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Are we snobby

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Alipali29 · 03/08/2021 20:25

Whenever we go away on a city break or holiday we always have to get a room for us (me and Husband) and then a seperate room for our 5 yo. (As in adjoining). A few friends have said they shade rooms and tha5 were precious doing this. Just wanted to know what others think?

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Neverrains · 03/08/2021 20:36

@Alipali29

Maybe I am misusing it, what I mean is over the top I guess. Unnecessary maybe..
If you can afford it then why do other people have an opinion on it?
Sparklingbrook · 03/08/2021 20:36

I don't see how the 'snobby' description fits in with this. It makes sense if the 5 year old goes to bed early you can still watch TV in your own room etc. And you get more space. Practical if anything.

Don't share your holiday sleeping arrangements with 'a few friends'.

WanderingTrolley1 · 03/08/2021 20:37

I’d be worried about a 5 year old. A 11/12 year old, not so much.

Sparklingbrook · 03/08/2021 20:37

@Alipali29

Maybe I am misusing it, what I mean is over the top I guess. Unnecessary maybe..
It's practical and what you want to do. And probably not that unusual.
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Alipali29 · 03/08/2021 20:39

@WanderingTrolley1

I’d be worried about a 5 year old. A 11/12 year old, not so much.
We've had interconnected once but mostly it's all in the same room with a divider in between
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Bluntness100 · 03/08/2021 20:40

Over the top,or unnecessary makes more sense, and no it’s down to the individual, some book seperate rooms some don’t. No biggie.

Kanaloa · 03/08/2021 20:40

I wouldn’t consider this snobby. To me snobby is looking down on others’ choices, so unless you said ‘oh my lord you really share with your child on holiday? Me and my husband would simply never do that, we always pay for an extra room, it’s just the only way’ then I would say it’s just different, not snobby.

Maggiesfarm · 03/08/2021 20:41

Not snobbish at all and I presume you have the door or the divider open between the rooms, in which case I'd say it was OK. We always used to have a family room but something like that would have done as well I think.

Carycy · 03/08/2021 20:43

Happytime, it’s the fact there is a separate entrance that puts me off. So despite the adjoining door they are accessible to others.
I have had complete strangers walk into my hotel room in the middle of the night as they have been given the same key. Also most hotel rooms these days don’t have to be unlocked with a key from the inside. I normally have to barricade ours with chairs/suitcases to stop our kids from running out.
I would’nt be able to sleep at night my my five year old in a separate room even if it was adjoining. If we got two rooms for our three I would be in one room and DH would be in the other.

TwoLeftSocksWithHoles · 03/08/2021 20:43

No that's not snobby.
We take our own (collapsible) tea trolley when we stay at a Premier Inn, to put the teapot and cups on and wheel it to the small table and single chair, when we want a nice cup of tea. Of course one has to take one's own teabags.

Oh and thoroughly rinse out the kettle before using it.

LorelaiVictoriaGilmore · 03/08/2021 20:43

Snobby is definitely the wrong word. We do this too because dh is a chronic insomniac. If we don’t, our trip is total misery. But for this reason we tend to do self catering as it is more affordable way to get multiple rooms.

RJnomore1 · 03/08/2021 20:48

So are you booking two rooms or one with a divider ? 🤷🏻‍♀️

Either way cannot imagine anyone thinking it’s “snobby”, I’d certainly not be putting a 5 yo in a hotel room themself though even if adjoining in case they wandered in the middle of the night. An apartment set up with two rooms and one door out I’d be fine with.

I can’t ever remember a time when anyone commented on my holiday accommodation booking or me on theirs though, how odd.

Sparklingbrook · 03/08/2021 20:51

I can’t ever remember a time when anyone commented on my holiday accommodation booking or me on theirs though, how odd

Me neither. I wouldn't think people were that interested. DH and i stayed in a hotel the other week. We had a huge suite if anyone wants to know. Grin

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Alipali29 · 03/08/2021 20:51

We've been lucky to have found hotels that have a divider but are all in one room. To those anti adjoining rooms you know that you can lock the room from the inside and barricade the door with a chair.... often than not the door can be left open too (the adjoining door).

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Neverrains · 03/08/2021 20:53

@Alipali29

We've been lucky to have found hotels that have a divider but are all in one room. To those anti adjoining rooms you know that you can lock the room from the inside and barricade the door with a chair.... often than not the door can be left open too (the adjoining door).
I assume those rooms cost the same as a standard room? So how is it extravagant or unnecessary?
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Alipali29 · 03/08/2021 20:54

They do cost more as they're often bigger. But anyway I agree it's not like we get the penthouse suite or something

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Sparklingbrook · 03/08/2021 20:55

I am not familiar with a 'divider'. I thought we were talking about two rooms-

we always have to get a room for us (me and Husband) and then a seperate room for our 5 yo. (As in adjoining)

NiceGerbil · 03/08/2021 20:56

I always if at all possible find a place where I can put the kids to bed and close the door.

It's sensible not snobby. If you can find/ afford.

However interconnecting hotel rooms usually have really heavy kind of soundproofed doors. I'd not feel comfy closing it with a 5yo. I'd prop it open with a shoe I think.

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Alipali29 · 03/08/2021 20:56

@Sparklingbrook

I am not familiar with a 'divider'. I thought we were talking about two rooms-

we always have to get a room for us (me and Husband) and then a seperate room for our 5 yo. (As in adjoining)

Imagine a walk in wardrobe type set up but it's a room not a wardrobe
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HelgaDownUnder · 03/08/2021 20:57

As long as the rooms were configured so there was no way the child could leave the room without going past you.
It's not unheard of for adults to lock themselves out accidentally when they're a bit disorientated. I couldn't bear to risk that for a five-year-old.
A single room with a divider would be fine.

Bluntness100 · 03/08/2021 20:58

@Alipali29

We've been lucky to have found hotels that have a divider but are all in one room. To those anti adjoining rooms you know that you can lock the room from the inside and barricade the door with a chair.... often than not the door can be left open too (the adjoining door).
Ok well that’s very different, so basically you just book one family room?

I’m not really sure of the point of this, snobby is the wrong word and you don’t book seperate rooms? It’s a bit confusing what this is about,

Sparklingbrook · 03/08/2021 20:58

Imagine a walk in wardrobe type set up but it's a room not a wardrobe

No, never seen that.

LubaLuca · 03/08/2021 20:58

Eek! Don't barricade the door - your child might have to get out of the room unassisted in an emergency.

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Alipali29 · 03/08/2021 20:59

@Sparklingbrook

Imagine a walk in wardrobe type set up but it's a room not a wardrobe

No, never seen that.

Lol it's common in a lot of Europe but often not on booking.com but direct through hotel
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Bluntness100 · 03/08/2021 20:59

Can you post a link to the hotels op or post images of all these rooms? I’ve also never seen it. Curtains yes, but not like this,
.