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To book a hotel room as a couple and then turn up as a lp with 2 kids?

201 replies

theduchessstill · 09/08/2018 23:27

I know it's all been said before, but I'm royally pissed off. I'm trying to book a European break for October half-term to stave off post holiday blues and just in case fucking Brexit makes things more difficult and expensive next year.

I've found cheap flights but hotels are so expensive. I'm just feeling sorry for myself that as the only adult I obviously have to pay for it all but that's just the way it is for me and no one else is to blame (apart from twatty ex, obvs). But then I made the stupid mistake of changing my search terms to two adults instead of one adult and two children and the price came down nearly £50 for the room I was looking at. It's like being penalised for being single and a parent. I don't even get the logic of it. Makes me laugh how they tell you to out the kids' ages in 'to get the best deals.' Yeah right Hmm

WIBU to book the cheaper rate and then turn up with the dc?

OP posts:
bruffin · 10/08/2018 08:12

And there is absolutely nothing wrong with that scenario. It's pretty standard.
ReallyConfused

beluga425 · 10/08/2018 08:12

I use booking.com quite a lot. For every hotel they have a section on Children and extra beds. Sometimes extra children are free or cost less than the difference between a double and a triple.Not all booking sites have this. It's saved us money over the years.

MrsPreston11 · 10/08/2018 08:14

No its the same as OP going up and asking for 1large and 2 small icecreams and being charged more than if she had ordered 2 large and one small

No it’s not. OP isn’t pricing up 2a1c. Just 2a vs 1a2c.

She’s upset that 2 large ice creams cost more than 1 large and 2 small.

MrsPreston11 · 10/08/2018 08:16

It's obvious isn't it?
You're using booking sites where they quote per person. What you actually want is a double room, not a triple, so you need to email or phone the hotels directly and ask for a double room to share with your kids. Then you will probably get the discount.

3 people can’t share a double room room.....

(Unless the 3rd is an infant in a crib)

careerontrack · 10/08/2018 08:17

It's VERY important that they know EXACTLY who is staying in case of fire or evacuation. They don't want to be running around looking for people who don't exist or worse, tragically miss someone.

How can that be? They know exactly who has booked a room but don’t have the first clue who is in the hotel at any one time. Most hotels don’t even ask for the names of anyone other than the card holder. Neither do they know who is having a coffee in the lounge, using the toilets etc. Nobody signs in and out of a hotel when they come and go so that makes no sense.

Cornishclio · 10/08/2018 08:17

I think if you book for 2 adults then you rock up with 2 DC so 3 people in total that would be wrong. I don't see any reason why a child should be cheaper than an adult when it comes to accommodation only.

LizzieSiddal · 10/08/2018 08:17

She’s upset that 2 large ice creams cost more than 1 large and 2 small.

Isn’t she upset because 2 large ice creams cost less than 1 large and 2 small?

nervyuyt · 10/08/2018 08:17

bruffin

I did repost because I read it incorrectly

But actually yes, one large plus 2 small would cost less of most things than 2 large and one small. Because small is not half.

But like I said, that's not the equivalent of the hotel situation because it is only 2 large v 1 large and 2 small.

So in ice cream terms 3 costs more than 2 also.

nervyuyt · 10/08/2018 08:18

Isn’t she upset because 2 large ice creams cost less than 1 large and 2 small?

Yes!

I'm simple terms.

3 people cost more than 2.

bruffin · 10/08/2018 08:19

No it’s not. OP isn’t pricing up 2a1c. Just 2a vs 1a2c.
No OP is comparing 2A1C vs 1A2C, I just did it for a hotel i fancy in Berlin and it was £200 cheaper for 2A1C than 1A2C same room

NorthernSpirit · 10/08/2018 08:19

Of course it is more expensive for 3 people! You’ll need at least 2 beds, sheets for 3 that need to be washed. 3 people will shower and use towls. 3 breakfasts.

Of course this is more expensive than for 2!

LizzieSiddal · 10/08/2018 08:19

I’m confused. I wish if never bright up 🍦 Grin

LizzieSiddal · 10/08/2018 08:19

*brought up

DeloresJaneUmbridge · 10/08/2018 08:20

Its because losing an adult means they lose the sales that might otherwise go with the extra adult. It means a single adult with or without children doesn’t make them as much money in food and drinks as a couple with or without children. It does penalise single parents though OP I have been in a similar situation.

Room sizes are usually no different, when we book a family room in the UK I generally find the room has a temporary bed alongside the king size one.

In Europe it tends to be a sofa bed to pull out.

nervyuyt · 10/08/2018 08:21

No OP is comparing 2A1C vs 1A2C

No they were not.

The comparison was OP and her 2 children against just TWO adults.

3 people v 2 people.

Not 2A1C v 1A2C

scrappydappydoo · 10/08/2018 08:24

Where are you looking to go op? Maybe we can recommend a hotel?

bruffin · 10/08/2018 08:29

Nervuyt
ie I large icecream costs £1 a small ice cream costs 75p

So one large 2 small ice cream costs 1+.75+.75 = 2.5
2 large ice creams cost 1+1+.75 = 2.75

Op is not comparing 2 adults to the price of 1 adult and 2 children

she is comparing the price of 2 adults 1 child ie 3 to 1 adult and 2 children ie 3

BlueEyedPersephone · 10/08/2018 08:29

2A = four towels, 1A extra beverage sales assumption and 1 set bed laundry/turn.
1A+2C = six towels, no beverage sales as 1A unlikely to drink if alone, 2 full sets of bedding+ turn of sofa bed.

So yes economics says that the second version to make same margin e.g. profit to hotel needs to cost more.

if you are booking for a week, £7.50 per day for the extra would seem reasonable if the margin needs to be a normal hotel margin to cover overheads.
I am not saying the assumptions are fair or right but just explaining how it works.

IamPickleRick · 10/08/2018 08:30

OP, there are many ways to do this cheaply.

Look at shared rooms in hostels. A lot of them are nice and you’ll get all the beds you want.

Look at an Airbnb, that’s already been suggested many times and is a great option.

Two children in one bed isn’t more bedding but we don’t know how old these kids are. I only ever travel with Airbnb because we are a family of 5 and I need two cotbeds and always pay less than family members who book hotels.

bruffin · 10/08/2018 08:31

Nervyut

I have just done the comparison on expedia , with 2a1c and 1a2c and it is cheaper for 2a1c, on the hotel i looked at over 4 nights it was over £200 for the same room

nervyuyt · 10/08/2018 08:32

I have just done the comparison on expedia , with 2a1c and 1a2c and it is cheaper for 2a1c, on the hotel i looked at over 4 nights it was over £200 for the same room

That's NOT the comparison though Confused

nervyuyt · 10/08/2018 08:32

she is comparing the price of 2 adults 1 child ie 3 to 1 adult and 2 children ie 3

NO NO NO

that's not what OP was doing.

Mammalamb · 10/08/2018 08:35

Bruffin. OP was comparing 2 adults to 1 adult and 2 kids.

Mammalamb · 10/08/2018 08:36

While I sympathise with OP. I cannot understand why she thinks that 1 adult and 2 kids (ie 3 people) should automatically cost less than 2 adults (ie 2 people)

NynaeveSedai · 10/08/2018 08:37

3 people can’t share a double room

They can if they want!