# A Mar-a-Lago, Palm Beach Question **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 5, 2021, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mar-a-lago-palm-beach-question/939451 "2021-04-05T16:18:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 5
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2021, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mar-a-lago-palm-beach-question/939451/5 "2021-04-05T17:10:23Z")
> [@Falchion](#): > > They do allow for “guest rooms” and I’m entirely sure how that is different from a hotel, but one of the restrictions appears to be how many nights any guest can stay in one. Right. They did not want here to be a lot of coming-and-going so there could only be a few club-member guests at a time, and for very limited time (difference w. a hotel: a hotel accommodates the general public, not just members). In the end, seems that it turns out under the relevant regulation Sole Owners _ **would be** _ considered part of a business’ staff anyway. Extensive further discussion in [this thread from earlier in the year](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-with-el-cheeto-and-mar-a-lago/931508/176). --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mar-a-lago-palm-beach-question/939451)._