To book a room for four when there is five of us?

[Rainer]

That really. We want to be in a room together. The kids would easily fit in to a double bed all three. It's for a night before a flight, with parking for our holiday included and the cost doubles or just isn't available if I say its for five. Wwyd?

If someone hooks up with someone, and takes them back for a shag to their room (without the receptionist seeing!) there is a risk of that person not being rescued if there is a fire because they will not be on record as being there.
You are hilarious! (and wrong)
I have visions of the firefighters looking down their list outside each room door, trying to make sure that the list doesn't catch fire or get drenched by the hose, holding a pen in their gloved hands to tick each person off, cursing every time the room number has been fire damaged or isn't visible or arguing with the receptionist because the list was wrong.

It does make you wonder how fire fighters manage to search any other environment when they don't know who is supposed to be in each room.

It does make you wonder how fire fighters manage to search any other environment when they don't know who is supposed to be in each room
I know, I'm going to get a sign thing for the front of my house, with numbers that flip over, and set it to the number of people home from now on... I might start taking a register too .
I think the fire rumour has come from some very small print in some hotel t&cs, which says that, should they discover that you have more than the correct number of people in your room, they reserve the right to come and set fire to you.

Do some people really believe that the fire brigade take note of how many people are supposed to be in which room and then search accordingly? How do you suppose that even works? Think about it? They get to a fire and someone has a list...

"Right Dan, room 1 has 4 people, room 2 has 3 people, room 4 has 4 people, room 5 has 4 people, room 6 is empty, room 7 has 2 people, room 8 has 2 people, room 9 has 1 person, room 10 is empty... Bill, room 11..."

I mean really? Think about it. Buildings and rooms are searched systematically because humans not only behave unpredictably (bring ONS back to their hotel rooms, sneak in their toddler...), but they also react unpredictably in emergency situations. I mean, if you booked two rooms for two parents and three children you'd still likely find five people in the same place because the family would gravitate together pre-bedtime or post emergency. The only time you'd find them in their own rooms in the correct numbers would be if they were dead in their beds.

I booked a double room for me and 2 DC recently. It was literally for one night before a funeral so we were all going to share the one bed. We checked in with no probs and 5 mins later the lady on reception knocked on the door with a porter in tow. He rolled in a fold out bed and she said 'thought you'd be more comfortable with this' and proceeded to make the bed for us. No probs.
I wouldn't stress too much even if you were having breakfast, most hotel chains allow 2 kids to eat free per adult. I never have an issue when I'm travelling alone with DCs.

On a lighter note, DH and I stayed in a hotel last weekend. They only took DH's name when we booked, so when we checked in they asked for the name of the other guest. DH took this opportunity to act like a prize twat, turned to me and in his most macho voice said 'ummm what was your name again love?'. And then he laughed about it for hours after.

super

We were in a hotel with 5 with the full knowledge of the hotel

A rollout bed was $25 and there was no way he was paying that

The first night ds was on extra duvets and pillows

The 2nd night the cleaning staff had obviously taken pity on him and there was a bed there

Sorry

He was DH

We find it tricky to book rooms for five on topsecret etc so book for four and mention baby on check in. As we have travel cot we don’t need more beds. So far no one has cared at all.

We always do as the baby shares with us

Relax OP just book the room . All this talk about fires and firemen (fire women ? ) stopping at door numbers with a sheet of paper with guest numbers . Lol
Highly unlikely to be a fire and highly unlikely that if there was a disaster that you taking an extra kid will have caused or added to it.
Reading some of this makes me not want to ever book a room

I always just book a cot for the 3rd dc. He’s far too big for it but we just fold it down and he shares a bed with his dB.

@villanova that's very handy to have a list as can be quite awkward finding a room for 5. Previously when I am have asked some hotels say they can't as it exceeds maximum occupancy and can't do it due to health and safety reasons