s/o traveling with 3 kids

[Anonymous]

In all of the "should I have a third?" threads, someone always says that it's so hard to travel with three, because you need two hotel rooms or a suite. I don't get this. I was one of three kids, and we always all stayed in one room with two double beds. Parents got one, two kids got the other and the third got a cot or a sleeping bag on the floor. Does no one do this nowadays? People on here mention regulations about the number of people in a room, but I don't remember this ever being an issue. And we traveled a lot.

[Anonymous]

I think a lot of people on here (me included) don't wish to travel like that.

[Anonymous]

That means the third kid is always getting shafted. The kids are on vacation too - why shouldn't they get to be comfortable as well?

We have four kids and always get two hotel rooms.

[Anonymous]

Many hotels will not allow it once the youngest is beyond the toddler stage. It has to do with maximum occupancy limits per room.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That means the third kid is always getting shafted. The kids are on vacation too - why shouldn't they get to be comfortable as well?

We have four kids and always get two hotel rooms.

It wasn't always the same kid on the floor. We took turns.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In all of the "should I have a third?" threads, someone always says that it's so hard to travel with three, because you need two hotel rooms or a suite. I don't get this. I was one of three kids, and we always all stayed in one room with two double beds. Parents got one, two kids got the other and the third got a cot or a sleeping bag on the floor. Does no one do this nowadays? People on here mention regulations about the number of people in a room, but I don't remember this ever being an issue. And we traveled a lot.

I'm one of 3 and we did the same. Family time!

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Anonymous wrote:I think a lot of people on here (me included) don't wish to travel like that.

Op here. Sure, I get that. If you have the money it is nice for the parents to have their own room. But isn't that true if you have two kids too? I just don't see why going from two to three would make much difference.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Many hotels will not allow it once the youngest is beyond the toddler stage. It has to do with maximum occupancy limits per room.

Op again. As I said this is the part I find surprising. We stayed in hotels and motels all over the country, till well into my teen years, and I don't ever remember this being an issue. Maybe the places we stayed weren't upscale enough!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think a lot of people on here (me included) don't wish to travel like that.

Yes, terrible!

[Anonymous]

The thing about three is that occupancy rates and restaurant tables are often four. So, you have to look harder for places to stay. I have three, two of which are teenagers, and we always share a room. And, I don't usually book a suite.

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Anonymous wrote:Many hotels will not allow it once the youngest is beyond the toddler stage. It has to do with maximum occupancy limits per room.

Op again. As I said this is the part I find surprising. We stayed in hotels and motels all over the country, till well into my teen years, and I don't ever remember this being an issue. Maybe the places we stayed weren't upscale enough!

NP. Yep, me too! I'm the oldest of three and we always only had one room. Always. True, we were staying at lots of Best Westerns, Days Inns and Knights Inns. Holiday Inns were considered a "splurge". But still, always only one room for the 5 of us, all throughout childhood, even when the youngest was 12. (By that time, I was 18 and not going on cross country family vacation road trips any longer.) We had a rotation of which kid got to sleep on the "rollaway" bed that always seemed to sag in the middle. Was it comfortable and luxurious? Heck no. But having 3 kids was no reason to stay home.

I just recently had my third, and I am certainly not going to get a second hotel room. If that were the case, we would only be able to travel every 3 years or so. I'd rather travel a little cramped than not travel at all.

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Anonymous wrote:Many hotels will not allow it once the youngest is beyond the toddler stage. It has to do with maximum occupancy limits per room.

Op again. As I said this is the part I find surprising. We stayed in hotels and motels all over the country, till well into my teen years, and I don't ever remember this being an issue. Maybe the places we stayed weren't upscale enough!

