Taking bikes into the hotel...

[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!

[Tri Girl]

Yeah- walking it up 23 flights of stairs doesn't sound too fun.

Congrats on your ride! Glad to hear it went well.

[Bike Chick]

We just took ours in this week on our way to Hilton Head. Just never had a problem with it.

[MommyBird]

Congrats on the accomplishment!

We take our bikes in the room. We try to use a side entrance but will roll through a lobby too.
When my hubby did Mitchell in April the halls of the Marriott were crawling with bikes.
My biggest fear was our dog. We made a last minute decision to take him because we would be in our Airstream for two nights and forgot about the one night in a hotel.
He is extremely well behaved and unusually quiet for a dog and all went well.

[Desert Tortoise]

When we took a long trip to Montana and Wyoming, we took our mountain bikes into the hotel rooms without asking. B&Bs we did ask and they even had a place for us to park them and lock them.

Since it was our first time (and only since) we did not know how safe they would be in the hotel while we were out hiking so we locked them to each other. We put them opposite of each other, front wheel of one to the rear wheel of the other. Ran the locks through frames, wheels. If someone wanted to take them I guess they could, it just would not be easy.

[MtnBikerChk]

Yeah- walking it up 23 flights of stairs doesn't sound too fun.

but riding down.........