Hotel rules re: room occupancy?
 

What are the hotel rules regarding the number of people that can occupy a two-queen bed room? Would hotels allow three adults and two little kids to occupy that room? Thanks.

Uh - wouldn't that be a question you should ask the hotel?

There are as many different rules as there are hotel chains (some allow roll aways, some charge for each add'l person, some strictly limit occupancy, some let little kids stay free, etc., etc., etc.)

Generally a hotel will charge for the extra adult.
Just don't mention it... they will never know.

As janis pointed out, this depends on the hotel and you should ask them directly. The room might be limited to four people because of local fire laws, and then if you take tx's advice to be sneaky and put 5 people in it, you could find yourself being asked to leave!

Many years ago, I added 2 people (adults)to my very small Manhattan hotel room--I was on a business trip, and they couldn't have afforded a room of their own. We requested a cot, which the hotel never charged me for, and while the fellow who delivered the cot laughed as he struggled to make room to unfold it, the hotel never reprimanded me, as they had the right to do. We had the audacity to put our three pairs of shoes out every night to be shined, and they always were. (Yes, we tipped everyone in sight.)This was the Millenium Hilton in lower Manhattan, across from the WTC.
My story doesn't really have a point, except that one does sometimes receive outstanding service for no reason other than it's the gracious thing to do.
My advice to you would be simply to occupy the room as you see fit and hope no one says anything; and tip the maid.

re: local fire ordinances

Years ago I worked at a hotel that insited clerks LIE to (potential) guests about non-existant local laws to build up room revenue. If it looked like we might rent every room, then we'd be told to put in extra rollaways to keep a party from leaving. If there was no way we'd fill up, then we'd try to get them to rent two rooms instead of one. I'm sure they weren't the only SOB's to pull those antics, and I think many types of business do this as well.

Thanks, everyone.