Originally Posted by
CJKatl
Again, while that might work in the US, it will not work in places like France and Italy where the laws prohibit extra people in the room, which often includes children over the age of two. An airbed will not be allowed in those locations, nor will there be space to set it up. Nor should you want to put your children in a room where the laws are often established because there is a safety reason for not having additional people in a room. Not only do you have the safety concern, but do you really want to send a message to your children that they shouldn't follow safety standards or laws?
Thats why a hotel can provide that advice via email. Unfortunately i see way too many comments here citing "local fire code" and similar stuff as general statements.
In most cases in our experience the problem is reservations system IT that is not particularly flexible for example to differentiate 4 yr kid from 16 yo. Lets leave this up to hotel to decide.