Originally Posted by
DenverBrian
Many hotels are cool with long term stays up to 30 days. At 30 days or more, suddenly you're not a guest under innkeeper rules - you're a tenant under landlord/tenant laws. Some hotels require checking out and checking back in every 30 days to avoid this. Otherwise, you could claim tenancy say, 154 days in and refuse to leave - and they'd legally have to go through eviction processes to kick you out. (If they did just pull your stuff and turn off your key, you could sue them.)
In all my years of being in the industry I have never ever heard of a hotel forcing a guest to check out at the 30 day rule and check back in........I dont believe this would get around the spirit of the law so I dont believe there is a need to do this, please remember innkeeper laws are not the same as those that regulate residences, the main thing a 30 night stay (varies by location) does is relieve the guest from paying occupancy taxes
PS Some localities do prohibit hotels from forcing a guest to leave regardless of their length of stay