What is the difference between stayover and overstay?

When you visit a place and find that by the end of the day, you have not finished what you came there for, you stay over. It could be at a hotel or a guest house or at someone's home. When you stay longer at a place than you were expected to, you are overstaying.



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What is the difference between “stay over” and “overstay”? “Stay over” means to stay longer than originally planned. “Overstay” means to stay longer than agreed to.

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Stay Over: The guest is not expected to check out today and will remain at least one more night. On-change: The guest has departed, but the room has not yet been cleaned and readied for re-sale. Do Not Disturb: The guest has requested not to be disturbed.

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Stay Over. The room is assigned to a certain guest and they are not leaving today; at least they have one more night.

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Hotels are well within their rights to evict guests who violate their policies, which may include having more guests in the room than permitted. If the hotel becomes aware of an extra person staying in your room without prior notification, they may ask you to either pay additional charges or leave the premises.

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Overnight Guests are Restricted This is to ensure the safety and security of all guests and to prevent unauthorized individuals from staying overnight. Most hotels require that all guests staying overnight be registered at the front desk and provide valid identification.

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While there aren't federal guidelines for hotel overbooking, some states have laws in place to protect you from being denied a hotel stay. Should you happen to be traveling somewhere that doesn't have a state law in place for hotel walking, you do have another form of legal protection: Contract law.

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  1. Tell a “bad house guest” story. This is a not-so-subtle way of letting your guest(s) know the limits. ...
  2. Use a friend. If able, have a friendly guest scoot the impolite guest towards the door. ...
  3. Find a new place. ...
  4. Offer to get their stuff together. ...
  5. Give them chores.


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If you stay more than 30 days in the same room, you are considered to be tenant and the hotel your landlord. Legally, the hotel will be put into a different tax class if this happens. So they don't have to pay extra in taxes, the stay is limited by the hotel to 30 days.

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