IHG Rewards Membership u18
Sep 1, 2020, 3:08 am
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IHG Rewards Membership u18
My son who will be 18 in a couple of months, has a need to stay at a Holiday Inn Express in the UK on a weekly basis to attend college.
Looking at IHG's site he needs to be over 18 to both stay and join IHG Rewards.
Does anyone know what IHG's stance is on this generally? He is able to stay in competitor hotels, but the Holiday Inn Express is better located for him.
One option could be to accidentally put the wrong DOB on the membership?
Thoughts anyone?
Looking at IHG's site he needs to be over 18 to both stay and join IHG Rewards.
Does anyone know what IHG's stance is on this generally? He is able to stay in competitor hotels, but the Holiday Inn Express is better located for him.
One option could be to accidentally put the wrong DOB on the membership?
Thoughts anyone?
Sep 1, 2020, 3:21 am
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My son who will be 18 in a couple of months, has a need to stay at a Holiday Inn Express in the UK on a weekly basis to attend college.
Looking at IHG's site he needs to be over 18 to both stay and join IHG Rewards.
Does anyone know what IHG's stance is on this generally? He is able to stay in competitor hotels, but the Holiday Inn Express is better located for him.
One option could be to accidentally put the wrong DOB on the membership?
Thoughts anyone?
Looking at IHG's site he needs to be over 18 to both stay and join IHG Rewards.
Does anyone know what IHG's stance is on this generally? He is able to stay in competitor hotels, but the Holiday Inn Express is better located for him.
One option could be to accidentally put the wrong DOB on the membership?
Thoughts anyone?
Sep 2, 2020, 3:31 am
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Sep 2, 2020, 9:25 am
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I presume that similar happens at hotels, where the guest agrees to pay for damages, etc.
Sep 2, 2020, 9:41 am
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I guess that I found it strange when other chain hotels happily take 16+ as old enough to book/use a room in the UK & IHG don't.
In terms of contracts he just literally this morning purchased motor insurance for the car that he purchased from a dealership (his money and he signed the contract for the car), he is also the registered legal keeper of said vehicle!
I do know last year when he started college renting a place for him was difficult at 16, but we managed it. It's just with Covid changing his attendance plans a hotel is now more cost effective.
I think it's either a case of booking the room in my name with him as a person in the room, or just ignoring the over 18 rule then.
In terms of contracts he just literally this morning purchased motor insurance for the car that he purchased from a dealership (his money and he signed the contract for the car), he is also the registered legal keeper of said vehicle!
I do know last year when he started college renting a place for him was difficult at 16, but we managed it. It's just with Covid changing his attendance plans a hotel is now more cost effective.
I think it's either a case of booking the room in my name with him as a person in the room, or just ignoring the over 18 rule then.
Sep 2, 2020, 1:04 pm
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I suspect the answer here is to fat finger the birth year. This is probably a result of US rules and IHG taking the strictest of the venues to avoid legal trouble. in 15 years of IHG membership birth year has never been utilized.