to want to sleep in same room as my entire family for 1 night?

[mistressmiggins]

Going to France in August & need to stay overnight b4 the ferry crossing...

we are a family of 2 adults & 3 children.

Travelodge/premier inn say no more than 2 children per room.

Any ideas where we can stay?

No, but I wouldn't stay at the Travel lodge. Are they saying it is a safety issue or do they just want you to cough up for another room?

doesnt say safety issue - just wont let you have more than 2 kids per room
How ridiculous!

we literally want it cos we have v early morning ferry & thought it would be nicer to stay on the door step & be refreshed
Not paying for 2 rooms though

kids r 4,6 and 11

Why won't they let you?

when I clicked on 3 children, it just said "no more than 2 children per room"

I only picked these places cos of adverts on TV

am surfing local B&Bs to see if they can accomodate us.

how do people with large families manage?
split up the adults?
if the children were older, wouldnt be a problem but the 6 yr old is a little too young IMO

ask for a ground floor one and get oldest child to climb in through the window

Book the room and make sure your 11 year old hangs around for a bit until you have finished checking in. Problem solved.

misdee - actually we could do that as the littlest could easily top & tail with the middle one

its so annoying

we will end up just driving down in middle of night which is ok but it would have been a more refreshing start to holiday

Book the room, and smuggle the child in, how daft.

My Dsis came for the weekend, and she and her DH and their three children slept in out front room, and that is a lot smaller than a PTI.

On the upside, you are going away with your new young mayannnnnnnnnn, how far you have come, I am so proud of you.

I am sure it is about getting more money from you. Ask for an extra mattress on the floor for the lo or take a blow up bed.

our front bedroom even.

it is stupid isnt it.

thanks LGJ - actually we went away at Easter for first time with my BIL & SIL & kids. It was great. Now just the 5 of us going to France & cant wait!

perhaps I could ask my ex to put up the kids while we have a night out & pick them up early as he lives v near Portsmouth

try a family room in a youth hostel. they are usually quite nice, clean and cheap

we have stayed in a few family rooms at premier lodges and it is has always a doulbe bed and a pull out sofa bed (double). If your 5 can share the two beds, I don't see a problem with that.
(we asked for a cot for dd2 and got a double, bed, sofa and a travel cot do there is obviosly room for a blow up mattress etc.)

apologies for c**p spelling on previous post xxx

We stayed at a Travelodge once - think they say no more than 2 children because ... the room is a standard sized room (probably no bigger then any other rooms) and one child sleeps on the sofa and one sleeps on a mattress that gets pulled out from underneath the sofa - it's a short mattress though so it would depend on how old/tall your child was as to whether it would fit on there. Seem to recall that DD1 just about fitted on there, aged 5.

So - one double bed, 1 narrow single and 1 short mattress on a drawer on the floor - that'd explain the restriction.

In saying that, if you were able to get 3 in the double bed and would be happy with that, why don't you phone the Travelodge directly and ask them if you could do that?

have just tried to phone direct but very busy

thanks for suggestions - will try to ring & sort something out
learning about the hiccups with not having "average" family

We once asked for a hotel room and were told we couldn't take our then 2 yo in a double with us as it was against Health & Safety!

We booked somewhere else quick sharpish!

These kind of places do it to save money and they say their insurance doesn't cover over occupancy on the room.

I'd go with booking the room and then taking the kids in in stages. If they query why you've got an extra body in, say he's going home soon...he's just come to see his cousins.

Most of em don't take that much notice of what goes on anyway, so you'd be v. unlucky not to get away with it.

if you ring them they can(well some can) give you adjoining rooms/rooms next to each other at a reduced price.

Oh that pisses me off too. Went to a BB in the Cotswolds once and we ended up having to book two rooms for the same reason. My kids are 5 and 1 so they stayed with me while poor DH was banished down the corridor like a bad smell.

DB and SIL regulary used to sleep 3 with 3 children in a travel lodge. They booked a family room and took a ready bed for the little one. Travel lodge was always fine about this.

Oh I have just remebered we once booked ajoining rooms in a hotel and were just charged for one family room. we have 3 children.