County jail? We don’t think so. Solitary confinement in San Quentin is more like it.
Just kidding.
We’re not advocating you break any stated rules and you should always come to a complete stop before you make a right on red. But it seems to us that if you take advantage of a free room offer by calling reservations, booking the room, and guaranteeing it with your credit-card number, then showing up in Tunica, handing over your ID and credit card, and claiming your room keys, the casino probably doesn’t have much to say about how you dispose of the room thereafter. Here are the possibilities.
You could go right home again without ever stepping foot in the room (though it’s probably wise to put the key card in the door at least once, since the hotel can tell when you do, and at least unwrap some hand soap and mess up a towel).
You could stay in the room yourself.
You could hand the second key over to friends with whom you’re legitimately sharing the room.
You could intend to share the room, but get a better offer later, for example, if Scarlett Johansson is in town and you -- finally -- take her up on her offer. And what hotel employee would blame you for that?
You could also give the room to someone who looks a lot like you, perhaps to fool whoever might come around asking for ID.
But we’re pretty sure that won’t be necessary. Unless something totally dire and unexpected happens and the hotel needs to know exactly who’s occupying the room, why should it?
We say go for it and don’t worry, be happy. And let us know how it turns out.
