On high school graduation night, many teenagers like the idea of sleeping in a hotel near the site of their party. If your teen is responsible enough to do so, he or she may approach you about booking the hotel for the gathering. Because hotels don't commonly allow minors to book rooms, an adult will likely need to arrange this booking for the gathering. Before you agree to help your teen and his or her friends in this manner, there are several details that you should go over. Here are some specific things that you'll want to discuss.

Room Occupancy

Call the hotel, explain what is going on, and ask about the room's occupancy. Hotels are generally OK with adults booking rooms for their teenagers on graduation night, provided that everyone behaves. One key to behaving is ensuring that the number of people visiting the teen in the hotel room is kept moderate. The hotel staff member you speak to will be able to tell you the occupancy for the room. For example, it might be 10 people, depending on the room's size. Share this number with your teen and insist that he or she doesn't allow more than this number of people into the room.

Get A List

The last thing you want is people showing up to the room, causing damage, and leaving you financially responsible. Before you agree to book the hotel room for your teen, have him or her give you a detailed list of who will be staying overnight in the room. Ask for the full name and phone number of each of these people; if you know your teen's friends, you may even wish to question certain names that you don't know. When it's known that you know who will be in the room, the teens will be more apt to behave themselves.

Financial Responsibility

You need to talk to your teenager about the financial risk you're taking. Aside from the actual per-night cost of booking the hotel room, you may need to place a significant deposit in the room when you're booking it for minors. This means that if someone happens to cause damage to the room, you'll lose your deposit. Your teen should be responsible enough to take this situation seriously; if he or she doesn't, you may wish to avoid booking the room. Otherwise, once you've explained about the deposit and the need for proper behavior, you can move forward with the booking.

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