Is a hotel registration legally binding?

Question

A commenter on a TripAdvisor review I was reading the other day seemed to think that when you sign a hotel registration (when you check-in), it is not legally binding and you cannot be held accountable to it. Working in a hotel, I say it is. The text of our registration goes:

"I agree that my liability for this bill is not waived and I agree to be held personally liable in the event that the indicated person, company or association fails to pay for any part of the full amount of these charges and I shall be rresponsible for any loss or damages to premises or its contents. The hotels cannot be heldresponsiblee forpersonall valuables."

Who's in the right?

Answer 1

While it is somewhat true that most liability clauses are not enforceable this is more applicable when a company or corporation attempts to have someone sign a waiver recognizing that the company is free from liability in the form of damages from injury incurred by the patron. For example if a hotel or a water park has a patron or guest sign a waiver releasing the hotel or water park from liability in the event the patron or guest is injured on the premises. Even though most companies have these waivers they are not enforceable.



A hotel or other corporation is free to establish the rules of the contract (the contract begins when the guest checks in or sometimes when the guest books their reservation.) Yes these are enforceable because the guest has the option of not signing and choosing another place to stay. The hotel can require a guest to sign a contract in which the guest acknowledges that they are responsible for charges not covered by credit card, damage to the room, etc. and it is enforceable The only part of the registration from your hotel that I as a lawyer would feel extremely confident in having declared null is the hotel's attempt to escape liability for personable valuables. You can put this in a contract but if the guest has expensive jewelry stolen from the room and they sue the hotel they will likely win because the hotel owes the guest a duty to protect the guest from criminal activity. In most cases the hotel just settles this issue because the hotels insurance covers this and it is cheaper to settle than to pay the expenses incurred in a lawsuit.

Answer 2

Hotel Registration Card

Answer 3

You are.



A contract is formed by deed or by word. In your case, it is both. The hotel makes an offer of a room at a price and the consumer checking in is acceptance of that offer. Contract is made at that time. The text on your registration card reinforces that contract and the consumer's signature on it makes it iron-clad.



To look at it a slightly different way, if such a thing was not binding to the consumer, then it would not be binding to the hotel either and the hotel could check multiple people into the same room without repercussions. :) Of course, such an idea is ridiculous on its face, but then so is the person on TripAdvisor.

Answer 4

It is legally binding to a point, if the hotel accepts a guarantee of payment from company C they could not come back to employee A who stayed on company business and say they did not pay so you must, but employee A could be held responsible for any damages or loss from their stay.}{

Answer 5

There are a lot of people saying a lot of stupid things on the internet. You can't get wound up about all the ones that obviously make no sense. This comment obviously is not based in reality.

Answer 6

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