Originally Posted by
justspg
The hotel can't legally evict unless there is a situation regarding payment. If a hotel sees luggage in the room at 7 pm and you are due to check out that day, the hotel may see that and decide to extend your stay whether you like it or not. However, if the guest comes to the desk and asks to extend and the hotel has no availability whatsoever, then the hotel may inform the guest that there is no availability tonight and will need to seek accommodations elsewhere.
It actually varies by state - only a handful of states do not allow hoteliers to evict guests (the NE states quickly come to mind).....however if you are an "unexpected stayover" there is nothing (no law) that requires the hotel to charge you the rate you paid the night before....ie a hotel is able to increase your rate for the additional nights to their rack rate if they so choose