How many bedrooms is reasonable for a UK holiday rental for 4 families?

[IWannaGoToTheSpa]

…including 6 children across 3 of the families and 2 dogs (I hate dogs but that’s another thread) - children’s ages range from 18 months to 9 years and they are 3 girls and 3 boys. The adults are 4 couples.

This sounds Chaos!! 🤣 We have just booked a house for my family. 8 bedrooms, 9 bath
3 families

• couple
• couple, girl 14, boy 8, girl 4, boy 16 mo
• couple, girl 4, boy, 16 mo

Each couple has own bedroom, each kid has own bedroom and babies in with parents. Options for kids to share but highly doubt 14 year old willing to share with anyone, 4 year olds might but will they sleep??

Your situation there are not enough beds let alone rooms 🤣 and for a while WEEK! FFS. Weekend would be more than enough!

So one of the adult couples gets a room with two single beds? Not much fun and a real disparity with the other adults.

If the accommodation find out you’re over occupancy they usually reserve the right to send you packing immediately without refund!

I'd go for 10. It's a holiday.

I have the family with two girl, who will be 18 months and 5 years. I don’t think I could have the 18 month old in with any of the kids, as wouldn’t want them going to bed later, waking her or her waking them in the night, we’d have to go in with her. She’d have to be in with me and my husband. Not sure how my 5 year old would feel about sharing a room with her 6 year old girl cousin, she might love it. Don’t know. I don’t know what we’d do with the fourth couple who won’t have a double room. It just seems like a nightmare to me.

@Bouncer500 I like the way you think!!! Sad to say it’s a 5 bed and my idea of a nightmare.

So one of the couples has no children and there are 2 dogs and you hate dogs. Absolute hell. Why not find 3 cottages very close to each other so people can be together some of the time and have space when they need it.

At least 6 (assuming kids get on and depending on ages/sex).
You’ll need at least 4 bathrooms too.

Why go? Sounds like hell on Earth .. if your DH is worried about offending some family members suggest he takes the DC and you get a break at home.

@LaChanticleer

So one of the adult couples gets a room with two single beds? Not much fun and a real disparity with the other adults.

Why would anybody want to pay for this.Particularly if you have to take annual leave to go on this holiday

Where would you find somewhere with 6 / 7 bedrooms in the UK?

@IWannaGoToTheSpa

So a family member has booked 5 bedroom house without consulting anyone and has a very relaxed attitude to life, whatever, it’ll be fine blah blah blah. I’m not high maintenance but I’d j so to be dreading everyone bunking in. We’re not obliged to go. But have rejected the last couple of family holiday offers for various reasons and feel bad rejecting again. Plus they’ll say well our kids can sleep on blow up beds. Which will make us feel really uncomfortable. Just feel it puts us (my husband really, his family) in an awkward position - everyone else will be fine with it as they are the sort of family where you can’t make a fuss or say anything is a problem - but I know I’ll Ave a miserable week.

Say NO and then say no and then say no. Or book a cottage/apartment nearby but not close enough that all the children decide to sleep at yours. Or just say NO. I honestly can't think of anything worse.

8,
One per couple = 4
Two for the kids with 3 in each room = 2
One for the dogs as they are far nicer than humans = 1
One spare in case a couple fall out or a kid gets sick and needs to sleep with a parent.

@Quackpot

6 minimum. But don't go if you don't like dogs, stay nearby seperatley. I know I'd hate a holiday with someone's dogs. You'll end up sick of the hair and the yapping and they smell when they get wet, beg your food and they always want to lick you 🤢 I'd not inflict my kids on a child free couple and I wouldn't want pets inflicted on me 🤣

Do the dogs go on the furniture at home, do they sleep in people's beds at home. Would the family members they belong to allow this in the holiday accommodation. I couldn't cope with that for 5 minutes

@Usernamqwerty

Where would you find somewhere with 6 / 7 bedrooms in the UK?

Absolutely all over the place??

Yes my husband and I both have to take annual leave. The holiday house was booked by one couple without one single discussion with the rest. The couple without children are the grandparents of all the kids (my husbands parents). I’m dreading this conversation with my husband who never wants to let them down….

@Usernamqwerty

Where would you find somewhere with 6 / 7 bedrooms in the UK?

There's loads of big holiday properties.

Over occupancy is definitely a concern - I'd check that.

I used to do hobby weekends in the uk where xh & I would book for us & the kids, but occasionally have an extra person bunking in the living room for a night.

We once had a beady eyed landlady appear at midnight (she lived next to the property she was renting out) to tell us that our friend had to leave as we'd be over occupying otherwise. She was fine, actually, once we explained that friend was crashing on the sofa because she'd had a huge row with her dp, but she said she got this happening a lot with people booking her cottage which slept 6 & then filling it to the gunwales with a family with several children in each of the 3 double bedrooms.

It's worth checking. My landlady in this instance was completely nice & sympathetic about the unexpected woman on the sofa as a one off, but she would & had kicked people out for booking in & then turning up with groups which were over the size of the stated occupancy.

@CorvusPurpureus yes! I did not think of this! This is brilliant. Over occupancy. Awesome, thank you x

The owners insurance and fire certificate will be based on the maximum number of guests the house can legally hold. You absolutely cannot take more people than that.

@IWannaGoToTheSpa

Yes my husband and I both have to take annual leave. The holiday house was booked by one couple without one single discussion with the rest. The couple without children are the grandparents of all the kids (my husbands parents). I’m dreading this conversation with my husband who never wants to let them down….

You don't have to let them down completely. You can book something nearby. You just wouldn't be in the house that's far too small for that many people. I can see why they want everyone together. It always seems a lovely idea in the planning stage. Always works out soooooo much better in reality if there are separate spaces. A week is such a long time. Especially if it chucks it down all week.

Unless it’s Buckingham palace there would never be a house big enough to convince me to share with that many relatives kids and dogs 😂

It sounds like they haven't really booked for you anyway as not booked 4 double rooms anyway. Either book nearby accommodation or don't go anywhere all.

I would say each adult couple has own room, 18 month old goes in with parents, I would only put kids in together if siblings or if they get on VERY well.

Sorry! Didn't RTFT