I have three kids and it never occurred to me to get two rooms. Kids are 12,10,5.

But we nearly always stay in a Staybridge, Residence Inn, Holiday Inn Suites or such- where we get bedroom with two beds plus a separate living room with pull out couch. We’ve made do with a king bedroom plus pull out couch living room. To be honest, having a kitchen is more important than the beds to me. If we are staying anywhere longer than 2 nights we get an Airbnb

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Anonymous wrote:We are booking suits/connected rooms with a door open since kids were toddlers.
Those who share a single room, what do you do after kids are in bed at 9:00pm? Sit silently in a dark room?

My budget is not even close to $1K/night but if I can't afford two rooms for $X each, I will go to a $X/2 place.

We would only do this if we actually did want to fall asleep that early. Like if there are jet lag reasons, or getting up really early for a flight or something, or because we're really tired from skiing.

Or I take a nice quiet bath and DH listens to a podcast. It's not that hard.

as someone who worked as a hotel housekeeper to put myself through grad school- you will n e v e r find me taking a bath in a hotel room. omg.

I was thinking the same thing…who soaks in a hotel tub?? 🤮🤮

I live in an apartment with a tiny shower stall. I miss baths so much. I'd LOVE access to a tub!

Trust me, you do not want to bathe in a hotel tub.

Why not? Wipe it down with some lysol wipes. Whats the issue?

Anonymous wrote:We are currently at a resort. Kids are 10 and 8. How long can we keep sharing one room? I’d prefer to do it until college, but not sure if that’s weird.

It sounds Ike the vacation from Hell.

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Anonymous wrote:This is why we never stay in hotels unless the two bedroom suite is available (and more reasonable than renting a vacation home).

My family could NEVER vacation in a two-bedroom suite! It must be the Presidential suite on the club level, or honestly there’s no point in even taking the trip.

I grew up in a family where we did most our vacations in one of the smaller Shasta trailers, so this is basically how the whole thread sounds to me. We were practically sleeping in the same bed, but it was fine.

Yep. My grandparents had a seasonal (summer long) campsite at a beach location and a stationary camper. We went often as kids and loved it. Some of the best memories. They had an indoor toilet we were allowed to use in the middle of the night only. Otherwise it was to the bath house with you!

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Anonymous wrote:This is why we never stay in hotels unless the two bedroom suite is available (and more reasonable than renting a vacation home).

My family could NEVER vacation in a two-bedroom suite! It must be the Presidential suite on the club level, or honestly there’s no point in even taking the trip.

I grew up in a family where we did most our vacations in one of the smaller Shasta trailers, so this is basically how the whole thread sounds to me. We were practically sleeping in the same bed, but it was fine.

This thread is so funny. Of course I would rather not share a room with my kids and my kids would rather not share a bed with each other but there are always tradeoffs involved. For a minimal extra cost, yes I'll get a suite or something like that, but we have also shared rooms many times without complaining. My kids go to bed late now, but when they were younger the adults would just lie in bed and read on their phones or watch TV on an ipad or something if we were sharing a room.

We mostly vacation in Europe and Asia and their rooms don’t fit that many people. We’ve had to get two rooms ever since kid number 2 arrived.

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Anonymous wrote:We are booking suits/connected rooms with a door open since kids were toddlers.
Those who share a single room, what do you do after kids are in bed at 9:00pm? Sit silently in a dark room?

My budget is not even close to $1K/night but if I can't afford two rooms for $X each, I will go to a $X/2 place.

We would only do this if we actually did want to fall asleep that early. Like if there are jet lag reasons, or getting up really early for a flight or something, or because we're really tired from skiing.

Or I take a nice quiet bath and DH listens to a podcast. It's not that hard.

as someone who worked as a hotel housekeeper to put myself through grad school- you will n e v e r find me taking a bath in a hotel room. omg.

I was thinking the same thing…who soaks in a hotel tub?? 🤮🤮

I live in an apartment with a tiny shower stall. I miss baths so much. I'd LOVE access to a tub!

Trust me, you do not want to bathe in a hotel tub.

If you actually clean it with a chemical it should be ok.

I can even imagine how some of you live or you have huge homes... not a big deal to us.

You think it’s always cleaned between guests?? As long as there is no hair, if there are a lot of rooms to clean, that bath tub may just get a wipe down.

