Originally Posted by
MSPeconomist
However, you do not want to stay in a hotel where you are not officially listed as a registered guest. If you are locked out of the room, perhaps when spouse is at an all-day business meeting, the hotel will not and should not issue a new key card. You also could have problems with lounge access, using pool and health club facilities, etc.
That's an interesting point, but the only time I ever remember having been asked for my wife's name at check-in was at some Hyatt resorts in Hawaii, so that they could prepare an paper ID (which we never carried). The reservation is always for 2 guests, which is important at some Asian properties where the room charge is more for 2 guests than for 1 guests, and no one has ever asked for her name.