Originally Posted by
billdokes
In over 1500 stays across the world I can't think of ever having declared more than one person when making the reservation on-line and have on many, many occasions arrived with Mrs. Dokes, and when the kids were small with one or more than one of them in tow. Never have had a single issue or been challenged by the front desk. I believe I may have called and reserved a crib in certain instances but usually just sorted out everything I needed at check-in.
In North America this is largely true. In Europe this is definitely not the case. Some rooms that are for single occupancy are literally one small bed and a door to exit the room. Fire codes do not allow more than one person. Double occupancy may also just be two single beds and a tiny bathroom with no floor space to even put a crib or single occupancy with a crib if they have to move out one of the beds to gain back the floor space. If you have elite status and are being upgraded to bigger rooms it may not be an issue but to say this is never an issue in locations with very small rooms, would be an overstatement. It is always best to check in with the hotel if you are planning to have more than the maximum number of guests that can legally occupy the room. They can at least guide you as to which room type to select or tell you straight up that none of the rooms that are available will meet your needs. Better to find out before and have everything arranged in advance if it is really important to your stay going well.