Four kids definitely require two rooms. Kids are expensive. Four is very expensive.

We have three kids, and since the youngest outgrew a travel crib, we either select some sort of specialty suite, or we get connecting rooms, or get airbnb/vrbo. It's expensive, but I'm fussy about sleep. Beyond sleep, the one time we all tried to stay in a regular homewood suites room, which had enough sleep space (2 queen beds and a pull-out sofa), the single bathroom was a real issue in the mornings.

I don't know how you do a hotel with 4 unless you are ok with kids in another room or you pay for one of the very expensive suites. There are some aparthotels which you can also find on VRBO.

Anonymous wrote:Hyatt has a family plan at some of the hotels that offer half off the second room. I believe you have to call.

That is interesting. I would think given Marriot is LDS they'd do the same

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Anonymous wrote:We have three kids and we sometimes get two rooms and DH and I split up. It actually makes it better for the kids to not all be in the same space (but it costs more!)

You of this on vacation or trips?

If on vacation you are killing your marriage.

I doubt there is much romance happening being packed 6 to a room at the embassy suites either, to be fair. LOL. At least with 2 rooms everyone would sleep better and you’d have 2 bathrooms. We did 2 rooms like this on shorter trips a few times, when we couldn’t get connecting rooms…

Anonymous wrote:We have three kids and we sometimes get two rooms and DH and I split up. It actually makes it better for the kids to not all be in the same space (but it costs more!)

You of this on vacation or trips?

If on vacation you are killing your marriage.

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Anonymous wrote:Split the parents and get connecting rooms if possible.

Parents in separate rooms is not a vacation. That is a trip.

Traveling with four children is not a vacation, it is a trip.

I'm one of four kids from a family that had tighter budgets when I was little. My parents put my sister and I in one bed, the baby in a pack n play and my brother would get the pull out couch. When my baby sister got older she'd share with my sister and me sometimes.