Bikes in Hotels

[DeniseGoldberg]

I never ask at hotels - I just roll my bike into the hotel and into the room. I've never had a problem with that in the level of hotel you are considering, and I've also never had a problem with that at more expensive hotels. If the hotel doesn't want a bike in the room then I usually will opt to stay someplace else. In fact, I've stayed at hotels where the only room available was on an upper floor, and there wasn't an elevator - and the hotel staff always apologizes for my needing to carry my bike up the stairs!

The funny thing is the only time I was ever questioned was at a funky mom & pop hotel in the Adirondacks on a very very rainy day. When I went in to ask if there was a room available, the owners very pointedly asked what I planned to do with my bike. I said that I would like to take it into the room, that my first task would be to clean it up and dry it (using my own cloths), and I asked if they had an old newspaper I could put underneath the bike. At that point they decided I was OK, rented a room to me, and handed me the requested newspapers.

On the other hand, if I'm staying at a B&B, I ask if they have a safe place for the bike. It usually can't go in the room there.

Have fun on your trip.

--- Denise