Taking bikes into the hotel...

[Bike Chick]

We've always taken them in. Used a side door and the stairs and never had a problem. We get funny looks but no one has ever said anything.

[Tri Girl]

like everyone has said: you shouldn't have a problem.

We stayed at a really posh hotel in Destin one time (booked for cheap on Priceline) and even they didn't blink an eye.

At the hotel in the Grand Canyon- it specifically noted "no bikes" in the room. We just took the wheels off and put them in the backseat for a few days- no problem.

Have fun on your century!!!

[Blueberry]

Here's a funny prior thread on this issue: http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showt...ighlight=Hotel

We usually just bring them in too. Rarely a dirty look, sometimes interested questions. The Fridays confuse people - they come in a suitcase and leave as a bike

[Blue_Fedora]

Thanks for the link, Blueberry

[Eden]

We take our bikes into hotels all the time at races. No one ever blinks - though yes, we usually avoid wheeling them right past the reception desk if we can.... but really most of our races are in pretty small towns. The whole town usually knows there's a bike race and knows all the rooms are booked for it.

When we were touring in Spain and staying in small places we always asked about secure bike storage and were generally provided a nice spot in a storage room or garage.

[Biciclista]

we always just wheel them in, past the reception desk, whatever.
We attended a tandem rally a few years back, and tandem bikes did not fit in the escalators.. The hotel management had us all park our tandems in their dining room!! Entering that diningroom in the morning with all those bikes was very impressive.

but normally on our single bikes, we rent a room with two beds, one bed is for our stuff and the other for us. There's usually plenty of room for two bikes.

[Blue_Fedora]

Glad to report back that we had no trouble at all. The hotel was right next to the San Diego Convention Center where a major convention was being held. Our room was on the 23rd floor (of 25) so we didn't use the stairs We entered and exited thru the rear/side doors and had no problems with the elevators.

The ride itself was GREAT and we finished all 100km of it! We'd definitely do this one again and it was really nice making a weekend out of it

Thanks for all the helpful advice!