I can't imagine intentionally not listing them, but some of the websites are annoying and zero out the kids if you change other parameters, so I've inadvertently left them off.

At some hotels you get more towels if you list more people. I am always accurate. Kids are free.

Just be advised that anywhere else in the world (Europe and Asia in particular) you
Are charged by the specific number of people in the room. Lying about it will not go over well.

I’ve also been asked by hotels where we have reached whatever status level gives you free perks. Sometimes we each get a bottle of water and a snack at check-in.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hotels need to know how many people are in the building in case of emergency.

Why, exactly?

So if there's a fire, lock down, earthquake - whatever - they know how many people are actually staying at the hotel and may potentially need to be rescued. In the US, most states have occupancy limits/requirements for rooms for this reason. That's why they ask.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, because they're teens and I want the room options for 4 people not the one king bed. I just put them as adults because I'm lazy and hate picking their ages every single time. It makes absolutely no difference in price.

This is brilliant. Unless it’s a resort that charges different rates for kids, I’m doing this from now on. I hate that listing kids requires additional drop downs, and why am I always compelled to enter their correct age?

+1 hilarious

If I don’t then I have to search through all of the options that don’t work for our family of 5 in order to find the few that do.

Anonymous wrote:Yes, because they're teens and I want the room options for 4 people not the one king bed. I just put them as adults because I'm lazy and hate picking their ages every single time. It makes absolutely no difference in price.

This is brilliant. Unless it’s a resort that charges different rates for kids, I’m doing this from now on. I hate that listing kids requires additional drop downs, and why am I always compelled to enter their correct age?

I mean, why lie?!!

It's weird that people would ask "why tell the truth". But then, I shouldn't be surprised. We currently in an upside down world, where honesty and integrity are apparently reviled and punished.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hotels need to know how many people are in the building in case of emergency.

Why, exactly?

So they can dig the bodies out of the rubble of an earthquake

Anonymous wrote:Hotels need to know how many people are in the building in case of emergency.

Why, exactly?

Of course I do. They totally charge you more but I don't want to go and try to check in and hide my kids.

Yes of course. The price is the same.

Hotels need to know how many people are in the building in case of emergency.

Anonymous wrote:You are not charged extra in most US hotels as long as it’s not an all inclusive hotel and you aren’t exceeding room occupancy. They just don’t care.

This.

When our kid was younger I would not include her in the occupancy because I wanted to see all room options (until she was 4, maybe 5, we could get by with one king). Since then I lost her because I want two queens or a king and a pull out or whatever.

I've even run it both ways and the price is also the same.

At a lot of resorts, kids are "free" anyway, as in their food and activities don't require an extra fee. I look for family-friendly hotels anyway because I don't want to take my kid to a hotel where they are going to be annoyed by an elementary age kid. And I don't want to have to over-police her behavior somewhere that adults aren't expecting kids to be around.