When did your teens expect their own space?
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Anonymous
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Our only, DD14, is still at the point where if we stay at an Embassy Suites-type hotel with the option to have her own space, she still prefers to sleep on the other queen bed in the bedroom.
Financially, at more typical-style hotels/resorts, we can afford to stay in nicer appointed rooms (think ocean front deluxe balcony room, or club level at Disney, etc.) but when the day comes that she/we would feel more comfortable in her own space and a suite-type room isn’t available (or we are priced out of that option) the only alternative would be connecting standard rooms, which is fine in theory, but not as fun! I traveled in the same room with my parents until I started paying for my own travel, and I only remember wishing for my own room once I was 18 or 19, but neither of us had the money to make that happen, so we just made it work. I’m just curious if your teens would choose the better appointed, typical hotel room vs. having their own basic connecting room. |
Anonymous
| Expect? In a hotel on a trip they aren't paying for? Not until they're post-college and paying their own way. Then they can pay for their own hotel room. |
Anonymous
| My kids are 15 and 18. They will choose 2 connecting rooms at the motel 6 over sharing with parents at the Ritz every time. |
Anonymous
| We still make my college kid and teen brother share a queen bed. We don't spend much time in hotels. It's a waste to move up a hotel category. The sofa beds are often a little icky or uncomfortable. |
Anonymous
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We shared a room with our 13 and 15 year olds just as the pandemic was ending. That was enough to make it clear that sharing a room with two teens is not a vacation.
This isn’t about the kids, it is about you. We have done two rooms ever since, and never regretted it. |
Anonymous
| My college age kid also would rather have his own room but we don’t always accommodate that |
Anonymous
This. |
Anonymous
+1 |
Anonymous
| We’ve always gotten our kids connecting rooms on regular hotels or a suite for more vacation type travel. |
Anonymous
Ditto my teens. It’s actually creating issues as mom and dad don’t want the motel 6. We may temporarily switch back to condo rentals. I don’t know. It’s not ideal. |
Anonymous
| It's not what my kids want, it's what I want. Connecting rooms please and give me some peace on my vacation! |
Anonymous
| Mine is almost 20 and he understands cost. If we can get him his own space he’s happy. If we can’t, he gets it. Honestly, we could afford to get him his own room if we really wanted to but we would have to cut somewhere else. When we do get a suite or extra space it’s typically at a less expensive hotel than we would have otherwise chosen e.g. Holiday Inn v. Marriott. Teach your DD what things cost and to appreciate what she has not what she doesn’t. |
Anonymous
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For a quick trip, we're all in the same room if they have one big enough. DCs are 17, 15 and 13. For longer trips, last year I started booking two rooms if there's no Airbnb or condo option. Sharing one room isn't that bad because on vacations we're usually on the same schedule, but sharing one bathroom gets old fast. Most of the arguments are over getting into the bathroom and if I can avoid arguments on vacation, it's worth the money.
If I only had one DC, I wouldn't get an extra room. |
Anonymous
| Never. Even as an adult with kids, we share a hotel room if traveling with one of my parents, if there’s enough space. |
Anonymous
| I am a single mom with adult daughter. We always share rooms, with two beds. |