Trouble connecting to Hotel Wifi

Contact the associates at the front desk of the hotel. It's their WI-FI, they need to address it. Perhaps you arent the only one in the hotel experiencing a problem.

So you connect to the network, open a browser window, and load a URL -- it shouldn't matter which one. What exactly happens then?

I had this issue at a hotel recently, the problem turned out to be that the URL for the sign in page was incorrect, some inquiry at the front desk finally found the right one (although the hotel insisted that the computer would just "find it automatically")

Then your issue is not the same as the one I had (but check the URL in Windows against the one in OSX, also disable popup and adblockers)

I have had issues with a few "free" wifi networks that are supposed to work as you describe. In my case, it turned out that they needed you to use their DNS server so that your attempt to connect to any internet connection was first re-directed to their login page. It is possible that there is something similar going on for you. Try setting a new connection profile and removing any custom IP settings you may have, at least long enough to get connected...

From the menu bar, select

 ▹ System Preferences... ▹ Network ▹ Advanced... ▹ DNS

Under DNS Servers you should have one or more numerical addresses, such as “192.168.1.1” or “10.0.0.1”. Delete those addresses, then, in the TCP/IP tab, click Renew DHCP Lease. Close the preference pane and save the changes. Try the sign-in procedure again.

Absolutely worked!

Thanks for that advice, Linc Davis.

Thanks a lot ! It worked for me, I had this problem with many connections in hotels.

It's a pity Apple does not fix this issue because when I use a pc laptop I never have that problem.