Age for hotel room alone

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My dd (13) is an only child so has asked to take a friend away with us which is fine but she obviously could not share a cheap premier inn room with my husband.

At what age would you let two kids stay next door in a room? Not many hotels have adjoining doors and can't guarantee it. Maybe on the same floor they can guarantee.

We could rent an apartment but the costs are way more.

It also got me thinking would you do it abroad in an all inc hotel or only in uk? Not many hotels have 2 rooms though some do.

I might leave 2 13 year olds in an adjoining room, depending on the 13 year olds, but only assuming the other parent was comfortable with that. Or ask other parents to cough up the difference for a flat. But I can't imagine a holiday flat somewhere not being cheaper? Even when I travel for work, I tend to get an Airbnb because it's cheaper than a Premier Inn.

We did it when DD1 was just 14 and DD2 was 8 in France.
A couple of nights they shared a room and we were 2 doors down.
Another night DD1 was alone and DD2 in with us as rooms were on different floors and DD2 didn't want to be so far away. (If DD1 hadn't been happy DH would have used the other room and both DDs would have been with me).
I would only do it with a child not mine if the parents had explicitly agreed before booking.

My sister and I had our own rooms in hotels from when I was about 13/14 and my sister was about 8. Not sure if that help.

I would be happy with kids the age you're talking about if I trusted the kids, set ground rules such as always lock the door and don't open it for anyone other than you. And no leaving the room of course

Last year my DD was a couple of weeks off 12 and her best friend had just turned 12, they stayed alone in a premier inn with me and DS next door. I really really don’t see what can go wrong in a hotel room with me next door. Other than they locked themselves out in the morning when they popped into us to ask whether we were ready for breakfast 😂

I don’t think P I would allow two 13 year olds share a room without an adult present. Have a look at their booking conditions.

@Roselilly36 I was the only adult at check in and we had no issues unless they assumed the girls were much older! I assume they wouldn’t let them stay on their own with no adult present in the hotel but I don’t think there’s an age on rooms alone.

May have assumed the girls were older? Better to check t&c’s rather than arrive to be disappointed.

My parents did it when the youngest was around 9. The rest of us were 13 and 16 (all girls). We were in the next room.

Get a room with a connecting door? Premier inns have them

A lot of hotels won't allow them to stay in a room by themselves anyway.

In your situation it has to be an apartment / cottage etc.

We've found holiday accommodation on air bnb etc isn't much more than a hotel anyway.

Are there adjoining rooms right now? I'm not sure if it has changed but my husband stays in a lot of them for work. They've often only been using every other room on a floor for less crowded floors/ fears over viral transmission.

coffeandteav Can you not get a family room instead? So you are all in the same room? I work for a hotel chain and general Pre-teens left alone in the room tend to make a lot of noise Which doesn’t go down well.

@Ch0colatecake it's not exactly appropriate for a 13yo girl to share a room with an unrelated female.

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Even though they can't guarantee a connecting room, I think that you could insist that they were next door, and then providing they were sensible girls, I think that would be OK.

We first did it when my girls were 14 and 13 I think - have 4 kids, so had a family room me, DH and the two boys (younger) - and the girls had their own. Unfortunately although I had asked if possible could they be next to each other they weren't - they were on different floors. Prior to that we had a family room for everyone or an apartment

When we've done it abroad the rooms were next to each other.
Though we did have cabins on mini cruise two years ago where we had 3 cabins for the 6 of us - the boys (aged 14 and 6) had one, two doors down from me and DH - the girls one was in another corridor.

I have never stayed in a prem inn with an adjoining door. I gave in Jurys and holiday inn.
Where are the adjoining room prem inns as that would be great.

Air b night b may have to do but the cost and location aren't as good.

Thanks all for your post.

I’m a teacher and every year we take Y7 students on a London residential which involves an overnight stay in a Travelodge/Premier Inn. They share rooms in groups of 2/3 with teachers in separate rooms on the same floor. The students have the school mobile number (which will be with the lead teacher) for any emergencies. Never had a problem yet and we’ve been doing it for almost a decade now. These students are 11/12 so I’m sure they’ll be completely fine at 13 (I’d be less trusting of two 16 year olds )

I remember staying in a hotel with a friend when I was 11 on a school trip

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Can't you share a room with the children, and your husband have a separate room instead?

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So do parents and other children - what are you suggesting? That everyone stays home in their own room ? It's as helpful as saying you might get killed in a car crash, yes you might but you can't live your life availing every possible situation because something awful might happen. Sensible assessment of risk is necessary but you need to stay grounded with it.

If you ring the premier inn that you want to book direct rather than via the website, you often find that they have inter connecting rooms but just don't advertise them.

We are a family of 5 and often stay in them and always book inter connecting rooms

A family room at PI has two single beds and the double so you and the girls could stay there and your dh be in a separate room.