Can a 17-year-old open a hotel?

You can open a hotel at the age of 17, but you must be a minor who is over 16 years old to open a room in a hotel with your ID card. If you are under 16 years old, according to regulations, you must be accompanied by a guardian before you can check into a hotel room. In China, minors refer to citizens under the age of 18; in other countries, the age range defined by minors is not completely different. For example, in Japan, minors refer to citizens under the age of twenty.

A person who is 17 years old can open a hotel room, and a minor with an ID card can open a hotel room. Relevant security management regulations involving hotel accommodation. "When checking in a guest, the hotel should, in accordance with the relevant national regulations, require the guest to present a valid ID and register truthfully."

1. The minor's ID card is a valid ID;

2. Guests staying at the hotel present their ID.

Relevant laws do not stipulate that minors stay in hotels. They can check in as long as they hold legal identity documents and register truthfully. Hotels must register to accommodate travelers. When registering, the passenger's identity document shall be checked and the passenger's identity document shall be truthfully registered according to the prescribed items. There are no housing restrictions for minors, just registration with ID cards.

The basic requirements for hotel check-in are that adults check in directly with their ID cards;

1. Minors under 16 years old (without their ID cards) take other people’s money ID cards can also be used to register and make reservations at the hotel; however, the key or room card for the reservation cannot be obtained. The ID card must be presented in person to obtain the key or room card. Minors aged 16 to 18 can check in with their valid ID; 16-year-olds The following minors need to be accompanied by a guardian to check in.

2. Minors between 16 and 18 years old can check in with their valid IDs;

3. Under 18 years old but must be over 16 years old and hold my second-generation identity With a certificate, minors who can live independently can check into the hotel alone after being strictly reviewed by the hotel.

The hotel check-in process is to go to the hotel front desk to select a room type (or book in advance), register personal information, and pay a deposit; after checking in, take the room card to the room to check in; when checking out, you need to inform the front desk. Notify the housekeeping department to check the room, check out and collect the invoice and leave the hotel after everything is correct.

Legal basis

"Public Security Administration Punishment Law of the People's Republic of China"

Article 6

Hotels accept tourists for accommodation Registration is required. When registering, the passenger's identity document shall be checked and the passenger's identity document shall be truthfully registered according to the prescribed items.

When receiving overseas tourists for accommodation, they must also submit an accommodation registration form to the local public security agency within 24 hours.

Article 56

Staff in the hotel industry fail to register the name, identity document type and number of the accommodation passengers as required, or knowingly know that the accommodation passengers have brought dangerous substances with them. Anyone who fails to stop a person from entering a hotel shall be fined not less 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 shall be fined not less than 200 yuan but not more than 500 yuan; if the circumstances are serious, he shall be detained for not more than five days, and may and be fined not more than 500 yuan.