'Sneaking' two extra children into hotel room booked for two adults and two children

We did this a couple of times in a Travel lodge when ours were small. They had no rooms for three children available so we put the tiny one on a blow up ready bed on the floor of a family room just for one night.

I wouldn’t do it for a whole family holiday abroad though.

Would posters be bothered if a friend had told them they had stolen £500 worth of goods or defrauded a company of that amount? Is it only defrauding hotels that is okay?

If there was a fire alarm on the night and they had to evacuate, would she pretend the two extra people with her were nothing to do with her?

Why are you so bothered about it has nothing to do with you?

I'd probably do this, if we had more children and I had the balls.

There's no chance the staff would be able to remember specifics of each family staying there, and even if the cleaners somehow noticed an extra suitcase (which is easily excused away), they really don't get paid enough to give a toss.

Did your friend actually ask your opinion on the matter? Because you seem rather keen that they get found out. No wonder she's pissed off.

Posting to see if they get away with it.

I'm not really sure why it's any of your business. You gave your advice, it wasn't wanted, so drop it. It really doesn't need any more of your headspace.
If it's a large hotel, most likely nobody will even notice. They'll probably have a miserable holiday crammed in together and won't repeat it.

People who do this are tramps.

I’m astounded there’s a 16 year old on the planet who is prepared to spend a week in a hotel room (which will be small, they always are) with his parents and 3 siblings! I hope the air con is good, or it’ll be roasting.

Not your circus, not your monkeys. It may not be what you would do, but your friend has decided it’s worth the risk and your job is to do nothing more than say, ‘Hope you have a great time’.

Do you think reception will remember the size and members of each family?

Not necessarily each family but there might be something noticeable about Op's friend or her husband?

I don't know any more than you.

Meh, we've done it for 1 night with our DC, who was 8 at the time. He fit in fine in the superking size bed between DH and me. Not sure I'd have the balls to do it for 1 or 2 weeks though; that's essentially stealing.

I love that episode
'are you having fun?'
👍'groovy'

I presumed it was for one night, not a week! Won’t be very comfortable, all of them sleeping in one room, on sofas etc. especially if it’s hot.

I don’t blame her! I’ve paid for two rooms and then used one as we had three small kids and I won’t allow them to be in the room alone while my husband and I watched tv/chatted.

As for the hotel searching in a fire - what happens if one occupant has gone out to the shop or to a nightclub? Surely you don’t track all movements of all guests?

Some hotels don’t allow 2 young babies (twins) in with parents. It’s a nightmare to book with baby twins. You have to book 2 rooms at so many hotels but then your breastfed babies end up in one room anyway as what other guest wants to hear a screaming baby at 2am as it is brought down the corridor from Dads room? So you book 2 and don’t use the second and lie about using it or book one and lie about the second baby.

There should be more rooms with bunks so they sleep 6.

we use youth hostels now for this reason.

I'm going to keep from too many details slightly because it's outing.

But my parents tried to get 1 extra in a room in a country during a journey home. It didn't happen - got caught basically. A travelodge type hotel.

Meant 1 parent and me as eldest spent night at the outward transport travel place.

Which it turns out closes overnight.

The very kind security guard allowed us and another family (who were stuck for different reasons) stay until 3am.

We spent the next 3 hours in a stone cave like gap in a wall watching the most spectacular thunderstorm whilst trying not to get wet 😂

It's still one of my favourite memories.

However not the most sensible thing to do if you plan on spending a whole week or more there! Because you will get caught and they don't make allowances - we were told due to insurance because my indents offered to pay for an extra person!

Not much of a holiday, too flippin stressful! Not enough beds, space, or towels, what about extra bedding, how is breakfast going to work? The minute the hotel works it out they will be told to pay up for another room or leave. Not a great message to give the kids either - parents will have no moral high ground to take over bad behaviour if this is how they themselves behave.

DH and I have just literally watched that episode 😆 (we're working our way through them all)

Personally this sounds like my idea of hell, 2 adults and 4 children squashed in one room. I book self catering for a reason.

That was my immediate thought, although I'm a right worry wart about these things.

We met a family on holiday one year who had this down to a fine art! They had 3 teenage kids - 2 boys and 1 girl. At Check In they dressed the boys identically and made a display of running back and forward to their car getting bags etc. Hotel staff never twigged it was 2 different boys as they were not seen together. They reckoned they’d saved a fortune over the years!

I hit the wrong vote button.
I think it’s very risky to do what your friend is planning.Apart from being very cramped in the accommodation,housekeeping will have equipped it for 4 people ie, 4 towels,4 sets of bedding etc.
Very bad idea

Can you talk us through this a little more? Which jobs at hotels require you to look for people in a burning building? Is it all of you? I hope you have lots of copies of the list to hand out to all the chambermaids beating the flames back to remove the guests on their list. Presumably they ignore anyone else on fire. Shame for anyone who pulled that night.

Do you think reception will remember the size and members of each family? They might be caught by housekeeping, but I don't think they'll attract much attention just walking around.