{"id":15249,"date":"2022-01-03T05:59:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-03T05:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.star-k.org\/articles\/?p=15249"},"modified":"2025-12-31T19:04:24","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T19:04:24","slug":"guidelines-for-hotel-and-airbnb-guests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.star-k.org\/articles\/articles\/seasonal\/15249\/guidelines-for-hotel-and-airbnb-guests\/","title":{"rendered":"Going Away for Pesach? Guidelines for Hotel and Airbnb Guests"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Reviewed January 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many people leave home to celebrate Pesach with extended family. If that entails staying in a hotel or an Airbnb, there are specific halachos <\/em>to keep in mind. See below for a brief summary of these halachos<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kashering Guidelines<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A hotel kitchenette or Airbnb requires the same method of kashering for Passover as a home kitchen. One should secure permission from the hotel or Airbnb owner before kashering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ideally, all kashering should be completed before the end time for eating chometz on Erev Pesach.1<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes, one might not arrive until later on the day of Erev Pesach, or on Chol HaMoed. If that is the case, then:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25ba If one arrives on Erev Pesach after the end time for eating chometz where the property is located:<\/strong> the oven and stovetop grates may still be kashered. A sink may be kashered if one can ascertain that the sink is aino ben yomo<\/em> (i.e., has not been used with heat in the last 24 hours).2<\/a><\/sup> Follow the kashering guidance provided in Rabbi Moshe Heinemann\u2019s article, \u201cPreparing\/Kashering the Pesach Kitchen<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25ba If one arrives on Chol HaMoed:<\/strong> due to the strictness of Pesach halachos, it may be impractical or even ineffective to do kashering at that time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bedikas Chometz in a Hotel<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

One who is staying at a hotel and did not bring any chometz into the room should perform bedikas chometz<\/em> without a bracha<\/em>.3<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some hotel rooms have a \u201cmini-bar\u201d that is pre-stocked with drinks and snacks by the hotel. If there are food items in the mini-bar which are not Kosher for Passover, one should ensure that the staff removes those items. Alternatively, the mini-bar should be sealed off and the staff informed that the guest bears no responsibility for those items.4<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bedikas Chometz in an Airbnb<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u25ba If one arrives before or on the night of the 14th of Nissan<\/strong>: do a bedika <\/em>as usual.
\u25ba If one arrives on the 14th during the day or on Chol HaMoed:<\/strong> do a bedika <\/em>without a bracha.
\u25ba Further, if one arrives after the time that chometz is forbidden to be owned<\/strong>: before entering the home, he should have in mind to not want to acquire any of the chometz. If chometz is found and the owner is non-Jewish, it should be covered. If the owner is Jewish, then a rav should be consulted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hotel Icemaker<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Ice from the icemaker may be used, but the ice bucket in the room should not be used. The coffeemaker also may not be used.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hotel Kiddush<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In a hotel there is often a Kiddush before the day meal. To fulfill the mitzvah of Kiddush, one must eat a kezayis <\/em>of mezonos<\/em> to create \u201cKiddush b\u2019makom seuda<\/em>\u201d. On Pesach, this creates a unique issue since often no gebrokts <\/em>foods are served. The cakes are typically Shehakol<\/em>, made from potato starch or nut flour and not matzah meal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If there are no Mezonos<\/em> cakes, or one\u2019s custom is not to eat them, one could fulfill the Kiddush b\u2019makom seuda<\/em> by drinking a revi\u2019is<\/em> (3.8 fluid oz) of wine or grape juice. Each person listening to Kiddush must drink this amount. (The one who recites Kiddush should drink at least 5 \u00be oz. (This is slightly more than a half-revi\u2019is<\/em> to be yotzei <\/em>Kiddush, and then another revi\u2019is<\/em> for b\u2019makom seuda<\/em> of wine or grape juice).5<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more halachic guidance related to kosher travel, see the extensive list of travel-related articles and videos on the STAR-K Kosher Traveling Guidance<\/a> page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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1. O.C<\/em>. 452:1.<\/p>\n

2. This includes being certain that it has not been cleaned with hot water within 24 hours prior to kashering. For example if the owner or manager is a shomer mitzvos<\/i>, you could ask them for this information. An alternative is to be pogem<\/i> the sink first, but that process is beyond the scope of this article.<\/p>\n

3. The rooms may be like a makom she\u2019ein machnisim bo chometz.<\/i> One must also check his car, clothes pockets, and luggage without a bracha<\/i>. For further discussion, see Piskei Teshuvos<\/i> 437:1. If a guest was eating chometz in the room before Erev Pesach, he should do a bedika<\/i> with a bracha<\/i>.<\/p>\n

4. Otherwise he may have achrayus<\/i>, responsibility, for the chometz should it be damaged or stolen, and one may not take responsibility for chometz on Passover.<\/p>\n

5. Shemiras Shabbos Kehilchasa<\/i> 54:23; see also Shaar Hatziyun<\/i> 273:29.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Reviewed January 2026<\/p>\n

Many people leave home to celebrate Pesach with extended family. If that entails staying in a hotel or an Airbnb, there are specific halachos to keep in mind. See below for a brief summary of these halachos.<\/p>\n

Kashering Guidelines<\/p>\n

A hotel kitchenette or Airbnb requires the same method of kashering for Passover as a home kitchen. One should secure permission from the hotel or Airbnb owner before kashering.<\/p>\n

Ideally, all kashering should be completed before the end time for eating chometz on Erev Pesach.1<\/a><\/p>\n

Sometimes, one might not arrive until later on the day of Erev Pesach, or on Chol HaMoed. If that is the case, then:<\/p>\n

\u25ba If one arrives on Erev Pesach after the end time for eating chometz where the property is located:<\/strong> the oven and stovetop grates may still be kashered. A sink may be kashered if one can ascertain that the sink is aino ben yomo (i.e., […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[538,7,6],"tags":[193,209],"class_list":["post-15249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-passover-travel-related","category-pesach","category-seasonal","tag-pesach","tag-travel"],"yoast_head":"\nGoing Away for Pesach? Guidelines for Hotel and Airbnb Guests | STAR-K Kosher Certification<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Reviewed January 2026 Many people leave home to celebrate Pesach with extended family. 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