overnight school field trips in a hotel--sharing beds?

[Anonymous]

If your high school student has gone on an overnight trip with a team/club/band, etc. what type of hotel accommodations/students per bed did they have? In the early 90s my school band would take a 2-3 night overnight trip each spring. 4 students would share one hotel room; 2 student per full/queen bed. My son's school is now offering something similar, and my husband was shocked that they expect two students to share a bed. Is this still typical in most schools?

[Anonymous]

Our MS went on a trip to NYC and they slept 2 to a bed.

[Anonymous]

Very typical. Two to a bed keeps costs down and the amount of rooms the adults have to keep an eye on down.

[Anonymous]

Yes still typical.

[Anonymous]

Yes typical

[Anonymous]

Typical

[Anonymous]

When DS went on school trip it was 2 per bed, but they offered the choice for 1 per bed if you paid double. Everyone on the trip did the 2 per bed option. On a side note, DS plays on a travel sports team that travels overnight without parents. They all sleep 2 per bed/4 per room

[Anonymous]

I'm not American, and in my European country, a lot of hotels still have twin beds. I was shocked when my middle schooler had to share a bed with a classmate on a school-sponsored trip. No one had told us in advance, because apparently it's the norm here. My middle schooler was not happy either. In his room, no one wanted to share beds, so one slept on the floor, and another in two armchairs. I believe that was the case in a lot of other rooms.

I find it exceedingly strange that Americans, with their loud emphasis on personal space, something other countries don't talk about as much, find it acceptable that students (who usually aren't even that close) to share a bed. This is very different than a sleepover situation, and even during a sleepover, a lot of kids, boys in particular, don't want to share beds.

[Anonymous]

Yes 2 per bed/ 4 per room is normal. I've heard of a few kids brining their sleeping bag and sleeping on the floor because they didn't want to share a bed. So I guess that's always an option but I would be kind of grossed out about sleeping on a hotel room floor.

[Anonymous]

That was the norm when I was in HS and is the norm at our MCPS HS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
I'm not American, and in my European country, a lot of hotels still have twin beds. I was shocked when my middle schooler had to share a bed with a classmate on a school-sponsored trip. No one had told us in advance, because apparently it's the norm here. My middle schooler was not happy either. In his room, no one wanted to share beds, so one slept on the floor, and another in two armchairs. I believe that was the case in a lot of other rooms.

I find it exceedingly strange that Americans, with their loud emphasis on personal space, something other countries don't talk about as much, find it acceptable that students (who usually aren't even that close) to share a bed. This is very different than a sleepover situation, and even during a sleepover, a lot of kids, boys in particular, don't want to share beds.

OP here

Yeah, I remember the boys talking about that when I was on my school trip. The girls didn't care, we were fine with sharing beds.

[Anonymous]

I both work for a hotel company and have high school kids who travel with their team.

In say a team of 30, there will be 15 rooms, single sex.

Usually it’s double beds, 1 for each kid so 2 to a room.

If the hotel has 2 queens instead of 2 doubles, they would get that instead.

Lights out at 11, meet the team around 8 or 8:30 for the hotel breakfast the next day before the game.

No members of opposite sex in the rooms allowed. Coach assigns the roommates. Also, some parents travel with the group to watch their kids play. (They pay their own way though)

[Anonymous]

Also it’s common to stay in a brand like Fairfield inn or Hilton Garden Inn where breakfast is included in the room rate (and it’s cheaper).

My kid just paid $150 to go overnight one night for a local out of district but still sanctioned game. Only the varsity team went. Pretty standard.

[Anonymous]

Yup, normal. Keeps the cost down. I still traveled that way with my friends in college and grad school to save money.

[Anonymous]

Why exactly is your husband shocked?