To book a family room for 4 when there are 5 of us?

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Planning a one night city trip in UK. Finding it impossible to get a family room for 2 adults and 3 kids. Seems we will need an extra room no matter where we stay. Is it totally unreasonable to book one for 2 adults and 2 kids and sneak the extra kid in?

Tippez hotel fires in this country are thankful rare. Also would you not tell the fire services your child is in there?[ hmm] I'd never leave them unattended or leave without them. If we were separated for some highly unlikely reason I'd say. Re insurance I doubt I'd care about money if I lost a child.

Had loads of fun in hotel rooms as a family of 5.9 times out of 10 they are bigger and more water tight than our tent.

Yes the one in Blackfriars. It has a pool also. It isn't the cheapest, but the staff are super friendly and its a lovely break.

I don't think they can guarantee that you will get those two rooms but we've always asked for them and got them.

Jurys often do interconnected rooms too as do some holiday inns.

We have done it loads it can be a bit cramped but also fun.

Some Bestwesterns if you call them have rooms for 5.

A city break with 5 in one room for 1 night sounds awful. Why not stay at home or get a relative to look after the sprogs?

For real? Why not go one step further and not have children if you don't want to include them in your holidays?

Wouldn't want my dc in a hotel room on their own.

Wouldn't want my dc in a hotel room on their own.

Then you tell the hotel that. How longvexactky dk you expect to keep doing it for.

Last time my family of 5 stopped in a premier inn I booked for 2+2+cot. So they knew we had 5 in there. For the first time ever we were asked the ages of the children, but this was shortly after grenfell and they probably had had a fire safety review. It was fine, even with the youngest being 5.

We had done it previously when she was young enough for a cot as well.

@foxjar there not as rare as you think. Ive been in hoslitality for 15 years and have been both evacuated as a guest and dealt with the fall out of two major fires both in the middle of the night. These are 150 + room brands not your guesthouses either.

Hotels needs to know the amount of people in a room. In an evacuation the fire service goes off the inhouse report for checking bedrooms. Very often roll calling is an impossible task so you go by the paperwork to make sure rooms are clear.

Saying that most hotels wouldnt find it a problem to accommodate 3 children.

Pressed too soon..

Or you choose hotel that accommodates 5 per room.

Fox jar exactly right re insurance and fire as for tripping in the bathroom. I would take it as I would at home ie an accident.

However if there was something loose we would report it with reception anyway.

I agree that you need to tell the staff, its really off not to. I am sure they won't mind.

Having said that, its really miserable having 5 in a small room. Ours stayed alone in rooms when we drove down through France - I think they were 7, 5 and 2 when we first did it. We had a baby monitor. I seem to remember it is illegal in France to have more than 4 in a room.

*I think its really not on to 'sneak an extra kid in

you presumably chose to have three children, did you not think that it might be expensive to go on holiday*

I agree. So many are willing to rip companies off or to break the rules to save themselves money on choices they made.

It's a bit like all the HB threads where so many encourage others to lie to the landlord. Morals, for many, seem a thing of the past.

Thanks Scabbersley 👍

“Morals, for many, seem a thing of the past.”

Pmsl at this. What past? Your rose tinted imaginary one?

To those saying...rooms are tiny...it would be miserable etc... each to your own.

When we camp, we have 6 people in a space, 2m×5m (less actually, because my 6 year old ends up on my airbed).A hotel room is massive and luxurious. We could easily fit the whole family in the double rooms my DH and I share on occasion.

We have had holiday cottages for 6, where one bedroom wasn't used (and so was a waste of money for us) as one child slept in our bed and one on an air bed in our room.

We had to have 2 cabins on a ferry. There was loads of room for the 6 of us in the 4 berth cabin. Yes I followed the rules and slept with the youngest in the 2 berth cabin, but it would have been far better for us to all sleep in the 4 berth. We all used the same bathroom any way. The bunks were massive, plenty big enough for 2, and there was loads of room on the floor for an air bed.

I would never sneak an extra person into a hotel room, so we rarely use hotel rooms. But stop saying it would be miserable. It would be far more fun than having to split up, which is a complete hassle.

It is very useful information to know that some places would let us have more people that the room numbers if we ring up.

I can also recommend youth hostel rooms.

What's wrong is hotels assuming 2+2 is standard and can't adjust for larger families.

Why can't they provide a larger room?

More often than not I have to book 2 adults and 2 kids for myself and 3 kids - so all this 'kids stay free' is only one child per adult - same with 'free kids breakfast' but only if you tick their ideal of a standard family

People have to bend the rules because they don't accommodate the needs of the customer

Why can't they provide a larger room?

Why can't people ask?

People have to bend the rules because they don't accommodate the needs of the customer

Not always true. Some want to bend the rules because they want to do things certain ways.

Why can't they provide a larger room?

Why can't people ask?

Because it's all done on the internet on standard forms. It is really hard to speak to a human, who has authority to make a decision which doesn't fall into the computer categories.

Sounds much easier to pick up the brick and phone. Honesty is simpler, who knew?

The playground morals of mn define theft from companies as ok, but of course it isn't.

BTW use saynoto0870

Because it's all done on the internet on standard forms. It is really hard to speak to a human, who has authority to make a decision which doesn't fall into the computer categories.

Sorry but it doesn't stop you picking up a phone and speaking to someone. It also isn't as hard as some are making out.

We always have to do it due to my needs.

Go to Expedia, or similar site, fill in your requirements, look at the long list of options.

Moving away from cookie cutter chain hotels, to bed and breakfasts or guest houses, opens up a world of options.

We haven’t had too many problems finding large family rooms sleeping 6-8.0

nonpmento it is not illegal in France to have more than 4 in a room. Who on earth told you that? Most French families have at least 3 kids (massive tax incentive) and we lived there for 15 years and never once had an issue with extra kids staying in the room (we have 5) .