Suddenly we need to book two rooms as DS is 13?

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I was browsing booking.com earlier for May half term breaks. My eldest is now 13 so the options that came up defaulted to two rooms rather than one which obviously doubles the price, argh!
There's a hotel in Dorset that we've been to twice. The first time our room had a double bed and bunk bed. The second time we were allocated a two bedroom apartment with a double bed and two singles. Both perfectly adequate for my family now. But I can't book that now.
I know I call them directly but I'm not sure I'd get the "free cancellation" option that I really like.
AIBU to be annoyed or should I just suck it up?

Well, that's you. I happily shared a hotel room with my parents as a teenager and would do so as an adult and not really think twice about it.

if you can afford generous tips and paying for breakfasts separately why not pay for the extra room? Hoteliers should be very wary of guests like you.

@Spanky123

why exactly should hoteliers be ‘ wary of guests like you’

because this user clearly does everything within their power to avoid paying for an extra room - depriving the hotelier of revenue and more than likely breaching health and safety regulations they are subject to. Stay somewhere more affordable!!

Don't use Booking.com would be my first piece of advice! They often overbook their room allocations leaving hotels to sort out the mess.

I would just book the room with the hotel directly via email. They don't usually ask ages if you don't use an online booking form. If you are happy with the space provided they won't question it.

I've stayed in a room with two queen beds and spoke directly to the hotel who were fine for us to stay as a couple and older child. The booking site wanted us to book an extra room with another double bed in.

DD is 13 and nothing has ever stopped her from sharing with us. I shared a room in a B&B with my grandma the night before my graduation at 22, and shared with my parents at 29, the night before our wedding, purely because the B&B only had 2 rooms free - a single and a triple, and it would have meant either me or my grandma sharing with my parents so it made more sense for me to share with them.

You can filter Booking.com to family room

It decreases your options, but you will find accommodation that caters for different types of family sizes, with bunk beds, pull out beds, various beds

DD is 16, so I have been through my fair share of "kids=<13". It seems to be a 'thing' for a lot of booking engines, whereas an email to the property will confirm whether they will happily accept and older teen.

And drink champagne all day while you’re there…. Clearly you have more money than sense