To think that if you can't control your children, you shouldn't come to hotels?

[HomeIsWhereTheGinIs]

DH and I are currently staying at a very nice boutique hotel in the countryside. It's been a hell of a busy year and so the idea was to treat ourselves to a couple of days somewhere luxurious and to do lots of reading and sleeping. However, we're staying at a place that's converted old outbuildings into suites, two suites to a building. And the family next door have the two noisiest children on the face of the planet.

Yesterday morning we were working up by the children shrieking to one another and then for their mother (it appeared she'd pushed them out into the communal stairwell to play). A phone complaint later to reception and the noise ceased (and they glared at us every time they passed us in the hotel). But damage done, we were already awake (and given that I am exhausted all the time from this pregnancy, it was awful not being able to go back to sleep). Yesterday evening, exactly the same thing. Screaming children sent to "play" on the stairs and landing outside our room where they screamed, ran around and then got into an actual fight (complete with shouted insults and wails for a parent). It happened again this morning at 7am (there goes our lie-in) and this time the call to reception had no effect.

I'm really cross that I haven't been able to have a lie-in because of their lazy parenting. I remember going to hotels with my family when I was small and my mother coming down on me very hard when I was too loud and in danger of disturbing the other guests. They're the only children at the hotel and their running and screaming in the library yesterday was attracting frowns from every other couple there. AIBU to hate the parents of the noisy brats for being so selfish and entitled? My feeling is that when you have kids, you don't get to just ignore behaviour that might be ruining an experience for other people.

[Pagwatch]

Yes indeed DoYouLikeMyBaubles
I used to curb tantrums by taking them home/ignoring or drinking gin.

Thanks Chunderella. I tend to chose what I infer all on my own but your permission is really great

[SauvignonBlanche]

I miss toddler tantrums, they were a 1000 times easier than teenage ones!

[IamInvisible]

You're also lucky to be able to magically divine words in posts that aren't there.

WTF does that mean?.

[IamInvisible]

No, in your opinion Pagwatch did that, not mine!

[Misspixietrix]

Nothing about your post is misunderstood. You're just narked some people are disagreeing with you. The whole point of a tantrum is to ignore them. The parent didn't choose the best place to place them but that is probably what they were doing. "Don't bring them here to terrorise everyone else". "Why is the onus on us to go where little terrorists kids aren't". Why should the onus be on parents to not go to a relatives wedding on the off chance one of the kids might play up for ten mins and piss of someone they've never met before? YNBU to expect a bit of Peace and quiet and for parentS. Not to use the communal hallway. YABU to think that "we'll act to curb tantrums" is not going to get you some slack on here.

[Pagwatch]

Yeaaah. Okaaay.

[LaGuardia]

Last Easter we took our two well-behaved DCs to a lovely country hotel where we were kept awake all night by the middle-aged insomniacs loudly pacing the floor in the room above us. I nearly got stabby. Unfortunately, people are in their bubbles and to hell with the rest of us.

[Pagwatch]

No thanks. The biscuit is shite

[Misspixietrix]

Chunderella I'll have the chocolate ones thanks

[Pagwatch]

I have some chocolate chippyfucker cookies if anyone is desperate

[loveolives]

How do you know it's lazy parenting? I'm assuming you're not a parent. Best of luck when you are though, it's a real eye opener.

Yabu

[Lavenderhoney]

They weren't attempting to control them, though. They were allowing them to play outside in the corridor. Agree they should have got up and done something with them though.

They were probably hungry and trying to annoy their parents enough to make them get up and take them for breakfast. Most dc wake up and want to eat. Letting them play in corridors was thoughtless.

I certainly wouldn't approach guests myself. That's what the hotel manager is for.

Op, your hotel should give you a rebate or you could ask to move rooms.

[perlona]

yanbu, to many parents are selfish, inconsiderate shits and it's not fair that other people have to suffer the consequences. I'd demand a refund from the hotel for not properly dealing with them. Complain and get your money back. If they don't compensate you, complain on tripadvisor so other travelers know to avoid the place.

[Misspixietrix]

No thanks I'm not a fan of chocolate chip remind me of dead flies biscuits :)