3 kids in a hotel room where you are only are supposed to have 2

[Anonymous]

This will be the first time we will be traveling with our new infant. Spring break prices for hotels are already insane for a normal room for 4 people. Once I put in 3 kids, the hotel either has no availability or offers me a 2 bedroom suite, which sometimes will cost $2000+ per night. Wondering if it will be a big deal to just book for 4 people and bring the baby.

What will the hotel do if they find out we have an extra baby in the room?
Has anyone been kicked out of a room for having too many kids?

[Anonymous]

What? Are you really thinking that having you , your DH, and 3 kids plus an infant in the room will be pleasant and restful?? One suggestion would be is to have 3 kids stay in one room and you and DH in another with the baby. Get adjoining rooms so that you can keep the door open.

To be very honest, this sounds like no fun at all to begin with. Hotel living during vacation can be awful. I don't know where you are going, but you might think of renting a condo or house where you could have more flexibility. Good luck!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This will be the first time we will be traveling with our new infant. Spring break prices for hotels are already insane for a normal room for 4 people. Once I put in 3 kids, the hotel either has no availability or offers me a 2 bedroom suite, which sometimes will cost $2000+ per night. Wondering if it will be a big deal to just book for 4 people and bring the baby.

What will the hotel do if they find out we have an extra baby in the room?
Has anyone been kicked out of a room for having too many kids?

I remember many fond family vacations where the six of us would be in one hotel room with our parents, sleeping bags laid out on the floor. We would often wait in the car while my dad checked in and then went in through a side entrance. There will be posters who will go off about the immorality of this, but it created tons great memories as a child of family vacations, and I didn't grow up to believe in playing the system or lacking a sense of right and wrong.

[Anonymous]

Why do t they give you a cot??

I had two siblings. My sister and I one bed. Parents the other andmy brother in the rollaway cot the hotels always provided.

I just have 2 kids so don't know.

[Anonymous]

So you have 2 kids plus a baby? The baby doesn't usually count.

[Anonymous]

How old are the kids?

[Anonymous]

This sounds fine, OP. In my limited experience, an infant doesn't really count even if you're ordering a crib in the room. It also sounds fun to me!

[Anonymous]

We do 3 kids in a room that officially accommodates 4 when we are doing a long drive and just doing a stop overnight.

When we are in a location for a few days, we typically do a room that accommodates 5 b/c the other rooms are too small and it is not a vacation.

[Anonymous]

Did this all the time when our 3rd was young. We brought a pack n play. We never had an issue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This will be the first time we will be traveling with our new infant. Spring break prices for hotels are already insane for a normal room for 4 people. Once I put in 3 kids, the hotel either has no availability or offers me a 2 bedroom suite, which sometimes will cost $2000+ per night. Wondering if it will be a big deal to just book for 4 people and bring the baby.

What will the hotel do if they find out we have an extra baby in the room?
Has anyone been kicked out of a room for having too many kids?

I remember many fond family vacations where the six of us would be in one hotel room with our parents, sleeping bags laid out on the floor. We would often wait in the car while my dad checked in and then went in through a side entrance. There will be posters who will go off about the immorality of this, but it created tons great memories as a child of family vacations, and I didn't grow up to believe in playing the system or lacking a sense of right and wrong.

I remember sleeping in the tub at the hotel once .

[Anonymous]

we do this all the time. My youngest is now 2.5. I bring a little sleeping bag/nap mat for her and she sleeps on the floor. My two boys share a bed. I can't imagine getting 2 rooms when my kids are still so young! That would be a total hassle and also expensive. We travel a lot and this arrangement works fine. It's cozy!

[Anonymous]

Do not bring all kids to the front desk when you check in. I had a front desk person that was going to kick us out in the street a 10 pm when she saw the three kids. (All other rooms in hotel booked, as was their sister property.). She relented only after I said I would just sleep in the car and let the rest of the family have the room.
Just have one person check in and have the other stay with the kids someplace else.
Whether this is a restful vacation will depend on what kind of sleepers your kids are. After realizing that ours are crappy sleepers we generally get 2 rooms.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do not bring all kids to the front desk when you check in. I had a front desk person that was going to kick us out in the street a 10 pm when she saw the three kids. (All other rooms in hotel booked, as was their sister property.). She relented only after I said I would just sleep in the car and let the rest of the family have the room.
Just have one person check in and have the other stay with the kids someplace else.
Whether this is a restful vacation will depend on what kind of sleepers your kids are. After realizing that ours are crappy sleepers we generally get 2 rooms.

That's an aberration.

I worked at the front desk of a hotel in college and honestly never thought or cared about how many people checked in. In any case, it's impossible to know whether all the people are guests, or if they're friends, family, etc. 99% of front desk people do not care and will not say anything. That woman must have had some sort of complex.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What? Are you really thinking that having you , your DH, and 3 kids plus an infant in the room will be pleasant and restful?? One suggestion would be is to have 3 kids stay in one room and you and DH in another with the baby. Get adjoining rooms so that you can keep the door open.

To be very honest, this sounds like no fun at all to begin with. Hotel living during vacation can be awful. I don't know where you are going, but you might think of renting a condo or house where you could have more flexibility. Good luck!

It would be 2 adults 2 kids (ages 5 and 7) and an infant. Infant would sleep in crib or pack n play.

[Anonymous]

Where are you going OP?