When you travel with older kids, and you have 3 of them, do you get one hotel room or two?

[Anonymous]

Family of 5. I've noticed that we sleep so much better if we get two rooms. We usually mix it up a bit, depending on the trip and cost. airbnb has been really helpful too. But as they get older, it seems to be worth it to get that second room more and more often.

[Anonymous]

We have one kid and always get at least a suite with separate bedroom, if not adjoining rooms.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We have one kid and always get at least a suite with separate bedroom, if not adjoining rooms.

+1, since DS turned around 10 we have also craved more privacy & so has he. If the second room gets too expensive, we opt for airbnbs just to have extra space. With two or three kids, esp older ones, I can't imagine not having them in a second room.

[Anonymous]

I love to travel and currently pregnant with 3rd. We mostly go on family oriented vacations and those places have family friendly accommodations. Already looked into Reef at Atlantis and studios at Disney. We will probably get suites, timeshare rentals or Airbnb if we go international to Europe or Asia in the future.

[Anonymous]

Family of 5 here. We almost never do hotels anymore- unless it's for a quick one or two nights i.e. overnight soccer tournament, wedding, etc. In that case we will generally just do one room, either two queens/doubles and a pull out couch or two queens and someone on an air mattress on the floor.

For actual vacations, we always always always do a one or two bedroom VRBO or Airbnb. Everyone is happier that way, plus we don't have to eat out for every meal. Usually we will have all our breakfasts in the condo, lunch if we're hanging out in the general vicinity of the condo, and one or two dinners.

Few things are less appealing to me than spending a week or more in a standard hotel room.

[Anonymous]

Mom of a 15 and 11 year old. We don't do standard hotel rooms anymore. Always a suite/Residence Inn type place, or a condo/apartment rental thru Airbnb or VRBO.

[Anonymous]

We only have 2 kids right now, but growing up there were three kids in my family, and we never got 2 rooms or condos. Always one room for all 5 of us, even once we were teenagers. Rollaways, sharing, floor. It was fine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Three kids and we always get one hotel room; my son prefers the floor.

Never in a zillion years would I sleep on the floor of a hotel room. You do know how little they vacuum, don't you?

[Anonymous]

the only time we'd ever pile into a single room would be for one night. Otherwise, it is (in preference order): a VRBO, a suite with 2 bedrooms, a suite with 1 bedroom and a pull out sofa and rollaway, or two adjoining rooms.

[Anonymous]

3 kids. Always two rooms after third kid arrived.

[Anonymous]

When doing a quick overnight we'll cram into one room with two doubles or queens and a pullout couch. For any longer stays, or if it's a destination hotel on vacation, we get a suite or two adjoining hotel rooms.

One thing I've noticed is hotels almost never guarantee you can have two rooms adjoining. This used to make me uncomfortable, however in practice I've almost never had a problem getting adjoining rooms upon check-in.

It gets easier when your kids are teens and you'd be comfortable having them in a room of their own (non-connecting).

[Anonymous]

We have 3 kids, they are now 10-15, we rarely get 2 rooms. We usually use airnb for more than three nights, but we do fit into one hotel room fairly often. It is really only an issue in Europe, but if it is a US chain (Marriott, Hyatt, Hilton, etc), it isn't. We are the highest level for Marriott, Hilton, and Hyatt, so maybe that is why we don't get push back? We can usually get a roll away so 5 it isn't a problem - I realize that we get upgraded a lot so maybe that is why we can usually get a roll away or there are 2 beds and a sofa bed.

We travel a lot. At least 3 big trips and usually 4-6 smaller, having to get 2 rooms would cut into this.

[Anonymous]

2 kids and we always get two adjoining rooms.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We have 3 kids, they are now 10-15, we rarely get 2 rooms. We usually use airnb for more than three nights, but we do fit into one hotel room fairly often. It is really only an issue in Europe, but if it is a US chain (Marriott, Hyatt, Hilton, etc), it isn't. We are the highest level for Marriott, Hilton, and Hyatt, so maybe that is why we don't get push back? We can usually get a roll away so 5 it isn't a problem - I realize that we get upgraded a lot so maybe that is why we can usually get a roll away or there are 2 beds and a sofa bed.

We travel a lot. At least 3 big trips and usually 4-6 smaller, having to get 2 rooms would cut into this.

If you are as the highest level you presumably have a lot of points. Why not use upgrades or points for more privacy?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have 3 kids, they are now 10-15, we rarely get 2 rooms. We usually use airnb for more than three nights, but we do fit into one hotel room fairly often. It is really only an issue in Europe, but if it is a US chain (Marriott, Hyatt, Hilton, etc), it isn't. We are the highest level for Marriott, Hilton, and Hyatt, so maybe that is why we don't get push back? We can usually get a roll away so 5 it isn't a problem - I realize that we get upgraded a lot so maybe that is why we can usually get a roll away or there are 2 beds and a sofa bed.

We travel a lot. At least 3 big trips and usually 4-6 smaller, having to get 2 rooms would cut into this.

If you are as the highest level you presumably have a lot of points. Why not use upgrades or points for more privacy?

I think it is the level of hotel that we stay at that drives the decision. When we use points the hotels are usually in the 40-50K point exchange, so another room is a big hit. And when we do choose to use more points than for a standard room it is for view or the option of a balcony, not for another bed. We don't spend a lot of time in the hotel so it doesn't seem worth it (I guess if we were big sleepers, liked room service we might make different decisions). And when we stop just to sleep on the way somewhere, I'll pick a residence inn/fairfield inn so they usually have sleeping for 6 so an extra room seems like a waste if we are just there from 10pm-6am.

Also, I am not shy about asking for a different room. I'd say about half of the time I am traveling with my family (for work and I'm alone I'll take whatever) I'll see the room and ask for another --as kindly and apologetically as possible. Unless we arrive after 8 pm something can always be done. Usually a different room that is bigger or has a different set up can get us what we need as far as having a couch or room for a roll-away.