How I Check Into a Hotel under a Different Name

My beau and I are both frequent business travelers. So, much of our time together is spent in hotel rooms across the country. (Lucky us, huh?!)

I never worry that my husband or his wife will call our hotel or our room and catch us – because, I always check into the hotel under a different name.

How?

Well, after years of coordinating travel for my boss and others at our company, I’ve figured out that it’s pretty easy to check into a hotel using a different name.

When I arrive at the hotel, I tell the person behind the desk that I am there to check in my boss and get his room setup. I hand over my credit card and tell them to put the room in the name of… whatever name I come up with that day.

I have yet to have anyone tell me that I can’t do it. AND – I’ve tested it. After I check in under a fake name, I call the front desk from my cell phone and ask to speak to Sabrina White. They always tell me that they don’t have a guest under that name.

Here are some tips for those of you that are going to try this:

1 – Don’t pick an obvious, guessable name. This would include your mother’s name, your child’s name or your “porn name” (you know, your middle name and the street you grew up on, or your dog’s name and the street you live on now…)

2 – Don’t leave the second key for your beau at the front desk. Leave it with the bellman if you have to leave it. And, don’t leave it under his real name.

3 – Be ready for your spouse to say that he called the hotel to talk to you and they said that you weren’t registered. Have an excuse ready to go. I’ve told my husband that all of the rooms are registered under the company’s name and that it’s this huge, aggravating billing mess that I’m going to have to deal with when I get home… the second I start complaining, he usually looses interest!

This also works for encounters close to home. Neither of you have to worry about your spouse showing up and finding that you’ve checked into a hotel around the block!