S/O family all sharing one room in vacation

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Anonymous wrote:We are currently at a resort. Kids are 10 and 8. How long can we keep sharing one room? I’d prefer to do it until college, but not sure if that’s weird.

It sounds Ike the vacation from Hell.

Sorry your kids suck.

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Anonymous wrote:This is why we never stay in hotels unless the two bedroom suite is available (and more reasonable than renting a vacation home).

My family could NEVER vacation in a two-bedroom suite! It must be the Presidential suite on the club level, or honestly there’s no point in even taking the trip.

Love this! Ha!

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By high school, I would get two rooms.

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Anonymous wrote:We are booking suits/connected rooms with a door open since kids were toddlers.
Those who share a single room, what do you do after kids are in bed at 9:00pm? Sit silently in a dark room?

My budget is not even close to $1K/night but if I can't afford two rooms for $X each, I will go to a $X/2 place.

We would only do this if we actually did want to fall asleep that early. Like if there are jet lag reasons, or getting up really early for a flight or something, or because we're really tired from skiing.

Or I take a nice quiet bath and DH listens to a podcast. It's not that hard.

as someone who worked as a hotel housekeeper to put myself through grad school- you will n e v e r find me taking a bath in a hotel room. omg.

I was thinking the same thing…who soaks in a hotel tub?? 🤮🤮

I live in an apartment with a tiny shower stall. I miss baths so much. I'd LOVE access to a tub!

Trust me, you do not want to bathe in a hotel tub.

Why not? Wipe it down with some lysol wipes. Whats the issue?

The tub is probably one of the least grossest things in a hotel room. I’m already sleeping in a bed thousands of people have had sex in with a duvet/coverlet that is never washed. Nothing bothers me about taking a bath in a hotel tub.

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Sharing a room?? You mean sharing ONE bedroom? Or sharing a 2 room hotel?

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Anonymous wrote:I have three kids and it never occurred to me to get two rooms. Kids are 12,10,5.

But we nearly always stay in a Staybridge, Residence Inn, Holiday Inn Suites or such- where we get bedroom with two beds plus a separate living room with pull out couch. We’ve made do with a king bedroom plus pull out couch living room. To be honest, having a kitchen is more important than the beds to me. If we are staying anywhere longer than 2 nights we get an Airbnb

I am confused, you seem to be saying both that you always get two rooms and that you never do, and that you judge people for getting two rooms like you always do.

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This is no vacation.

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I mean my family (two adults, two kids) got a single room until we were in college. When we went on road trips, we either camped (all in one big tent) or shared a single motel room. My dad always wanted to go to bed early and my mum jokes that she spends a lot of time hanging out in hotel bathrooms even when it's just the two of them and she wants to stay up late. I didn't stay at the kind of fancy hotels you guys are talking about until I was an adult and I still think of them as a waste of money. I prefer to stay in shared rooms at hostels when I travel, since I consider the place I sleep to the least important part of the trip. I splurge on theater performances and plane tickets, not bedding. But for other people the point of the vacation is to have a beautiful, pristine, restful sleeping space without having to do anything so those people should probably get more/fancier rooms than me. Seems like a really personal decision, in short.

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Wow, shocking that everyone chooses different ways of using their budget and space. SHOCKING.

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Anonymous wrote:I mean my family (two adults, two kids) got a single room until we were in college. When we went on road trips, we either camped (all in one big tent) or shared a single motel room. My dad always wanted to go to bed early and my mum jokes that she spends a lot of time hanging out in hotel bathrooms even when it's just the two of them and she wants to stay up late. I didn't stay at the kind of fancy hotels you guys are talking about until I was an adult and I still think of them as a waste of money. I prefer to stay in shared rooms at hostels when I travel, since I consider the place I sleep to the least important part of the trip. I splurge on theater performances and plane tickets, not bedding. But for other people the point of the vacation is to have a beautiful, pristine, restful sleeping space without having to do anything so those people should probably get more/fancier rooms than me. Seems like a really personal decision, in short.

Do you have children? I’m asking as you mentioned hostels. Having children changes everything.

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Anonymous wrote:This is no vacation.

That’s how I feel about Airbnb/VRBO. To each his own. At least here I don’t have to strip the beds, load the dishwasher or take out the trash. When possible we do try for an Embassy Suites or 2 queens with a pullout. But if we can’t we can do two queens - each parent sleeps with a kid because they don’t sleep well together. It’s fine.

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Anonymous wrote:This is no vacation.

That’s how I feel about Airbnb/VRBO. To each his own. At least here I don’t have to strip the beds, load the dishwasher or take out the trash. When possible we do try for an Embassy Suites or 2 queens with a pullout. But if we can’t we can do two queens - each parent sleeps with a kid because they don’t sleep well together. It’s fine.

This. I don’t want to have to cook, clean, grocery shop on vacation. We have a small house with one bathroom so sharing a hotel room is no big deal as we are used to being together a lot and enjoy each other. We bring an air mattress is an extra bed is an issue.

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Imy parents always got one room. I shared a bed with my mom, brother shared with dad. My parents are night owls, so the kids just had to try to fall asleep with the light and tv on. I never thought it was weird.

When I was 20 years old, my parents and I (not my brother) and my friend travelled to England. The first night there we all shared one hotel room. My friend and I shared a bed. There we were with the tv on, bedside lamps on, I was reading/drifting off to sleep. And my friend was so annoyed. She asked my parents to turn off the lights and tv, they refused. Friend had a sleep mask and ear plugs but couldn't fall asleep, and she complained incessantly. That was the first time I thought "oh, maybe not everyone is used to falling asleep with lights and a TV on."

Anyway, my only child is 10. A few months ago was the first time he slept in his own room at an air BNB. He's usually too freaked out to sleep alone when not at home. Even at our relative's lake house we visit 3x per year, he still shares a room with us. He'd hate having his own hotel room and has no problem sleeping with a light on or even the tv.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I have three kids and it never occurred to me to get two rooms. Kids are 12,10,5.

But we nearly always stay in a Staybridge, Residence Inn, Holiday Inn Suites or such- where we get bedroom with two beds plus a separate living room with pull out couch. We’ve made do with a king bedroom plus pull out couch living room. To be honest, having a kitchen is more important than the beds to me. If we are staying anywhere longer than 2 nights we get an Airbnb

I am confused, you seem to be saying both that you always get two rooms and that you never do, and that you judge people for getting two rooms like you always do.

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Anonymous wrote:Imy parents always got one room. I shared a bed with my mom, brother shared with dad. My parents are night owls, so the kids just had to try to fall asleep with the light and tv on. I never thought it was weird.

When I was 20 years old, my parents and I (not my brother) and my friend travelled to England. The first night there we all shared one hotel room. My friend and I shared a bed. There we were with the tv on, bedside lamps on, I was reading/drifting off to sleep. And my friend was so annoyed. She asked my parents to turn off the lights and tv, they refused. Friend had a sleep mask and ear plugs but couldn't fall asleep, and she complained incessantly. That was the first time I thought "oh, maybe not everyone is used to falling asleep with lights and a TV on."

Anyway, my only child is 10. A few months ago was the first time he slept in his own room at an air BNB. He's usually too freaked out to sleep alone when not at home. Even at our relative's lake house we visit 3x per year, he still shares a room with us. He'd hate having his own hotel room and has no problem sleeping with a light on or even the tv.

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