Does a child need an ID to stay with an adult in a hotel?

Children do not need documents to stay in hotels.

Under normal circumstances, parents stay with their children. If the child does not have an ID card, he or she must bring a household registration book to prove the kinship relationship in order to combat some crimes of child abduction and trafficking. When hotel operators accept minors to check in, they must check the identity of the minors and truthfully register and submit relevant information; they must ask for the contact information of the minors’ parents or other guardians and record them for future reference; they must ask about the identities and relationships of the people living with them , and recorded for future reference;

Safety inspections and visitor management must be strengthened to prevent illegal infringement of minors; suspicious situations must be reported immediately to the public security organs, and parents or other guardians of minors must be contacted in a timely manner. At the same time, take appropriate safety protection measures. Hotel operators should conscientiously fulfill their legal obligations and main responsibilities to protect minors. If they violate the rules, can they stay in the hotel without an ID card?

1. You cannot check into the hotel without an ID card. Hotels accept tourists. 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 hosting overseas tourists for accommodation, they must also submit an accommodation registration form to the local public security agency within 24 hours.

The valid identity documents that Chinese citizens can register for accommodation in hotels include the following types of documents: Household Registration Booklet of the People's Republic of China, Resident ID Card, Temporary Resident ID Card, Passport, Seaman's Certificate, Permit for traveling to and from Hong Kong and Macao for the People's Republic of China, and permit for traveling to and from Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Region on official business; officer ID card, police officer ID card, civilian cadre ID card, soldier ID card, student ID card issued by the People's Liberation Army of China and the Chinese People's Armed Police Force; Hong Kong and Macao residents Mainland Travel Permit; Mainland Travel Permit for Taiwan residents, People's Republic of China and National Travel Permit.

Legal Basis

Article 6 of the "Hotel Industry Public Security Management Measures" stipulates that hotels must register for accommodation of tourists. 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 of the "Public Security Administration Punishment Law of the People's Republic of China"

Staff in the hotel industry do not register the names and types of identity documents of the guests staying in the hotel as required and number, or if a guest knowingly brings dangerous substances into the hotel and fails to stop them, a fine of not more than 200 yuan but not more than 500 yuan will be imposed. 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 more 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.