Until what age did your DC share a hotel room?

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DH is insisting, and DC are happy with it, that they will share a room when we go on holiday. Until now we've always done one DC + one adult. They're 10 & 12, can't find anything against it in terms and conditions of hotel so assume it's allowed. But... how long before DD refuses to go in with DS and vice versa?

Mine are adults now and still share sometimes, I've never thought about not doing it!

Are adjoining rooms an option?

I insisted on mine having an adult in with them until they were 16. Heard too many horror stories about intruders getting into hotel rooms - it was only when i realised that actually, my 16 year old son could tackle an intruder better than I could that I began to feel ok leaving them on their ownn.

DS was 15 last time we went away and we shared. Just changed in the bathroom. It's not like having to share a bedroom at home all the time.

Mine still share on holiday and they are 12, 14 and 16 (two boys and a girl). It’s fine just for a few nights on holiday. They can get changed in the bathroom.

Mine never shared. We separated by sex.

You say your DH is insisting, does this mean you don't have any day?

I still shared with my brother in my 20s if we went on a family holiday. He used to come visit me at Uni and sleep on my bedroom floor. Never saw an issue with it

Just about to go on holiday - mine are 21 and 17 (girl and boy) and still share. Would be hard to afford it if they didn’t tbh and they don’t mind.

Is your concern the fact they'll have no adult with them, or that they're sharing a room? As long as there are two beds I don't think there's an age limit - I'd happily still share a hotel room with my brother if the circumstances required! Though if either one of them strongly objected I would listen to that.

Mine refused to share at 15 and 13, boy and girl. It was ok though as we split the rooms male and female. DH and DS had the twin beds and DD and I bunked up in the double.

We did that for quite a few years then they started bringing their partners on holiday so everyone shared with who they wanted to.

Erm...never? I'm not made of money!

If it's a boy and a girl, separate by sex with an adult ie mum with daughter dad with son.
If it's two girls they both share with an adult or connected room with the door open at night
when they are 16+ they can be in a room alone if budget allows but really they could share by sex indefinitely.

My DC are 11 and 7 and we haven't shared a room for a few years, nothing to do with privacy but because nobody sleeps when we're all in together. So we go for an apart-hotel set up where sleeping spaces are separated, either seperate rooms or sliding door partitions.

they still share a twin bed room and they are adults. For one night We’ve even all shared a family room in extremis but four adults in one room is pushing it.

Dd 16 and DS 13 are currently sharing a room on holiday but get changed in the bathroom

Do you mean share with you or share with each other?

I never stayed in hotels when they were little, always a 2 bedroom apartment.
Once they were 12 /14 they shared a hotel room. Still do if we all go away at 24 /26.
Just be aware some hotels don't like it and would insist on 1 adult in each room.

I think your post is very confusing op.

The title makes it sound like you think there is an upper limit for siblings sharing a room and that at some point it should stop.

What you actually seem to be asking is, at what age can two children share a room without an adult present? Is that right?

Surely most people don't want to not share a room with their own spouse on holiday 'indefinitely'?! I'm willing to accept that I can only have sex on holiday if we self-cater while I have tiny ones but surely I don't have to wait quite this long...?

Well I used to go away with my brother in my 20’s. I wouldn’t share with him now. His snoring is too loud!!! As far as DCs go, I wouldn’t be comfortable with a 10 and 12 year old in a completely separate hotel room to me and DH. Fine if it is adjoining or if it’s a suite. We usually get the latter and they sleep in the living area. Although this year we’ve got a two bed suite which is basically like an apartment in a hotel.

Why can you only have sex if you self cater? We have plenty of sex on holiday (the best kind!) and we don't self cater, we just have separate sleep spaces, close our bedroom door over and make sure children are either asleep settled with tablets and head phones. Or we do it in the bathroom/shower quietly.

An apartment-style hotel room with adult bedroom and kids bedroom/living space.

I have 2 girls and 2 boys (G/B/B/G) 18, 17, 14, 12.

This year was the first year where the girls shared and the boys shared. Previously they’ve preferred to be mixed sex but elder ones together and younger ones together.

DD shared a room with us until she was 17. She is an only child and always wanted to be with us anyway. I wouldn't have liked the idea of her being in a room alone before that.
When she was 18 we went to Ibiza and she brought a friend, so they had a room next to us then.

Surely most people don't want to not share a room with their own spouse on holiday 'indefinitely'?! I'm willing to accept that I can only have sex on holiday if we self-cater while I have tiny ones but surely I don't have to wait quite this long...?

I never really cared tbh

Oh an apartment in a hotel would work too but so far for the destinations we've gone to we've not found that's an option, at least on our budget (but I never see them even at prices we can't afford) - the choice is always a hotel room where we'd all be in one space or a self-catering apartment/house with separate sleep spaces. The bigger family suite things are more space but not full apartments with different spaces.

I shared a room with my sister last month. We are in our late 40s