If you have 3 kids, can you stay in a normal hotel room if baby sleeps in a crib?

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Anonymous wrote:There are some very precious people on this thread. Trying to save money on a vacation? How dare you! If your can only afford one room at the Hampton Inn and plan to eat dinner at Cici's every night you are too poor to procreate and should have stopped at one.

Op it's really going to depend on fire codes and where you're going. Just do it above the board and call the hotel first.

No, every choice has its consequences, positive and negative.

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We have three kids - 15, 12 and 10. We always get just one room. Used to use a PNP or Aerobed, but now we ask for extra blankets and create a bed on the floor. Blanket spread out underneath and there's no contact with the floor. Kids never complain, they think it's fun, and I honestly think they'd hate to be put in their own room. Vacations are bonding time. We're not a family who has ever used a kids club. We have great memories squished together. Oh, and I'm talking about 5-6 nights.

No way would I "just take day trips" as a substitute. As if I'm torturing my kids by giving them opportunities to travel.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You had 3 kids. This is what comes with it. 5 airline tickets and 2 hotel rooms.

Apparently not for many of us!

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It continues to amaze me how out of touch many of the people on this board are with most ordinary Americans! For most of our child-raising years we would not have considered spending twice as much on hotels so we could spread out a little. Families with 5 kids share one hotel room all the time and don't give it a second thought.

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Anonymous wrote:It continues to amaze me how out of touch many of the people on this board are with most ordinary Americans! For most of our child-raising years we would not have considered spending twice as much on hotels so we could spread out a little. Families with 5 kids share one hotel room all the time and don't give it a second thought.

I meant to say families of 5 - not 5 kids - that might be pushing it too far

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Anonymous wrote:It continues to amaze me how out of touch many of the people on this board are with most ordinary Americans! For most of our child-raising years we would not have considered spending twice as much on hotels so we could spread out a little. Families with 5 kids share one hotel room all the time and don't give it a second thought.

I agree! And I think I was raised upper-middle-class by almost anyone's standards. Nice suburban house, good public schools, parents paid for 4 years of college. But our family of five always shared one room on vacation, my parents would have thought it crazy to double their hotel budget. Different strokes for different folks, I guess, but how wealthy did all of you grow up?

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Anonymous wrote:We have three kids - 15, 12 and 10. We always get just one room. Used to use a PNP or Aerobed, but now we ask for extra blankets and create a bed on the floor. Blanket spread out underneath and there's no contact with the floor. Kids never complain, they think it's fun, and I honestly think they'd hate to be put in their own room. Vacations are bonding time. We're not a family who has ever used a kids club. We have great memories squished together. Oh, and I'm talking about 5-6 nights.

No way would I "just take day trips" as a substitute. As if I'm torturing my kids by giving them opportunities to travel.

Sounds like hell, and no vacation at all. Put your 3 kids in a separate room, jeez.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have three kids - 15, 12 and 10. We always get just one room. Used to use a PNP or Aerobed, but now we ask for extra blankets and create a bed on the floor. Blanket spread out underneath and there's no contact with the floor. Kids never complain, they think it's fun, and I honestly think they'd hate to be put in their own room. Vacations are bonding time. We're not a family who has ever used a kids club. We have great memories squished together. Oh, and I'm talking about 5-6 nights.

No way would I "just take day trips" as a substitute. As if I'm torturing my kids by giving them opportunities to travel.

Sounds like hell, and no vacation at all. Put your 3 kids in a separate room, jeez.

+1, and what utter misery for the teenagers to all be in room

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are some very precious people on this thread. Trying to save money on a vacation? How dare you! If your can only afford one room at the Hampton Inn and plan to eat dinner at Cici's every night you are too poor to procreate and should have stopped at one.

Op it's really going to depend on fire codes and where you're going. Just do it above the board and call the hotel first.

No, every choice has its consequences, positive and negative.

+1. OP, just call and ask. Don't ask this blog, clearly 80% of people are judgmental f**ks.

[Anonymous]

Family with 5 kids and we stay in one room on long road trips. We usually get a condo or cabin for the actual vacation but we drive. It seems silly to pay for two rooms when we pull in at midnight and are on the road by 7 am. And yes, some sleep on the floor in sleeping bags. It doesn't bother me at all; we have traveled all over the country.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Family with 5 kids and we stay in one room on long road trips. We usually get a condo or cabin for the actual vacation but we drive. It seems silly to pay for two rooms when we pull in at midnight and are on the road by 7 am. And yes, some sleep on the floor in sleeping bags. It doesn't bother me at all; we have traveled all over the country.

+ Sounds like awesome fun! good for you!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Family with 5 kids and we stay in one room on long road trips. We usually get a condo or cabin for the actual vacation but we drive. It seems silly to pay for two rooms when we pull in at midnight and are on the road by 7 am. And yes, some sleep on the floor in sleeping bags. It doesn't bother me at all; we have traveled all over the country.

+ Sounds like awesome fun! good for you!

Yup, I'm rooting for this team too!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have three kids - 15, 12 and 10. We always get just one room. Used to use a PNP or Aerobed, but now we ask for extra blankets and create a bed on the floor. Blanket spread out underneath and there's no contact with the floor. Kids never complain, they think it's fun, and I honestly think they'd hate to be put in their own room. Vacations are bonding time. We're not a family who has ever used a kids club. We have great memories squished together. Oh, and I'm talking about 5-6 nights.

No way would I "just take day trips" as a substitute. As if I'm torturing my kids by giving them opportunities to travel.

Sounds like hell, and no vacation at all. Put your 3 kids in a separate room, jeez.

+1, and what utter misery for the teenagers to all be in room

you could do this with young kids, but for your preteen/teen kids this is just going to suck. Give them a little dignity and get two rooms.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are some very precious people on this thread. Trying to save money on a vacation? How dare you! If your can only afford one room at the Hampton Inn and plan to eat dinner at Cici's every night you are too poor to procreate and should have stopped at one.

Op it's really going to depend on fire codes and where you're going. Just do it above the board and call the hotel first.

Why? There's no need to tell the hotel.

Yup, and here are more frugal tips: Buy a shot of espresso and use milk from the bar to make it a latte. Keep the tags on that dress, and return it after the event.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have three kids - 15, 12 and 10. We always get just one room. Used to use a PNP or Aerobed, but now we ask for extra blankets and create a bed on the floor. Blanket spread out underneath and there's no contact with the floor. Kids never complain, they think it's fun, and I honestly think they'd hate to be put in their own room. Vacations are bonding time. We're not a family who has ever used a kids club. We have great memories squished together. Oh, and I'm talking about 5-6 nights.

No way would I "just take day trips" as a substitute. As if I'm torturing my kids by giving them opportunities to travel.

Sounds like hell, and no vacation at all. Put your 3 kids in a separate room, jeez.

+1, and what utter misery for the teenagers to all be in room

you could do this with young kids, but for your preteen/teen kids this is just going to suck. Give them a little dignity and get two rooms.

I do not understand this sentiment at all. What is undignified about this?