Hotel Chains for Gun Owners

[OldGrunt]

This makes zero sense.

One of those friends has several hundred acres there. They hunt whitetail there. And I don't know if they stay in a hotel or have a cabin or place to stay when they hunt there. They do bag monster bucks.

 

[Bassbob]

One of those friends has several hundred acres there. They hunt whitetail there. And I don't know if they stay in a hotel or have a cabin or place to stay when they hunt there. They do bag monster bucks.

There's big bucks in Illinois, but there's big bucks in northern Missouri and Iowa too.

I will personally drive completely around Illinois to get to Indiana and I'm not kidding at all.

 

[OldGrunt]

There's big bucks in Illinois, but there's big bucks in northern Missouri and Iowa too.

I will personally drive completely around Illinois to get to Indiana and I'm not kidding at all.

I don't blame you. States like Illinois, MN, CA, NY and several others are on my no travel list. I go around.

 

[SL66]

A few Texas White Tail while visiting family in Austin Tejas hill country last month.

 

[powerboatr]

A few Texas White Tail while visiting family in Austin Tejas hill country last month.

no need for grass with all that four legged traffic
a campground we stayed at often near there, they would knock on you door asking for peanuts or food

 

[SL66]

no need for grass with all that four legged traffic
a campground we stayed at often near there, they would knock on you door asking for peanuts or food

Lake Travis area, state is contemplating a relocation project due to over population.

 

[ChanceMcCall]

I used to travel for a living (200+ nights/year in hotels)... HI Express was (at the time) my preferred hotel...they never had a clue I ever had firearms in their properties and I can't imagine willingly telling them I was armed. Can you elaborate about your OP....what does HI do these days about guns on their premises (sign on the door? they'd never know I was concealed anyway...). Those travel days were 16 years ago...I imagine things can change a lot...

The chain (IHG) puts a notice in their online receipt once you have already booked the room. They still say it is a property by property decision but I have not found a property in 2024 that didn't prohibit guns on the property. It has been a real problem when flying in and getting to the property only to find out no guns and no place to store them even if I didn't want to carry them. It is especially a problem in anti gun states like HI or NYC.

The problem with breaking the hotel rules is you are guilty of something, and if you shoot someone, none of the normal CC coverage will work. The prosecutors may use that trespass violation to elevate whatever they are considering to a higher level.

 

[Shibadog]

We are Diamond Elite, they never know when I'm carrying. They don't ask...I don't tell.

This. For 3 + decades I was on the road in various states, 200+ days/year. I carried concealed in every state where it’s legal to do so. I carry concealed and epithet concealed. Never discussed or had issues in any facility I was in. If you’re “made” by hotel staff methinks you need to revise your carry strategy.

 

[Onewolf426]

We are Diamond Elite, they never know when I'm carrying. They don't ask...I don't tell.

If its good enough for the military.........

 

[powerboatr]

Lake Travis area, state is contemplating a relocation project due to over population.

lake median area is where we stayed often,.. i just googled the lake and its almost DRY again???

 

[SL66]

lake median area is where we stayed often,.. i just googled the lake and its almost DRY again???

Yes, Travis is in bad shape right now.

 

[Phoenex]

Marriott is my go to hotel chain --- no issues in any state I travel to - I've only seen one Marriott hotel in Greenville, SC that posted no firearms and the sign was on one door of many. As Shibadog said if the hotel staff makes you you're doing it wrong.

 

[Mr.W.]

Being armed is my business, and mine alone. If asked, my response would be "I've no idea what you're talking about. "

 

[Jester560]

I agree, Florida has Costitutional carry (concealed carry by legally qualified persons without permit), I keep my ccw permit for benifit of reciprocity.

Same here in Alabama and I keep my CCP for the same reasons

 

[Biggfoot44]

This makes zero sense.

Big Deer in south Illinois.

 

[Bassbob]

Big Deer in south Illinois.

Big deer in a lot of places. Including Arkansas.

 

[OldGrunt]

Big deer in a lot of places. Including Arkansas.

This is one of the bucks my buddy got a couple years back, during Illinois muzzle loader season. He does live in Arkansas and has plenty of land there that he hunts. Where he hunts in Illinois is not his land, I think it is some family member's land. I tried messaging him about it, but he hasn't replied back to me yet.

 

[powerboatr]

Same here in Alabama and I keep my CCP for the same reasons

yup thats why i keep my texas LTC, the other states i travel are all ON BOARD with it