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Have we possibly strayed off topic. It appears to me the OP asked a question about the legality of taking his gun past a 30.06 ban. While the posts about listing a prohibition against guns on the res page of a hotel web site are informative, I do not believe that was the OP's concern.

RetNavy wrote:this popped into my last night...

Great Wolf Lodge in Grapevine is posted 30.06. When family went there earlier this year we kept our weapons locked in the vehicle....

Now here's my question...

Since 30.06 is applicable if you are carrying concealed, would it be applicable if your weapons are unloaded and safely locked in any luggage you carry in and up to your room...

my reasoning is since you are not carrying under Chapter 411.... then the sign would not have force of law behind it.... if i keep my weapons locked in the room safe and not carrying around the property, then it should be perfectly legal.

My thoughts about the OP's question:

411.171 (3) “Concealed handgun” means a handgun the presence of which is not openly discernible to the ordinary observation of a reasonable person.

Therefore, I suggest the means of concealment is mute as to whether it be a holster, briefcase or in this post, luggage, nor is the loaded or unloaded state a condition of concealed. Thus, carrying the handgun into the hotel room in the luggage is indeed concealed carry under 411 and a violation of 30.06 for one who holds a CHL or a violation of 46.02 if one does not possess a CHL.

Merely my humble opinion not a legal one.