NP. Yep, me too! I'm the oldest of three and we always only had one room. Always. True, we were staying at lots of Best Westerns, Days Inns and Knights Inns. Holiday Inns were considered a "splurge". But still, always only one room for the 5 of us, all throughout childhood, even when the youngest was 12. (By that time, I was 18 and not going on cross country family vacation road trips any longer.) We had a rotation of which kid got to sleep on the "rollaway" bed that always seemed to sag in the middle. Was it comfortable and luxurious? Heck no. But having 3 kids was no reason to stay home.

I just recently had my third, and I am certainly not going to get a second hotel room. If that were the case, we would only be able to travel every 3 years or so. I'd rather travel a little cramped than not travel at all.

That's sure easy for you to say when you're not the one who's going to sleep on the floor or on a sagging cot.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Many hotels will not allow it once the youngest is beyond the toddler stage. It has to do with maximum occupancy limits per room.

Op again. As I said this is the part I find surprising. We stayed in hotels and motels all over the country, till well into my teen years, and I don't ever remember this being an issue. Maybe the places we stayed weren't upscale enough!

NP. Yep, me too! I'm the oldest of three and we always only had one room. Always. True, we were staying at lots of Best Westerns, Days Inns and Knights Inns. Holiday Inns were considered a "splurge". But still, always only one room for the 5 of us, all throughout childhood, even when the youngest was 12. (By that time, I was 18 and not going on cross country family vacation road trips any longer.) We had a rotation of which kid got to sleep on the "rollaway" bed that always seemed to sag in the middle. Was it comfortable and luxurious? Heck no. But having 3 kids was no reason to stay home.

I just recently had my third, and I am certainly not going to get a second hotel room. If that were the case, we would only be able to travel every 3 years or so. I'd rather travel a little cramped than not travel at all.

That's sure easy for you to say when you're not the one who's going to sleep on the floor or on a sagging cot.

Did you read my post? I was the kid who slept on the floor or the sagging cot. I was absolutely fine with it. So fine with it, in fact, that it's how we're raising our children. If one of my kids has a horrible saggy cot and can't sleep one night, sure we can switch beds. No prob. But I choose (and my children choose) to travel in one room rather than rarely travel at all.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Many hotels will not allow it once the youngest is beyond the toddler stage. It has to do with maximum occupancy limits per room.

Op again. As I said this is the part I find surprising. We stayed in hotels and motels all over the country, till well into my teen years, and I don't ever remember this being an issue. Maybe the places we stayed weren't upscale enough!

I have three kids and we travel quite a bit. We often stay in the same room. When possible we try to get a suite. Many hotels do not let you have this many people in one room. If you try to book online it will often say you can't have that many in one room. I usually say we are a total of 4 when booking. No one cares once we get there and check in. If it's a nice place like the Ritz or something ( when my husband's company is paying) then I let him check in and we go in after he checks in.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Many hotels will not allow it once the youngest is beyond the toddler stage. It has to do with maximum occupancy limits per room.

Op again. As I said this is the part I find surprising. We stayed in hotels and motels all over the country, till well into my teen years, and I don't ever remember this being an issue. Maybe the places we stayed weren't upscale enough!

NP. Yep, me too! I'm the oldest of three and we always only had one room. Always. True, we were staying at lots of Best Westerns, Days Inns and Knights Inns. Holiday Inns were considered a "splurge". But still, always only one room for the 5 of us, all throughout childhood, even when the youngest was 12. (By that time, I was 18 and not going on cross country family vacation road trips any longer.) We had a rotation of which kid got to sleep on the "rollaway" bed that always seemed to sag in the middle. Was it comfortable and luxurious? Heck no. But having 3 kids was no reason to stay home.

I just recently had my third, and I am certainly not going to get a second hotel room. If that were the case, we would only be able to travel every 3 years or so. I'd rather travel a little cramped than not travel at all.

Until my last growth spurt, all three kids slept in the same queen size bed. We knew that if we argued or fussed, we would all get separate corners in the room, no cushioning between us and the floor, only a pillow and a sheet/blanket. It wasn't a big deal, we got through it without issues.