4 people in one hotel room

Son is 10 but I'm not sure husband would ever share a bed with anyone other than me. He thinks it's 'weird' and also that he would roll over and crush him. He's obv not bothered that any night of the year he could roll over and crush me!

WHenever one of my parents went away for the night I'd jump at the chance of sleeping in the big bed with the remaining parent. I considered it rather a treat! Weird child I was obv.

Our Bridal Suite had 2 doubles which opened up an interesting discussion about what a wedding night could be like!

We've had combinations of two doubles, a double and two singles, and a double and bunk beds. Never an issue really.

When DTs were 10 we went skiing and the double bed was really wobbly and awful - so I made DS sleep with his Dad and I had a single in the kitchen area alongside DD.

Last year in Crete we had a single and a double in the main room (with air con) - and a single in the kitchen with no air con. DH had a streaming cold so we stuck him in the kitchen, I had the single and my 16 year old twins (M/F) had the double. It's just somewhere to sleep at the end of the day......

No, absolutely would not be bothered with that arrangement. My daughter and son shared a double quite a few times when young. Two singles would be nice but, as you've found out, not often on offer.

It's usually two doubles/kings for two adult friends sharing so they can have a double/king each. Tall men wouldn't fit in a single bed - they need the extra length as well as width.

That quote says "double double over twins", not a double over a twin room. I.e. preference for 2 friends sharing would be a room with 2 double beds (like the one OP got) rather than a traditional twin with 2 single beds.

Why? Genuine question. We would absolutely share a double and when we book a house for six usually it's two doubles and two singles. Not an issue. But I couldn't imagine booking a double over two singles

How old is your son and why would his Dad refuse to share a bed with him?

I’ve always wondered what circumstance you’d actually genuinely want two double beds other than an orgy!! My chn are always so cross when we get a hotel room with two doubles. They have to sleep in same bed. My husband won’t even entertain the ide of him sharing one with our son. I’m happy to share to with anyone but we aren’t doing three of us in one bed and husband in his own!

We stay in holiday inn all the time. Our 2 girls (6 and 8) share the sofa bed, which is a double.

Could you and DH not share? Only for 1 night 😉

In this situation it sounds OK; if the children are not happy sharing then each of you could share with one of the children. But at that age, you could top and tail them in a double bed and they would hardly be aware of each other.

In the US, the 2 doubles are usually meant for 2 people. It is just some people want to save money, as we did, by putting 2 children in there as well.

We travel abroad a lot and this is almost always the case, America is probably one of the worst for 2 doubles for 4 people. We always books 2 rooms now as there are never enough beds in normal hotels.

I agree with you OP! Obviously for one night it doesn’t really matter but when planning a slightly longer hotel stay it’s a real pain. My kids are wriggly and HATE sharing a bed. I also don’t want to share with them and very much do want to share with DH. Obv it’s “survivable” but holidays are meant to be nice! I love Legoland hotel setup - 1 double bed in main room, smaller attached compartment for kids with bunks and a trundle. perfect - wish more people offered it (we now have three kids which makes this problem a nightmare!)

My twin brother and I shared 2 double beds in a hotel room and with our mum and dad. Mum and I in one bed, dad and brother in the other.

I gave up on that "hotel before air departure" thing after a couple of tries.
In my experience, turned out that I/we got less sleep and it cost more than simply booking a taxi to pick us up from home in the middle of the night and drop us at the airport at optimum checking in time.

If you have started a thread about something so trivial, what other worries are going round in your head?

Two friends sharing would choose a double double over twins

I would

We always did an adult and a kid and an adult and a kid (tried other way snd too much messing and moaning and no sleep had!!)

Sometimes a family room will have a double and two singles (one of which tends to be a bit ropey)...places like Premier Inns. We travel a lot with various kids that aren't always ours for Dad's sport, and have had this set up in various places.

Otherwise, I'd go one adult and one child in each double normally.

My 9 and 5 year olds would fight if sharing a bed. We’d arrange it with a child and an adult in each bed.

We always end up playing musical beds throughout holidays anyway 🤣

Don't see a problem with this at all

I'd definitely prefer the 2 doubles! We stayed at premier inn recently. With 7 and 4yr olds. One of the beds was a pull out bed thing which was ok but the other was a really hard sofa bed with a mattress topper. 7yr old went in the double with dh and I had to go in the pull out bed with my 4yr old as she won't sleep by herself. Not fun thankfully only for 1 night.

It's really common in America to get 2 doubles or often it's queen beds.

If the kids were older 2 singles wld be better. Usually it tells u on the booking what the room set up is.

@VimesandhisCardboardBoots ah ok, yes that makes more sense I suppose for startups operating on a shoestring budget, although I still think the HR risks involved would be messy!