Anonymous
08/07/2025 10:10
Subject: Hotels if you have 4 kids
We only have two kids. When they were younger any regular hotel room would work. Now we need a suite. Suite, not to be confused with something fancy, but something with two beds and a pull out couch. Embassy Suites are our favorite, but I think Homewood Suites also works. Hampton Inns will have suites, but these are usually smaller rooms.
Four kids, like the OP, would be tough. It requires two hotel rooms, which can be pricey, but having four kids is expensive, so maybe they're used to shelling out $$$.
Four kids, like the OP, would be tough. It requires two hotel rooms, which can be pricey, but having four kids is expensive, so maybe they're used to shelling out $$$.
Anonymous
08/07/2025 07:04
Subject: Hotels if you have 4 kids
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Ooh, we once did Disney on budget. Residence Inn suite. 2 rooms, 2 baths, 1 kitchenette, 1 living room.
Breakfast complimentary. Stuffed with breakfast and then also got lots of breakfast stuff up in the room to make packed lunch and snacks for all, and used some breakfast stuff - fruits, yogurt, juice, muffins etc for dessert after dinner. We also cooked some easy dinners too - pasta, veggies and sausage in pasta sauce.
Come back for happy hour with complimentary drinks and hors d'oeuvres at 7. Went back for fireworks.
You dragged four kids back to the hotel for happy hour then dragged four kids back to the park for fireworks? From that far at the residence inn?
4 kids? No, no.
1 kids, 2 parents, 2 grandparents. Kid and grandparents also needed a nap and leisurely pace at times.
Why are you even commenting on this thread then? You sound spoiled.
I was just going to say the same thing. Title clearly reads "4 kids" so why post about 4 ADULTS and 1 kid??
Anonymous
08/07/2025 06:41
Subject: Hotels if you have 4 kids
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Ooh, we once did Disney on budget. Residence Inn suite. 2 rooms, 2 baths, 1 kitchenette, 1 living room.
Breakfast complimentary. Stuffed with breakfast and then also got lots of breakfast stuff up in the room to make packed lunch and snacks for all, and used some breakfast stuff - fruits, yogurt, juice, muffins etc for dessert after dinner. We also cooked some easy dinners too - pasta, veggies and sausage in pasta sauce.
Come back for happy hour with complimentary drinks and hors d'oeuvres at 7. Went back for fireworks.
You dragged four kids back to the hotel for happy hour then dragged four kids back to the park for fireworks? From that far at the residence inn?
4 kids? No, no.
1 kids, 2 parents, 2 grandparents. Kid and grandparents also needed a nap and leisurely pace at times.
Why are you even commenting on this thread then? You sound spoiled.
Anonymous
08/07/2025 06:10
Subject: Hotels if you have 4 kids
Pull a Home Alone and leave some at home. This is why we decided to stop at two kids.
Anonymous
08/01/2025 07:28
Subject: Hotels if you have 4 kids
Anonymous wrote:Suites or two queens and a pullout couch. IMO one bathroom for 6 people is too much so we prefer a suite with connecting rooms.
Some hotel rooms have 2 bathrooms. We’ve had rooms at embassy suites and other brands with two bathrooms. You can call the hotel directly to ask.
Anonymous
08/01/2025 07:25
Subject: Hotels if you have 4 kids
Anonymous wrote:Question for Residence Inn type hotels. Do they have more than one bathroom? 6 people to one bathroom does not sound pleasant.
I just booked a 2 bedroom suite at a Residence Inn, and it has 2 bathrooms.
Anonymous
08/01/2025 06:51
Subject: Hotels if you have 4 kids
Suites or two queens and a pullout couch. IMO one bathroom for 6 people is too much so we prefer a suite with connecting rooms.
Anonymous
08/01/2025 06:34
Subject: Hotels if you have 4 kids
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Split the parents and get connecting rooms if possible.
Parents in separate rooms is not a vacation. That is a trip.
If we’re in a hotel we only sleep in the room anyway. Or if you’re having movie time or something you can all just come to one of them.
Anonymous
08/01/2025 06:23
Subject: Hotels if you have 4 kids
Anonymous wrote:You get 2 rooms with one parent in each of course
By the time they’re five, we let the kids have one room themselves.
Anonymous
08/01/2025 04:17
Subject: Hotels if you have 4 kids
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Split the parents and get connecting rooms if possible.
Parents in separate rooms is not a vacation. That is a trip.
Trip vs vacation, who cares what you call it. Our “vacation” is not defined by the sleeping arrangements. Separate rooms on a cruise or at an amusement park counts is a great vacation for us.
Anonymous
08/01/2025 03:49
Subject: Hotels if you have 4 kids
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Split the parents and get connecting rooms if possible.
Parents in separate rooms is not a vacation. That is a trip.
6 people in one hotel room is also not a vacation, what are you smoking lol.
Anonymous
08/01/2025 03:15
Subject: Hotels if you have 4 kids
You get 2 rooms with one parent in each of course
Anonymous
07/31/2025 16:12
Subject: Hotels if you have 4 kids
Anonymous wrote:Not all hotels offer max capacity of 6, but SOME Hampton Inns, Embassy Suites, Springhill Suites, Residence Inn and Hyatt Places do. Also resort type places (Kalahari, Great Wolf Lodge, etc.) have large rooms for 6+.
We are a family of 6 and we've done everyone in 1 room, "suite" type rooms where you're getting a bedroom and living room with a pullout couch, one large room with 2 beds and a pullout couch, 2 separate hotel rooms, and AirBnB/VRBO. It really just depends on the hotel, location, and costs.
Family of 6 here and I agree with the above. Depending on where you go, we like timeshare resort condo places.
Anonymous
07/31/2025 16:11
Subject: Re:Hotels if you have 4 kids
We often do two connecting room - two beds in one room and a king in the other. As kids got older we have moved to two rooms with kings and either pullout or rollaway, and one kid sleeps in our room.
Anonymous
07/31/2025 16:01
Subject: Hotels if you have 4 kids
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Ooh, we once did Disney on budget. Residence Inn suite. 2 rooms, 2 baths, 1 kitchenette, 1 living room.
Breakfast complimentary. Stuffed with breakfast and then also got lots of breakfast stuff up in the room to make packed lunch and snacks for all, and used some breakfast stuff - fruits, yogurt, juice, muffins etc for dessert after dinner. We also cooked some easy dinners too - pasta, veggies and sausage in pasta sauce.
Come back for happy hour with complimentary drinks and hors d'oeuvres at 7. Went back for fireworks.
You dragged four kids back to the hotel for happy hour then dragged four kids back to the park for fireworks? From that far at the residence inn?
4 kids? No, no.
1 kids, 2 parents, 2 grandparents. Kid and grandparents also needed a nap and leisurely pace at times.