How old do you need to be to stay in a hotel?

If you are over 16 years old and have an ID card, you can check in. According to regulations, each passenger must present a valid ID for real-name registration before checking into the hotel. Teenagers over 16 years old already have ID cards and can check in by showing their ID cards.

Youth and children under 16 years old can stay with adults. Adults living together must show their ID cards. Children under 16 years old do not need to register, but must stay with a registered adult. If teenagers aged 16 and above have not yet applied for an ID card, they can register by showing their household registration booklet.

Article 18 of the "People's Republic of China and Civil Code" Adults are persons with full capacity for civil conduct and can independently perform civil legal acts.

Minors over the age of 16 who rely on their own labor income as their main source of living are deemed to be persons with full capacity for civil conduct.

Article 56 of the "Public Security Administration Punishment Law of the People's Republic of China" Article 56: Hotel staff do not register the name, identity document type and number of accommodation passengers as required, or knowingly Passengers who bring dangerous substances into the hotel and fail to stop them shall be fined not more than 200 yuan but not more than 500 yuan. If a staff member of the hotel industry knowingly knows that the guest staying is a criminal suspect or a person wanted by the public security organ and fails to report it to the public security organ, he or she shall be fined not more than 200 yuan but not more than 500 yuan. If the circumstances are serious, he or she shall be detained for not more than five days, and may be concurrently detained. A fine of not more than five hundred yuan shall be imposed.