pauing extra for over 12 year olds, it stinks!!!!!
 

I just made reservations for a hotel in Ocean City Md. and had to pay and xtra $120.00 for my 2 older children, because they are over 12 years old. Like they would even rent to a 12 year old, man this is a RACKET(BS). Does anyone else agree? OC Md. prices are out of control, we have not been there for a few years, but this is crazy. We spent less for a resort type place right on the beach @ Myrtle Beach, but alas it is too far a drive from Pa.. and we do like OC MD..
Need feedback......... Rose and Paul

Kids use bed sheets and towels, use the pool, create wear and tear on the hotel and the pool and common area. Why shouldn't you have to pay for them?

I agree with MikeT. I'm sure it's not the only hotel in town, vote with your wallet and stay elsewhere.

Most chain hotels allow up to 18 free when staying with parents and using the standard facilities.

I work pt at a hotel with continental breakfast (yes, yours probably doesn't offer one) but those 12-20s go thru a buffet like locusts.

I read that most hotels will require an extra charge for additional adults starting with the third adult. Some hotels consider children over 12 as adults, but most do not charge extra for children aged 16 or under.

Utahtea

It's Friday and maybe I'm a little slow today...forgive me.

They ARE your children. If not you, then who should foot the bill?

bergers4...Which hotel? Most charge like a $10 - 15 per child "extra person" charge.But $60 each kid??

BeachBoi - I'm assuming that $120 is for the whole stay, likely more than one night.

And I agree with the others - if you don't like the charge, find someplace else to stay. If they all charge it, pay it or don't go. Someone has to pay for their use of the hotel, and hotels are certainly under no obligation to cover it (though some do to entice parents with kids to stay there).

Sorry, I disagree with you. You pay for as many people as will stay in the room, and if the hotel wants to through in extras: like kids stay free, this is wonderful! what a nice surprise!

Or you can take your business elsewhere, the choice is yours. I am a budget person, and plan accordingly.

(by the way, I agree, the prices are out of control, but not because you have to pay for your children, just out of control, period :) )

I agree. Children over 12 years old often use the most services at a hotel (breakfast, computer room, pool, exercise room, etc.) sometimes to the detriment of other guests. They are your children and maybe the hotel is attempting to dissuade parents from staying there for some reason and are thus charging you.

well, if airlines can charge you for a seat for two years old & over then I guess you are getting bargain on a bed if the Hotel only charges for 12 & over!LOL How many nights are you staying? ( i.e., how much extra per night?)

I agree, find another hotel/location if the additional charge is offensive to you.

Personally, I think they should charge extra for kids - they do use the facilities, towels, eat "free" breakfasts (like locusts as one poster mentioned), to say nothing of making more work for maids, etc.

rb_traveler - I'm laughing my head off. I think a couple of those "locusts" belong to me.

And bergers, if it is such an issue just switch hotels.

Bergers,
I hear ya, unless they are actually getting something extra (2 extra towels everyday does not, IMO, justify an additional $120), then I think it stinks too.

I was looking at the Surfside Beach Club in Bermuda and they wanted an extra $100 PER DAY for my 2 kids. The room was $350/night for 2, but $450/night for 4, room only. This didn't include any meals, it was for the same size room as if we weren't bringing them. When I asked what I would be paying $100 extra for, they just said "$50 extra per person, that's the charge". I could see if it at least included breakfast, but needless to say, I wasn't about to pay it. I found another place that charged by the accomodation (room) rather than by the person.

Afterall, if you rent a hotel room as a single person, it's the same price as for two people. By the logic a lot of people are using here, 2 people should pay more than one, right?

Berger I'd look elsewhere if I were you.

Not exactly, nina. By the logic used here, hotels should be able to charge extra for the second person if they choose, just as they should be able to charge extra for children of any age, should they choose. It's a free market. Hotel competition has resulted in the fact that very few, if any, hotels charge more for two people in a room than for one. If one tried, people would go elsewhere because others don't.

It's not a matter of what they should or should not charge. Of course we'd all like to pay as little as possible for as much service as possible. But the hotels are not wrong, and it's possible to vote with your dollar (as suggested above) unless they all do it.

Er, I did a little checking-- and, if I'm not mistaken, the OP's two &quot;older children&quot; are <b>19</b> and <b>15</b>. Time to break down and get a suite or second room IMHO....

And sorry, but the hotel indeed has a right to charge extra for wear and tear beyond the typical two guests in a standard hotel room. Sure, vote with your dollars-- but I'm on the hotel's side here.

JAGIRL,
I do not have a problem paying extra for over 16/17/18 year ( yes for my own kids)olds like most hotels, and it IS $120.00 xtra for 5nights; and there is no anything breakfast, unless I cook it there.. I have a problem with the age and all the hotels do this! We stayed in NYC right in Times Square and it was kids over 16. We travel enough to know they have a racket of BS going on in OC, but like I said we do like it there.BUT Just wondered if it P---d anyone else off that they make it soo young! And the price is high there, for anywhere you stay!!!!!!! Hope the restaraunts did not follow suit with them and raising the prices.

Berger, I think you are right! It does stink. If the room costs 200 with two double beds, then it technically sleeps four people. You should be charged by the room not the amount of kids.
Secondly, my kids are skinny and don't go through buffets like slobs. We went to a Luau in Hawaii and 13 was an adult, double the price of a child. Now, I can see charging more for teens, but let's be realistic, they aren't drinking mai tais at 13. My kids barely ate the hawaiian food at the luau. I think there should be a higher charge for teens, but not like an adult.

rjw_lgb_ca-

Actually, I think OP's 2 children were <b>19</b> and <b>15</b> in <b>2004</b>. If my math is correct, they are now <b>21</b> and <b>17</b>. When my brother and I were that age, our parents paid for a second room for us.

bergers4-

To make sure I understand you right, it's $120 extra for your two older children, for 5 nights? That's $12 per child per night. Please don't complain.

At what age do you plan to start paying for them as if they were adults?