I can't tell you how many times I have found hair in the shower at hotels. And I generally stay at Marriotts/Hyatts/Hiltons for work.

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Anonymous wrote:We are currently at a resort. Kids are 10 and 8. How long can we keep sharing one room? I’d prefer to do it until college, but not sure if that’s weird.

I have three kids with a ten year age span from oldest to youngest. We never stopped sharing rooms. Our last trip was when they were 12-22. There is no way I’m wasting money on a second room. We take air mattresses and sleeping bags if there isn’t enough sleeping space.

For some people having a luxury room where they spend time is important but that’s not us. And we all really enjoy each other. So it works.

This is so bizarre. With an Air BnB, a suite, or two adjoining rooms, you are literally spending the same amount of awake time together. My family immensely enjoys each other but we don't need to sleep next to each other to prove that.

LMFAO at DCUM now competing about whose family "enjoys each other" the most.

Same song, next verse. Literally everything on DCUM is a competition.

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Anonymous wrote:We are currently at a resort. Kids are 10 and 8. How long can we keep sharing one room? I’d prefer to do it until college, but not sure if that’s weird.

I have three kids with a ten year age span from oldest to youngest. We never stopped sharing rooms. Our last trip was when they were 12-22. There is no way I’m wasting money on a second room. We take air mattresses and sleeping bags if there isn’t enough sleeping space.

For some people having a luxury room where they spend time is important but that’s not us. And we all really enjoy each other. So it works.

This is so bizarre. With an Air BnB, a suite, or two adjoining rooms, you are literally spending the same amount of awake time together. My family immensely enjoys each other but we don't need to sleep next to each other to prove that.

LMFAO at DCUM now competing about whose family "enjoys each other" the most.

Anonymous wrote:This is why we never stay in hotels unless the two bedroom suite is available (and more reasonable than renting a vacation home).

My family could NEVER vacation in a two-bedroom suite! It must be the Presidential suite on the club level, or honestly there’s no point in even taking the trip.

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Anonymous wrote:We are booking suits/connected rooms with a door open since kids were toddlers.
Those who share a single room, what do you do after kids are in bed at 9:00pm? Sit silently in a dark room?

My budget is not even close to $1K/night but if I can't afford two rooms for $X each, I will go to a $X/2 place.

We would only do this if we actually did want to fall asleep that early. Like if there are jet lag reasons, or getting up really early for a flight or something, or because we're really tired from skiing.

Or I take a nice quiet bath and DH listens to a podcast. It's not that hard.

as someone who worked as a hotel housekeeper to put myself through grad school- you will n e v e r find me taking a bath in a hotel room. omg.

I was thinking the same thing…who soaks in a hotel tub?? 🤮🤮

I live in an apartment with a tiny shower stall. I miss baths so much. I'd LOVE access to a tub!

Trust me, you do not want to bathe in a hotel tub.

What if you bring your own disinfectant cleaner and clean it first?

If I’m on my hands and knees scrubbing a tub, at that point I really should have stayed home.

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Anonymous wrote:We are booking suits/connected rooms with a door open since kids were toddlers.
Those who share a single room, what do you do after kids are in bed at 9:00pm? Sit silently in a dark room?

My budget is not even close to $1K/night but if I can't afford two rooms for $X each, I will go to a $X/2 place.

We would only do this if we actually did want to fall asleep that early. Like if there are jet lag reasons, or getting up really early for a flight or something, or because we're really tired from skiing.

Or I take a nice quiet bath and DH listens to a podcast. It's not that hard.

as someone who worked as a hotel housekeeper to put myself through grad school- you will n e v e r find me taking a bath in a hotel room. omg.

I was thinking the same thing…who soaks in a hotel tub?? 🤮🤮

I live in an apartment with a tiny shower stall. I miss baths so much. I'd LOVE access to a tub!

Trust me, you do not want to bathe in a hotel tub.

What if you bring your own disinfectant cleaner and clean it first?

This is why we never stay in hotels unless the two bedroom suite is available (and more reasonable than renting a vacation home).

Anonymous wrote:We’ve been getting two adjoining rooms or a suite since our kids were born. What’s the pint of a vacation when you share a room with your kids?

See this is exactly the kind of post I was talking about. So rude and antagonistic.

Obviously lots of people are fine sharing a room with their kids per this thread. If you are not, that’s fine too, but your tone is rude.