overnight school field trips in a hotel--sharing beds?

[Anonymous]

My kid’s team has done many sleep aaway trips for games. Each room had two double beds, with two kids in each room, same sex, so no kids sharing beds.

The coach knew who is out gay, and would not put the two out gay people on the team in the same room.

The kids are so exhausted from their sport that they just sleep from 12-7 anyway. There’s strict coach and parent supervision.

[Anonymous]

OP here
So weird to see this bumped up more than 1.5 years later!
He went on the trip and brought an inflatable camping pad and an extra blanket, and just used that to sleep on the floor. One of the other kids also slept on the floor (but I don't think he brought a pad.)

[Anonymous]

In middle school they were 1 to a bed. 2 in each room.

[Anonymous]

Pre-covid it was 4 to a room, 2 to a bed but post its now 2 to a room, each in their own bed. Definitely raised the costs of overnight trips, but probably safer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Pre-covid it was 4 to a room, 2 to a bed but post its now 2 to a room, each in their own bed. Definitely raised the costs of overnight trips, but probably safer.

Our school is 4 to a bed. I'd rather have an option to pay more and do 2 to a bed.

[Anonymous]

My kid went on a 3 night trip last year with orchestra. 4 boys shared one room. There were 2 beds and 1 pullout sofa/bed. I don't know if that's how all the rooms were outfitted.

They did not want to share a bed so one person volunteered to sleep on the floor each of the 3 nights. (DS had taken his sleeping bag just in case.) I guess one kid never had to sleep on the floor, but that's how they worked it out.

[Anonymous]

On our 9th grade junior high school trip to Williamsburg, it was 2/bed 4/room. Single sex rooms of course.

Europeans posting on DCUM always sound so ignorant about American customs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If your high school student has gone on an overnight trip with a team/club/band, etc. what type of hotel accommodations/students per bed did they have? In the early 90s my school band would take a 2-3 night overnight trip each spring. 4 students would share one hotel room; 2 student per full/queen bed. My son's school is now offering something similar, and my husband was shocked that they expect two students to share a bed. Is this still typical in most schools?

Tell your husband to rent your kid a private room.

My daughter went to a 4 day trip in the woods with cabins. They had parent volunteers and her friend’s mean obnoxious mother went. She was horrified with the state of the cabins and told the school teacher that she was bringing her child and mine to a local hotel. They said absolutely not. It wasn’t allowed. I doubt they would let him buy his own room.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pre-covid it was 4 to a room, 2 to a bed but post its now 2 to a room, each in their own bed. Definitely raised the costs of overnight trips, but probably safer.

Our school is 4 to a bed. I'd rather have an option to pay more and do 2 to a bed.

I assume you mean room, not bed.

[Anonymous]

Yeah, it’s pretty typical and not a big deal really.

[Anonymous]

Shared bed. At my son's first school trip, he had to share with an annoying guy who smelled bad, snored and slept with all his limbs splayed out.
I think it was a good experience for my kid though as it made him self aware of his own behavior.
Unfortunately he bought himself some cologne after that experience and was a bit heavy on it at first.