Anonymous
Post 08/05/2023 17:04     Subject: Do you get your teen(s) their own room?
We stopped doing afmly vacations when I was 15 or 16, but no , never. One room for hte 5 of us in a hotel, 1 or 2 bedroom place if
Anonymous
Post 08/05/2023 10:34     Subject: Do you get your teen(s) their own room?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Tweens right now but we are a husband/wife and a boy and a girl. Mom and daughter share a bed and dad and son share a bed. I'd imagine that this can work fine for a while. There are other things we'd rather spend money on.


That wouldn’t be a vacation for me.


DP here. To each his own. I don’t like budget motels or vacation rentals.
Anonymous
Post 08/05/2023 10:31     Subject: Do you get your teen(s) their own room?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Yes. Ever since teen was 14 or so, we’ve gotten her a separate room. I like having time & privacy with DH, and hate having to nag about keeping things tidy. Teen is happier to be on her own, or with a friend/girlfriend.

It costs more, but everyone is happier for the extra space.


For us, everyone is happier when our checkout bill is $3500 instead of $7000 lol


I’m the PP you quoted (someone else seems to have jumped onto this as well). I hear you about needing to stay within budget. Growing up, all of my vacations were camping trips or stays with relatives, because that’s what my parents could afford. It was fun, but I think my back may still be sore 40+ years later... Just not being in a sleeping bag is a huge step up, and I’m grateful that our current travel budgets are likewise better-padded.

We save a lot on airfare and with 4th night free credit card benefits, so some of our budget can be re-allocated to the extra room. Travel is not fun if anyone has to stress about the bill, but we also need a sense of privacy too!


PP. Trust me, if I could afford it, I would get two rooms/suite. I don’t jam us together for philosophical reasons.
Anonymous
Post 08/05/2023 10:00     Subject: Do you get your teen(s) their own room?
Anonymous wrote:Tweens right now but we are a husband/wife and a boy and a girl. Mom and daughter share a bed and dad and son share a bed. I'd imagine that this can work fine for a while. There are other things we'd rather spend money on.


That wouldn’t be a vacation for me.
Anonymous
Post 08/05/2023 09:59     Subject: Do you get your teen(s) their own room?
Anonymous wrote:Tweens right now but we are a husband/wife and a boy and a girl. Mom and daughter share a bed and dad and son share a bed. I'd imagine that this can work fine for a while. There are other things we'd rather spend money on.


This is where we are too except I have two girls. If the room happens to have a sofa bed the older teen will take it but if not she’s really fine. Sometimes they will sleep with each other but usually not. I hate home rentals - I don’t want to get in the car for every meal and cup of coffee or have to go grocery shopping on vacation and then empty out the fridge at the end. We did it when they were small and had naps and early bedtimes but I’m so glad to be done. I also prefer hotel cancellation policies.
Anonymous
Post 08/05/2023 09:39     Subject: Do you get your teen(s) their own room?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Yes. Ever since teen was 14 or so, we’ve gotten her a separate room. I like having time & privacy with DH, and hate having to nag about keeping things tidy. Teen is happier to be on her own, or with a friend/girlfriend.

It costs more, but everyone is happier for the extra space.


For us, everyone is happier when our checkout bill is $3500 instead of $7000 lol


I’m the PP you quoted (someone else seems to have jumped onto this as well). I hear you about needing to stay within budget. Growing up, all of my vacations were camping trips or stays with relatives, because that’s what my parents could afford. It was fun, but I think my back may still be sore 40+ years later... Just not being in a sleeping bag is a huge step up, and I’m grateful that our current travel budgets are likewise better-padded.

We save a lot on airfare and with 4th night free credit card benefits, so some of our budget can be re-allocated to the extra room. Travel is not fun if anyone has to stress about the bill, but we also need a sense of privacy too!


+1 for us, DD especially has a hard time sleeping in the same room as DH because he has a loud CPAP. So everyone is happier when well rested.
We'd rather get two rooms at a budget motel for not much more than a mid-range hotel. We'll suck it up with one room if it's just a quick late arrival/early departure situation. And more than two nights is almost always a condo/house rental.
Anonymous
Post 08/05/2023 07:31     Subject: Do you get your teen(s) their own room?
We have 4 kids so yes at least one extra room. When they are teens May get two extra - one for the boys and one for the girls.
Anonymous
Post 08/05/2023 07:02     Subject: Do you get your teen(s) their own room?
Tweens right now but we are a husband/wife and a boy and a girl. Mom and daughter share a bed and dad and son share a bed. I'd imagine that this can work fine for a while. There are other things we'd rather spend money on.
Anonymous
Post 08/05/2023 06:37     Subject: Do you get your teen(s) their own room?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Yes. We do. Have a 14yp.


Do hotels allow minors to stay in a room alone?


At least when booking online, you need to say there'll be one adult in each room, plus kids. It's not as though the hotels check once you arrive.

My kids aren't fans of travel, for the most part. Things go better when they have their own room and we can follow our own sleep schedules. But if they loved traveling and the only way we could do it was to have all five of us in one room, I wouldn't give it a second thought
Anonymous
Post 08/05/2023 06:30     Subject: Do you get your teen(s) their own room?
We booked one room for a long time but when they hit 18/19 we started really trying for vrbo for the extra space.
Anonymous
Post 08/05/2023 05:33     Subject: Do you get your teen(s) their own room?
We were in Spain this summer and we had to book 2 rooms in many of the hotels we stayed in because all the family rooms were already booked. It was such a nice break to have my 14 yo twins in their own room! And the kids loved it too! But was so much cheaper in Spain- we couldn’t afford to do this in the US on a regular basis.
Anonymous
Post 08/05/2023 05:18     Subject: Do you get your teen(s) their own room?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Yes. Ever since teen was 14 or so, we’ve gotten her a separate room. I like having time & privacy with DH, and hate having to nag about keeping things tidy. Teen is happier to be on her own, or with a friend/girlfriend.

It costs more, but everyone is happier for the extra space.


For us, everyone is happier when our checkout bill is $3500 instead of $7000 lol


I’m the PP you quoted (someone else seems to have jumped onto this as well). I hear you about needing to stay within budget. Growing up, all of my vacations were camping trips or stays with relatives, because that’s what my parents could afford. It was fun, but I think my back may still be sore 40+ years later... Just not being in a sleeping bag is a huge step up, and I’m grateful that our current travel budgets are likewise better-padded.

We save a lot on airfare and with 4th night free credit card benefits, so some of our budget can be re-allocated to the extra room. Travel is not fun if anyone has to stress about the bill, but we also need a sense of privacy too!
Anonymous
Post 08/04/2023 22:28     Subject: Do you get your teen(s) their own room?
About a year ago I decided I never want to share a room with my teens again. They are 19 and 17.
Anonymous
Post 08/04/2023 22:22     Subject: Re:Do you get your teen(s) their own room?
Yes, almost always. I prefer two rooms at a cheaper hotel vs. one room at a nicer place. If it's more than 2 nights we'd usually get an Airbnb/VRBO.
Anonymous
Post 08/04/2023 20:46     Subject: Do you get your teen(s) their own room?
Air BnB or VRBO is pur first choice

Embassy Suites style place with 2 beds plus a pullout sofa or a rollaway is pur secind choice

2 rooms, last choice because $$$ (not always - in 2018 in Costa Rica hotel rooms were under $100 each!)