Deck 7: Guests and Other Patrons

Question 1

A person with hotel reservations that begin tomorrow can, under certain circumstances, become a guest today.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

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
B) Liability of breach of contract
C) Liability of insulting conduct
D) Liability of stolen property

Answer 2

B

Question 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.

Answer 3

C

Question 4

People staying at a hotel on a permanent basis are ____________________.

Question 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.

Question 6

The legal duties owed by an innkeeper to a guest differ from those owed to a tenant.

Question 7

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.

Question 8

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.

Question 9

A man has his hair cut every other week at a hotel barber shop. True or false: He qualifies as a guest.

Question 10

A person who does not qualify as a guest and uses a hotel without the permission of the innkeeper is a ____________________.

Question 11

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.

Question 12

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

Question 13

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.

Question 14

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.

Question 15

The innkeeper-guest relationship is a ____________________ one.

Question 16

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

Question 17

As a general rule, people do not qualify as guests unless they require accommodations.

Question 18

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.

Question 19

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.

Question 20

An important factor in determining whether a person qualifies as a guest is whether the person ____________________ to register.

Question 21

The hotel's intent is ____________________ by its acceptance of the suitcase.

Question 22

The responsibility of the proprietor as innkeeper starts at the moment of the ____________________ and ____________________ of the suitcase.

Question 23

A person who has not yet decided whether to rent a room may, under certain circumstances, be considered a ____________________.

Question 24

Registration is clear evidence of the ____________________ and ____________________ intent of developing a relationship.

Question 25

A ____________________ issue in many lawsuits against hotels is whether the plaintiff was a guest in the legal sense.

Question 26

In such circumstances, soon-to-be guests evidence an ____________________ to become a guest by giving their possessions to the hotel's employee.

Question 27

As the court in ____________________ stated, registration at the hotel is not essential for an innkeeper-guest relationship to exist.

Question 28

An essential element of all contracts is the ____________________ by the parties to enter a contract.

Question 29

One of the guests staying at a hotel was injured due to the hotel's negligence. Who would be liable for her sustained injuries? _________________________

Question 30

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.

Question 31

The actions of the parties usually provide the needed ____________________.