We are travelling to Singapore next year and looking at staying in one of the Sentosa resorts.
Most resort's "Child" ages are 0-12yrs, after which they are charged as an adult.
Our daughter will have just turned 13 by a few months at the time of travel.
Should I declare her true age at booking or should I sneak her in as a child?
sneak
sneak her in as a child
obviously
Wouldn’t they require all your passports upon check-in?
do you need passport to check in ?
Some form of Adult ID is expected for damage deposits, etc, but I don't see why they should need the kids' passports.
The Sentosa resort I stayed at did not require the child passports.
Book for a child! If they do check passports later you can say she was under 13 at time of booking.
Some hotels will let you through some will not
can't they check when you booked the hotel and match up the date with the child's birthday?
They technically can but OP’s kid will have just turned 13at time of travel.
Try your luck.
My family was there years ago & they ask for all passports.
Just check in by yourself (family wait nearby). That way if they ask for the passports you can just say you don't have them on you.
They might ask for them when you come back with your family.
They checked name details match your booking details. may be not their age.
You can try and prepare a reasonable story .
Leave the kids at home
The real question is how much difference? If it is a small amount, might not be worth the hassle but if it's a reasonable amount, then you could just say that you did it on the time of booking and they might charge you with the difference?
Only 1 year differences . It should be alright for you.( don't need to worry. )
Just book as a child. If they work out she's over age all they will do is charge you a bit more cash. It's not like they will send you away.
At the concierge desk if asked her name is she going to say something like "daddy says I need to say I'm 12", I feel like I've read that scenario happening a lot. And they know you have her passport on you so things could get awkward if they ask to see it.
Just book her as 12. If they bring it up apologise and explain that she was 12 when you booked and you hadn't been thinking ahead.
It's an arbitrary cut-off age to charge you more for nothing extra.
As a father you can honestly claim you don't know the birth dates of your children. ;-p
When booking hotels I have a hard enough time remembering how many kids I have, let alone their ages.
Depends on the resort. Some of the hotels in Sentosa require the passport of all guests and this includes the kids. They will see your kid is 13 when they copy the passport.
Put her down as 12 but maybe make sure the hotel you book allow you to have 3 adults to a room (by adding an extra bed) just in case they ask to see everyone's passports (that doesn't happen all the time but it's happened to me in Singapore before). That way, if they do catch it, all they can do is to ask you to pay extra for the extra bed, rather than to require you to book another room at the walk in rack rate.
She's not 13, she's just 12 years and 14 months old
That's how we count it in straya
I didn’t and nobody cared.