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To want a hotel room for me & 3 kids?

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DipsyLaLa22 · 13/09/2016 23:12

I'm travelling by car with my 3 young children soon, aged 6, 3, 2 to visit relatives. I need to drive a long way by myself (no other transport options due to geography and I will need a car when I get there).

I want to break the journey up and have an overnight stop. Is is so bloody unreasonable to want one room for the 4 of us? Impossible to find a "family" room that will take 1 adult and 3 kids, but 2 adults and 2 kids is fine!? WTF?

Should I just book a "family" room at the motorway services premier inn/travelodge and rock up with the 3 of them, a blow up mattress and a sleeping bag? Or will they not let me stay?

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tinyterrors · 14/09/2016 12:30

Premier Inn are usually really good but you have to phone them. We booked a family room which should only be 2 adults and 2 children but they let us have 2 adults and 3 children as the youngest was only just 1yo.

Generally online booking is very inflexible whereas when you phone up they're usually more flexible as long as it's not ridiculous and wanting to have six people in a two person room.

SpagettiNetty · 14/09/2016 12:47

Premier Inn will allow 3 children as long as 1 of them is 2 or under. They assume that the youngest will sleep in a travel cot.

So when you do the booking, just put 2 children, then tick the box that says cot.

That should then allow you to book for 3 children, we do this regularly.

They will put a cot in the room for you, but you don't have to use it if you prefer to sleep with your dc.

FluffyWuffyFuckYou · 14/09/2016 12:48

Disregard the bunkum about fire regs and insurance that always comes up on here: its all wrong.
Just book for 2 adults 2 children, nobody in real life cares.

TiredBefuddledRose · 14/09/2016 20:10

I stay in premier inns with my 3 children all the time when visiting family and just book it as 2 Adults and 2 kids, never had it questioned.
The only thing I do differently is book breakfast when you get there as online will charge you full price for 2 Adults

butterfly990 · 14/09/2016 20:49

When we were a family of 5, we used to just turn up at Premier Inn. We then had the 2 little ones top and tail on one of the single beds.

No one ever said anything to us.

Original poster
DipsyLaLa22 · 14/09/2016 21:08

Thanks everyone. Yes, totally overthinking it.

Just spoke to premier inn - very helpful and happy with the arrangement. Just said to book family room online then call them and they will make sure there are 2 sofa/folding beds in the room and I share the double with one of the kids.

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SugarMiceInTheRain · 14/09/2016 21:11

Premier Inn - we book a family room and stay with 2 adults and 3 kids, they don't mind at all IME.

SugarMiceInTheRain · 14/09/2016 21:11

Oops, cross posted, glad you've sorted it!

MiddleClassProblem · 14/09/2016 21:12

Good news op!

Purplepixiedust · 14/09/2016 22:50

Try booking.com. Just tried for York as a test and options came up for 1 adult and 3 children. Sons of the options were apartments. Others were family rooms in hotels.

Purplepixiedust · 14/09/2016 22:50

Some of the options not son!

ItWentInMyEye · 14/09/2016 22:54

I find it hard to book hotels as a family of 5. The last one we stayed at in Nottingham we had to book 2 connecting rooms and it cost £180 for one night 😱

allowlsthinkalot · 15/09/2016 10:11

I'be booked me and four kids into a family room on several occasions. Me and the two youngest in the big bed, another two in the single bed. Nobody has ever noticed.

allowlsthinkalot · 15/09/2016 10:12

And that is why my dh ended up sleeping on the floor last time we stayed in a premier Inn itwentinmyeye

ExcellentWorkThereMary · 15/09/2016 10:16

Ive stated in travelodge and premier inn with 3 kids in a family room. I just book as 2 adults and 2 children. Never had a problem. Youngest shares double with me and other 2 in single beds.

kslatts · 15/09/2016 10:17

I normally book hotels through hotels.com and they allow you to select 1 adult and 3 children for a family room.

spicyfajitas · 19/09/2016 16:48

Be careful with booking.com. we booked to holiday inn with them. The room on the website said perfect for five people and it sounded like they'd just proved an extra bed.
When we got there, we were told their biggest rooms were for only four people and we couldn't all squeeze in due to regulations.
Thankfully we were given a second room foc and the manager admitted it has happened before with that booking website MN

RunningLulu · 19/09/2016 16:52

Travelodge family room is fine. I book it when taking my three neices/nephews to the seaside.

budgiegirl · 19/09/2016 16:56

I find it hard to book hotels as a family of 5. The last one we stayed at in Nottingham we had to book 2 connecting rooms and it cost £180 for one night
It's amazing how difficult it is, isn't it?
I once tried booking a holiday for 5 to Turkey in a particular hotel that I liked the look of. A room for 4 (2 adults, 2 kids) was £4000. But for 5, we needed another room (fair enough), but the cost jumped to £8500 !! More than double, because the price was based on 2 adults sharing, we now had a room with no adults, children only, and they then charged under occupancy charges.

2014newme · 19/09/2016 16:56

Book a family room for 4.
Share bed with child

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