To not include DD on hotel room booking?

[Butteryflakycrust83]

Looking to book a two night trip to York for Christmas and both air b and b apartments as well as hotels (without including breakfast) are charging around £75 and up extra if I include DD on the booking (she is 2).

The size of the room doesn't change. What is with the additional cost? Its not cheaper whether its 1 or 2 adults, but only if you add a child onto the booking.

I am half tempted to just book for two adults for the air b and b property I am looking at - its self service collection for the keys so they wouldn't know anyway?

Theoretically what happens if you book a room and then have a baby - do you call and get charged more?

(I realise for insurance/fire purposes they need to know occupants per room).

Who said I was going to ignore it?

But as others have pointed out, its not like the fire brigade are rescuing people based on a list. What about people who are still out for the night? What about people who bring home a guest after a night out?

Agree with a PP - they're trying to discourage families with young children. It's obvious. . . . to most of us. 😂

Not your decision.
Thats their Ts and Cs so book with them or don’t

Christ thats a lot!

I recommend calling the hotel for clarification.

It’s not up to you to decide what is a reasonable price or conditions of rental. The owner decides that… and then it’s up to you to accept or decline, not to defraud the system

It is actually up to us as customers to decide what is reasonable- if lots of potential customers decline to purchase it at that price then the price will either fall or the service will disappear. And conditions of rental have to be reasonable by law when you are dealing with individual consumers.

Bed, sheets, towels & breakfast. Someone has to supply & clean these things!

This. If you don't like it, go somewhere else.

Just take her. We've been to all sorts of places and not declared a child or two, or sometimes a dog, occasionally an extra car or awning on a campsite, etc.

All big company places mind you. The check in staff don't give a crap. I wouldn't try it with privately owned.

Why is a 10m square camping pitch £30 a night for a 10m square tent, but a 5m square tent with a 2m awning is £38 a night? Fuck them.

Yes of course being told that it’s not great to defraud a hotel to get your own way is exactly like the struggle Mary had trying to find somewhere to give birth. My eyes can’t roll any harder.

This old bullshit again! WTF are you thinking of when you write this nonsense?

I called one of the hotels and they have said I can pay for the large double room (as priced for two adults) as long as I don't need an a cot (which I dont)

Sounds like the perfect solution, OP - and you won't be faced witth a "surprise list" of jobs the owner expects you to do before leaving

Like the post where the guests were expected to take all of their rubbish home WITH them.....

I recently booked a twin room for me and 16yo DD, if I put 2 adults it was one price - if I put 1 adult 1 child (child was up to 17 btw!) they only showed family rooms with 3 beds, even though there were only 2 of us! So I just put DD in as an adult.

This.

Seriously. Don't take the piss.

Premier inn every time. Bloody amazing places.

I always book for one adult, but there’s usually two of us staying there. I’d never thought about it before. Seems odd that it doesn’t cost more to add an adult but it does to add a child.

I’d agree that they’d need to know for towels/travel cots etc but that seems like an unfair child tax.

I never have the balls to do this but honestly £75 for a 2yo is insane, if you have the guts sneak her in

Other hotels are available. You are free to book elsewhere.

Some don't want children staying and this is a way to discourage parents.

Don't do things people don't agree to in their homes, and cheat people of money they're charging for something. That's not ok.

There probably are extra costs to them of kids- they can charge what they want anyway.

Do the right thing- if you don't like what they're charging for what you want then don't choose them, choose somewhere else (but don't decieve them and cheat them either.)

conditions of rental have to be reasonable by law when you are dealing with individual consumers.

@Rosehugger The owners aren't doing anything illegal.

I had a friend who booked and paid for a 4 person room but really they needed a room for 5.

They were asked to leave the hotel when they were caught and had to find another hotel which was double the amount of the original booking.

I have to say I’m a bit surprised at these responses.

I had a thread the other day where me and DH were meant to be travelling 350 miles to the Scottish highlands for my brother’s wedding but our childcare fell through and brother was v strict on the no children policy.
Lots of people telling me to take kids and leave DH in the hotel room with them. I said I don’t have a family room and I massively got my arse handed to me for not being willing to sneak 2 small children into a double room in an independent hotel. But apparently OP wanting to do the same with 1 child is ‘entitled’

Which leads me to believe it’s either a coincidence we had polar opposite replies…..or posters just like to stick the boot in whatever the OP says

I wouldn't declare it but would be prepared to pay if asked.

If the child won't need their own bed or need a breakfast I'd not be offering to pay if I could get away with not paying.

The Piglets

I can recommend this place for York. We stayed there last year.

Am glad you're sorted now OP and sorry for the derail but @LydiaBennetsUglyBonnet I read your thread and the heat you took! Was there any fall out after the wedding?