1. Whether or not a person qualifies as a guest impacts a hotel’s liability for all of the following except
one. Which one is not affected by the presence or absence of such a relationship?
a.
Liability of negligence
c.
Liability of insulting conduct
b.
Liability of breach of contract
d.
Liability of stolen property
2. Which of the following qualifies as a guest?
a.
A diner in a hotel restaurant
b.
A business person who attends an all-day meeting at a hotel
c.
A person without reservations who enters a hotel hospitality van at the airport, gives the
driver luggage, and intends to register as a guest (the hotel has vacancies)
d.
One who uses the hotel bathroom on the way to the restaurant
3. Which of the following is true?
a.
People without reservations cannot qualify as guests until they register.
b.
A customer at a bar qualifies as a guest.
c.
A person who has not decided whether to take a room in a hotel can, under certain
circumstances, qualify as a guest even before deciding whether to register.
d.
A person who registers at a hotel using a false name cannot qualify as a guest.
4. Jonathon was a guest at a hotel for two days, and he checked out around noon on the second day. He
intended to sightsee that day before leaving town in the early evening. He left his luggage for the
duration of the day in the hotel luggage storage room. Does Jonathon qualify as a hotel guest while
sightseeing?
a.
No, because his intention to become a guest has ended.
b.
No, because once a guest checks out of a hotel, guest status terminates.
c.
Yes, because luggage storage is a service offered primarily to guests.
d.
Yes, because once a person has been a guest in the hotel he or she remains a guest for all
purposes forever thereafter.
5. Which of the following will not terminate an innkeeper-guest relationship?
a.
The guest’s bill is not paid when due.
b.
The guest’s bill was timely paid and a reasonable period of time has passed since final
payment was made.
c.
The guest expresses dissatisfaction with the accommodations.
d.
The period of time for which the innkeeper agreed to rent the room has passed.
6. Which of the following is not used to distinguish between a guest and a tenant?
a.
Whether or not the building contains a restaurant
b.
The terms of the contract between the hotel and the patron
c.
The terms of payment (e.g., daily, weekly, monthly)
d.
The incidental services offered
1. As a general rule, people do not qualify as guests unless they require accommodations.
2. A man has his hair cut every other week at a hotel barber shop. True or false: He qualifies as a guest.
3. The parents of a bride arrange to have the wedding catered at a hotel. The bride and groom rent the
bridal suite for their first night as husband and wife. True or false: The parents of the bride qualify as
guests at the hotel.
4. A woman entered the hotel with her luggage. Although she did not have reservations, she intended to
rent a room and was hopeful the hotel had vacancies. Unfortunately, it did not. True or false: The
woman qualifies as a guest.
5. A woman with a reservation entered a hotel and gave her luggage to a bellhop. Before registering, she
saw an old friend in the lobby and spent a half hour talking with him. True or false: During the half
hour chat with her friend, the woman qualified as a guest.
6. Jeremy was in New Orleans for three days on business and stayed at a downtown hotel. On the last day
of his stay he left the hotel for the airport to catch a plane at noon. When he arrived at the airport, he
learned the plane was delayed for four hours. He decided to use the time to sightsee and checked his
luggage in the baggage room at the airport hotel. True or false: Jeremy qualifies as a guest at the
airport hotel.
7. A person with hotel reservations that begin tomorrow can, under certain circumstances, become a
guest today.
8. Nora rented a room at a hotel for one night and used it for proposes of prostitution. True or false: Nora
qualifies as a guest.
9. The legal duties owed by an innkeeper to a guest differ from those owed to a tenant.
10. Terms used in a contract for the rental of a room constitute one of several factors used to determine
whether someone qualifies as a guest or a tenant.
1. An important factor in determining whether a person qualifies as a guest is whether the person
____________________ to register.
2. People staying at a hotel on a permanent basis are ____________________.
3. The innkeeper-guest relationship is a ____________________ one.
4. A person who does not qualify as a guest and uses a hotel without the permission of the innkeeper is a
____________________.
5. A patron in a hotel cocktail lounge who was not a registered guest in the hotel claimed he was
shortchanged by the waiter and then was insulted, humiliated, and embarrassed. The
____________________ of the hotel turned on whether the patron qualified as a guest.
6. An essential element of all contracts is the ____________________ by the parties to enter a contract.
7. The actions of the parties usually provide the needed ____________________.
8. Registration is clear evidence of the ____________________ and ____________________ intent of
developing a relationship.
9. One of the guests staying at a hotel was injured due to the hotel’s negligence. Who would be liable for
her sustained injuries? _________________________
10. As the court in ____________________ stated, registration at the hotel is not essential for an
innkeeper-guest relationship to exist.
11. In such circumstances, soon-to-be guests evidence an ____________________ to become a guest by
giving their possessions to the hotel’s employee.
12. The hotel’s intent is ____________________ by its acceptance of the suitcase.
13. The responsibility of the proprietor as innkeeper starts at the moment of the ____________________
and ____________________ of the suitcase.
14. A person who has not yet decided whether to rent a room may, under certain circumstances, be
considered a ____________________.
15. A ____________________ issue in many lawsuits against hotels is whether the plaintiff was a guest in
the legal sense.
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