Originally Posted by
hot2trot
In the U.S. most hotels won't allow guests under 25 without an "adult". The young people under 21 are the biggest problems in hotels with noise and destruction! Europe is a different story
This is not true. I had been Marriott Platinum for 3 years before turning 25, mostly business stays in the U.S. but also some leisure stays in the U.S. and about 5 other countries. Mostly mainline Marriott hotels in large cities. My first years out of undergrad were my heaviest travel years, actually.
Also had Hilton and Hyatt mattress runs in there when the promos were lucrative enough to pull me away from Marriott. Without my U25 nights, I wouldn't be LT Titanium today.
I also had quite a few trips in college (under 21) to various motel brands and rarely ran across issues with being under 21. Credit card in my name may have helped - not sure a cash payer would have been received as well or not.