Declaring infants
May 16, 19, 10:06 pm
#1
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Join Date: Mar 2017
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Declaring infants
We have a newborn and will start traveling with him in July. We have two other children (11 and 12). When increasing occupancy from 4 people to 5 it severely limits our options for hotels. Since our infant will be co-sleeping in the same bed as us, is it considered OK to only put the two children instead of three? We won't need a crib or any special accommodations for our infant.
May 17, 19, 1:19 am
#2
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Join Date: Sep 2009
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It depends. Some jurisdictions have strict occupancy limits for various types of hotel rooms (fire code) and might or might not count a small infant as a person for these purposes.
May 19, 19, 2:36 pm
#3
formerly BackSlash3
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: YYZ Realistically, YKZ Aspirationally
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Posts: 441
I regularly won’t add my 2 year old to hotel reservations since she won’t be occupying a bed and we don’t want to be forced into a room with bedding for her (and therefore less floor space for her crib).
May 20, 19, 4:03 pm
#4
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: DUBLIN & LCY
Programs: BA Gold, IHG Spire Amb
Posts: 88
I often don't add my 3 year old to bookings (he is tiny and sleeps in a travel cot). Out of probably 30 - 40 hotel stays we have only been challenged on it once (Druids Glenn Dublin), where we were then offered a connected room fro an extra EUR100.
