Holiday Woes

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Hello, I have 16 year old boy, 14 year old Girl and 10 year old boy. I'm fed up of self catering as I don't get a holiday and the DD wants to stay in a hotel.

How do a family of 5 book hotels? I have tried a Gite, Caravans, renting holiday homes when children smaller.

They all say 1 child or 2 max.

Book a triple room and a double room but putting Dh in one room and you in another on the paperwork. Ask for connecring or adjoining rooms.

I've three children, most hotels will just put an extra bed in one of the rooms. We always book hotels with interconnecting rooms (I just type hotels with interconnecting rooms in into google) but as yours are older you may not need this.

It will be a camp bed type, so we have the children swap beds every few days so that one of them isn't in the camp bed all holiday.

Before holiday last year with siblings aged 13 14 15 we looked at many places to take them but most hotels have to have an adult in room so unless you are in room with daughter and partner/family member/friend sharing room with sons I don't know. On said holiday however we had online shop arranged to be delivered soon after arrival at lovely house we rented for week in England, everyone made their own breakfast, packed lunch and helped with dinner the nights we didn't go out, pre arranged days for dishes, setting tables, tidy up after yourself and strip beds at end of week so wasn't really a difficulty at that age as all capable of independence.

we book 2 rooms

A lot of hotels have triple rooms with either double ( which may convert to twins) plus single, or three singles, so if funds allow you could book a double room for yourself and DH/P and a family room for your children. Although from my own experience with two teenaged and one primary school aged DDs, more peace but no shagging obviously would be had by having your DD in with you in a family room and have your DSs share a twin room. In our case our youngest DD would be in with us while our teenaged DDs shared a twin. Most holidays we've done caravans or sc appartments as we like our own rooms, but I get your point about cooking. Not we could afford a whole two weeks in a hotel either; we tend to just do two or three night breaks in them with caravans for longer stays.

"most hotels have to have an adult in room"

Only on paper when booking.

That is basically what I have seen. I can understand why they want an adult in rooms. 16 year old very grown up and responsible but 14 year old not so! Can cause strife to talk alone to older brother and ignore youngest!

It would be a one off holiday as the cost extreme, but even booking in UK at local hotel is a no no. Suites only hold 4. No interconnecting rooms.

Best Western sometimes have large family rooms.

Holiday inn and Jurys have interconnecting.