I only have exprience with this in Australia when I have done a couple of Victorian 'big rides'

The first time we did it we took the provided transport from Geelong so stayed at a hotel there. We kept our bikes in our room. When we arrived our bikes were in bike bags and so we had to do a couple of trips up and down the lifts with all our luggage. The person at reception looked at us kind of strange when we were doing this so we worried if it was OK.

The next morning every second person coming down the lift had a bike with them.

At the end of the trip we have stayed at the same Holiday Inn in Melbourne both times. The first time they got us to keep our bikes out back in a staff area. The second time we got to Melbourne earlyish and our rooms weren't ready yet. We went for a walk, and when we got back our rooms were ready and the bell boy had taken our bikes up to our room!!