Can you bring an additional guest into IHG club lounges?

[Mattg]

I have lounge access at IHG hotels (e.g. Intercontinental) through a milestone reward. Does anyone know if IHG allows lounge members to bring in one additional guest who isn't sharing/registered to the room? And could this be a different guest at different times of the day (e.g. one person for afternoon tea and then a different guest during evening drinks)?

I've read that you can but have found mixed information.

 

[oz_mark]

A guest shouldn't be an issue according to the T&Cs.
Whether you can change that guest is not something covered, but I am not sure how well lounges would track that.

https://www.ihg.com/content/us/en/customer-care/member-tc/2nd-page

Lounge Membership provides access to the hotel’s Club Lounge and offered amenities within the physical space (e.g., library, meeting room, and business station) for the registered Member plus one additional guest (the additional guest does not need to be staying at the hotel) for the duration of their stay or until time of Check-Out. (Note: At Iberostar Beachfront Resorts the one additional guest must be a guest at the hotel.)

 

[Mattg]

That’s good to know. If you have two people staying in the room, I assume the additional guest is on top of bringing in the person you’re sharing the room with?

 

[drron]

That’s good to know. If you have two people staying in the room, I assume the additional guest is on top of bringing in the person you’re sharing the room with?

No unless the second person in the room is also entitled to lounge access in their own right. I have seen this attempted in Asia. The third person was eventually allowed in at an extra cost.

 

[drron]

I have just booked into the CP Changi and in my welcome letter it states that non resident guests in the lounge are at a cost of $S80.

 

[cosi]

The IHG hotels I use allow for a visitor and the cost is charged to your room.

 

[Mattg]

The IHG hotels I use allow for a visitor and the cost is charged to your room.

I see. In general I don't think it's worth paying the extra fee to bring guests (was $139 for one extra person at the Intercontinental where I stayed last weekend) but if it's included then that's different. It seems each hotel may have their own policy?

 

[cosi]

It seems each hotel may have their own policy?

And, I presume up to the staff on duty.

Hyatt Regency TST in Hong Kong, where I was a regular, sometimes forgot to charge me.