01 · 12/04/2024 14:10

You won't have the bed made up or bedding in there plus the fire situation. Housekeeping always knows when people do this as well and it depends on what mood we are in if we tell or not.

She will if she asks for 2 adults and two kids

She’ll be gone by the time the room is being serviced

I would OP, it’s not making any difference to the hotel - you aren’t eating breakfast - and it carer support more than a jolly

theduchessofspork · 13/04/2024 11:29

VestibuleVirgin · 13/04/2024 09:51

Responding to pp who said it was a victimless crime
But it is fraud, so yep. Crime

It’s threads like these that make me wonder how many people here don’t get out much

IAmAnIdiot123 · 13/04/2024 11:53

It is a huge risk because if there is a fire and you are all trapped, the firefighters will check the booking and if it says 2 adults and 2 children, they won't help the extra adult and will leave them there as they haven't paid the full rate.

fieldsofbutterflies · 13/04/2024 11:58

IAmAnIdiot123 · 13/04/2024 11:53

It is a huge risk because if there is a fire and you are all trapped, the firefighters will check the booking and if it says 2 adults and 2 children, they won't help the extra adult and will leave them there as they haven't paid the full rate.

😂

SwingTheMonkey · 13/04/2024 12:00

IAmAnIdiot123 · 13/04/2024 11:53

It is a huge risk because if there is a fire and you are all trapped, the firefighters will check the booking and if it says 2 adults and 2 children, they won't help the extra adult and will leave them there as they haven't paid the full rate.

😂

Longma · 13/04/2024 12:36

IAmAnIdiot123 · 13/04/2024 11:53

It is a huge risk because if there is a fire and you are all trapped, the firefighters will check the booking and if it says 2 adults and 2 children, they won't help the extra adult and will leave them there as they haven't paid the full rate.

Do you really think that's how firefighters work?
Hotels have no idea who is actually in the hotel at any one time.

Having stayed in two hotels where we have had to evacuate for a fire alarm, in recent years, on neither occasion did the fire officers come and check names/people with each room.

The first one - no one (firefighter or hotel staff) came and checked at all, not when we were inside or whilst outside, nor when we went back to the rooms.

The second one - hotel staff knocked in the doors and shouted out to evacuate. They didn't come into the rooms or wait for an answer, when we were outside hotel staff didn't ask for names/room numbers. Neither did the fire officers. Several people were not in their rooms and turned up later whilst we were all outside. It was only when we were being moved to alternative accommodation overnight that hotel staff came and asked re hotel number and names. They also called some missing parties at that point to check they would know where to go if they came back to the hotel for the night - we couldn't return til later the next day.

PrattleTime · 13/04/2024 12:47

IAmAnIdiot123 · 13/04/2024 11:53

It is a huge risk because if there is a fire and you are all trapped, the firefighters will check the booking and if it says 2 adults and 2 children, they won't help the extra adult and will leave them there as they haven't paid the full rate.

If you actually believe this then I think you need to start reading and experiencing more things. It's scary that someone can believe things like this.

RoastLambs · 13/04/2024 12:52

IAmAnIdiot123 · 13/04/2024 11:53

It is a huge risk because if there is a fire and you are all trapped, the firefighters will check the booking and if it says 2 adults and 2 children, they won't help the extra adult and will leave them there as they haven't paid the full rate.

What! Like how they won't check a car that's had an accident for a baby unless you have one of those stupid signs!

How absolutely ridiculous you sound. Aren't you embarrassed? This is a site filled with intelligent and educated women.

Nobody here is going to read your post and think it's true.

Boomer55 · 13/04/2024 12:54

The OP says Lapland, not Legoland.

fieldsofbutterflies · 13/04/2024 12:57

Boomer55 · 13/04/2024 12:54

The OP says Lapland, not Legoland.

She's staying in the Legoland hotel to visit Lapland UK.

PrattleTime · 13/04/2024 12:59

crumblingschools · 13/04/2024 11:10

@PrattleTime if you would have to pay for an extra adult and you didn’t then surely it is against the law. Bit like going to an attraction/theme park and smuggling an extra person in without having to pay for them

The law!

It's not against the law to bring an adult to your hotel room. It's just not.

People are constantly meeting people in nightclubs and going back to hotels.

But because this is someone accompanying an autistic child to see Santa this is against the actual law.

And they will all die in a fire while everyone laughs too.

GoodAfternoonGoodEveningAndGoodnight · 13/04/2024 13:04

Watercoloursky · 12/04/2024 14:05

If there was a fire, the hotel staff wouldn't know that they had to account for your extra person...

This.
They need to know how many people are staying in the hotel, and also things like insurance purposes.

PrattleTime · 13/04/2024 13:06

This.
They need to know how many people are staying in the hotel, and also things like insurance purposes.

Bollocks. It's a hotel. They have no idea who is in and who is out.

crumblingschools · 13/04/2024 13:07

If you pay a different price for an adult than you do for a child then it would be fraud if you are not paying the correct price.

And I assume a hotel could charge you for your overnight guest

whynotwhatknot · 13/04/2024 13:09

we use to do thhis but were very young book one room pile 4 of us in-as long as you dont make it obvious and leave sperately should be ok

crumblingschools · 13/04/2024 13:12

For people who think it is okay, would you be happy if you ran a hotel and people did this, so you lost out financially

Magnastorm · 13/04/2024 13:13

PrattleTime · 13/04/2024 08:39

A quick peep back at your previous posts reveals otherwise. Lots of attacking and sniping at posters and rude to people. Lots of HTH posts when you can't possibly think it helps.

All of which is fine. Be who you are.

But to parade yourself as 'decent' is in fact dishonest in itself.

Always the sign of someone with a good argument when they resort to creepy stalking and cherry picking 😂

What is it you think is so disagreeable anyway? My sticking up for a 5 year old who's football got punctured? Maybe my dislike of horse racing or people being inconsiderate at the cinema? Or is it my criticism of someone for eating all their kid's easter eggs?

Yeah, I'm an absolute monster.

Sneaking an adult into a hotel is fundamentally dishonest. OP, as I said, will probably get away with it but there is no argument that it's anything but that. At least own it, if you are going to do it.

mitogoshi · 13/04/2024 13:26

I would call and explain, we had kind of similar with Alton towers (except dsd is an adult with disabilities too) and they didn't mind 4 adults in one room despite it saying max 2 when we explained the situation, though unfortunately for various reasons it couldn't happen in the end (all they suggested was not peak season and they offered a second carer ticket too, they didn't have to