Can a sixteen year old stay in a hotel room alone, if a parent makes the reservation?

Posted August 12th, 2010 by libertees and filed in Rooms

I just got my license in May, and I was planning on taking my boyfriend on a roadtrip for his birthday this December.
Unfortunately, it looks you have to be eighteen to get a hotel room.
So could a parent book a room for their kid?
Or would the parent have to be there?