Travelers-- hotel occupancy question

[jinkies]

For people who travel more than I do... 

Do hotels actually care about room occupancy limits as long as you aren't shoving 18 college students in a single room or something?

I want to start our vacation a day earlier than our Air bnb reservation for weather-related reasons. I can book a hotel for free using points, but the biggest available room (with points) says it sleeps 3. It has a king bed and a pull out couch. It would honestly be fine for my family of 4 for one night-- Youngest would sleep with us on the bed, teen would have the couch. 

Do hotels care about this? Can I request a rollaway bed or an extra bracelet for pool access, or would I have to be discrete about it? I wouldn't mind paying a fee for an extra person, but a room with 2 beds is not eligible for points and would be $500, which is more than I'd like to spend.  

I am such a rule follower LOL. Would this be an issue or is this something people do all the time without even thinking about it?

[ssmjlm]

I always thought it was if you had more than 4 hotels were fussy. I can't imagine that setup not sleeping 4 because I would think they would cram 2 on the couch.

[af1212]

The bracelet for pool access gives me pause. If it’s like a regular hotel pool where the guests just walk in and use it then I think it would be fine. But if it’s like a water park in a hotel then I do not think it will be fine.

[ssmjlm]

Oh I skipped over the pool thing. Could you just call the hotel and see if the website is wrong?

[mccallister84]

I think it just depends. We have a trip booked for January. Our original room was two double beds and a pull out couch. When I went to add a fifth person they made me change rooms…. to an identical room just in another building on the property. When I questioned it they told me it was due to occupancy limits and fire code.

[jinkies]

Thanks, I don't know why I was being weird about calling, other than I just hate the phone...

I just talked to them and they don't care at all about adding a 4th person.

Problem solved!