Doom day on holiday

Stayed in a REALLY bad hotel in central Paris once in the 1990s. think student, £3 a night each and dead mouse in wardrobe (,seriously!) Luckily only gor one night and we decided to get breakfast else where!! Even they kindly stored our luggage for us fir a few hours.

Presumably yours is etter than that so hopefully they'll keep hold of your luggage at the very least. Agree though it's very frustrating when there's a big gap between checkout and flight especially with small children

Do the hotel have a safe they can keep your documents in for you? Try asking.

Good luck

Is there a mall with a cinema nearby? We used to go and see a kids film to kill a few hours in the air con.

The hotel will have somewhere to leave luggage surely?
Also they usually let you use a shower somewhere to get changed before your transfer.
Is there somewhere indoors to have lunch or a drink during the day?

It's a pain, just have to make the best of it as you say. And re
it isn't secure so we will need to keep some stuff with us

Unfortunately you need to make sure one of you is keeping a careful eye on this at all times- a friend of ours had their bag stolen, of course it contained all their passports, travel documents, money.... nightmare. I'm afraid it's the sort of thing thieves are aware of.

Look at day rates at other hotels.

Can you change the transport time and hang out at the airport if it has aircon and good shops restaurants and cafes?

Go to the shop for some drinks/snack for your transfer, but mostly for the plastic bag 🤣 use this for damp swimwear after wearing your child out in the pool

As others have said I've never been to a hotel that doesn't have facilities to leave your luggage after check out. Most have showers too. It's not a big deal at all.

Just back from similar (not with toddler but have done it with toddler years back). 11am check out. Late night flight. Pack travel clothes into a carrier bag or on top of one suitcase. Get all hand luggage, liquids etc sorted and cases weighed. Get swimsuits on and pack a bag with suncream, towel, snacks etc. them leave everything except the day bag in hotels luggage room and head off to beach, pool, taverna (away from the heat) shops etc.

Back to luggage room and hour or so before pick up. Change in toilets, shower if available and all done. Don't lose a day of your holiday by being on "wait mode" all day.

Surely this is how it works on most holidays?

Leave your luggage in their luggage store and do something fun.

We don't like using the beach or pool on the last day, as not possible to properly clean up afterwards, so we usually do a shopping mall or an activity with a long lunch.

Any possibility of changing the flight to an earlier one?

Have a look on booking.com for cheap hotels in your area. We did this in Cyprus when we had a villa and a 10pm flight, think we got an apartment for the day for £35.

Most hotels will store your luggage. Most I have stayed in also have courtesy rooms where guest can shower/change, sometimes for a charge but these have been free when i’ve been offered them. Usually they would have apprised you of this though once you checked check out details with them. I’d speak to reception.

Late check out? Or a day rate for that hotel or a different one.

I've never stayed at a resort hotel where you cannot leave your luggage. They must have people in this situation every single day.

go to a shopping mall, have lunch

Nope - we had to check out at 11am and had a 1205am flight so I understand your pain!

This is very common, they will have a luggage store.

Definitely ask the hotel, they’ll be able to store your luggage and may be able to provide a room that you can use, this will be chargeable obviously but well worth it.

As others have said, check that you can leave your luggage with the hotel. That is very common. Just make sure you have everything thing you need for the day with you.

Another option might be to ask if there is another room you rent just for the day? They may have your room booked out straight after if it's a family sized room, but may have a smaller one available. If it's just to let your DC have a nap and escape the heat, you don't need a big room.

If not, then a long lunch in an air conditioned cafe might help.

I know this isn't helpful, but when holidaying with young DS we always booked the accommodation for the extra night. It just made things easier.

As others have said, you should be able to leave your luggage somewhere in reception, they usually have a locked room for this.

Just make sure you have your clean clothes/toiletries/chargers/anything the little one might need before you get picked up.

I would just treat it as a pretty normal day on holiday, but go out for a decent lunch as it'll be your main meal for the day. Maybe google nearby restaurants and check which have air con, and your toddler might nap there after lunch while you relax over a couple of coffees.

Back to the hotel mid afternoon, swim/chill on sun beds for an hour or two then get ready for pick up.