The following alert returns "string" in the majors browsers. Returns "object" (an array of one element) on <=IE8.
HTML:
<SELECT id="adults_1" type="select">
<OPTION value="1">1 persona</OPTION>
</SELECT>
JS:
alert(typeof $("#adults_1").val());
JsFiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/JM9AY/2/
Is it a bug or it is the expected value? If it's a bug, is there a workaround?