Holiday accommodation-noisy children

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Currently on holiday in the UK at a holiday park and the accommodation is apartments where the back doors are in a courtyard formation with a big grassy area in the middle.

It's obviously an attractive area for young children to run about on. What time would you think is an acceptable time to your kids out in the morning to do this bearing in mind they are right outside other people's bedroom windows?

Find out where they are staying and go and shriek outside their window at 9pm (or whenever the noisy little brats go to bed)

8am for me. I'd not keep them indoors earlier if the weather was nice but my DC are not shriekers. I'd encourage them to play quietly and they'd generally be quite compliant with that. I dont mind hearing people go about their business early or late, including kids playing. But I don't think shrieking is ok at any time of day.

9am

7am is obnoxious and and anti social

KookyRoseCrab

I personally wouldn’t let them out to play until aroun 8:30. But I wouldn’t be mad at anyone else for anything sooner.
its a holiday park. It’s aimed at young families. If you’re looking for a restful, peaceful holiday then you’re barking up the wrong tree

I expect families to be up and about whatever time the coffee shop opens.

Depends on time of year a bit

I'm guessing you are at Butlins? If yes, it's tots breaks during termtime, so mainly younger children going to bed earlier and getting up a bit earlier, so maybe 8am?

Id say if you expect young children kept quiet in the mornings, you also need to keep adult noise down in the evenings.

Id usually avoid allowing mine to make loads of noise in communal spaces.

8/8:30am if you’ve got early risers climbing the walls!

Who pissed on your chips?

Family resort doesn't mean "shrieking and screaming is OK." It means there are activities and accommodations for people of all ages. Not that it's OK to be feral as though no one else were nearby.

Family-friendly hardly negates the concept of "consideration for others." If your kid is loud, be that at home, at a resort, in a restaurant or wherever, take it away from other people. There is no excuse for disrupting the ambience with shouting, screaming and screeching, anywhere. Family-friendly or not.

Just because there is no roof over a child's head, out in the courtyard, doesn't mean the "outdoor voices" are OK. At all. "Outdoor voices," an obnoxious comment to begin with, are only OK where there is no one else in close proximity to be bothered. On the beach, in a field, in a playground, at the end of a deserted pier, in the woods on a nature trail, etc. The presence or absence of a physical roof is irrelevant.

Shrieking at any time of day is unacceptable. Normal playing noise is ok, but continual shrieking is not. There is a distinct difference and some parents seem to be completely unaware of the hideous noise their kids are making.

As for timing, I would expect kids to be up and about somewhere between 8 and 9. If I had youngsters up before that I would take them somewhere away from the accommodation to let of steam.

Definitely 9am or later. (And I have 2 young children). Mine will happily sleep until 8.30ish on weekends and holidays though so we can enjoy later evenings.

I think polite people would keep their kids quiet until around 9. But if you are going to go to one of these holiday parks where there are loads of younger kids then I think unfortunately you have to expect some early noise.

I’d have looked at the set up with the courtyard and thought ‘no thanks‘ especially with older kids that lie in. I think you just may need to choose a more peaceful holiday next time if you want a good lie in. Maybe an air bnb.

We have a non verbal child next door and once you realise what the parent goes through then you understand maybe there’s a reason for shrieking and screaming

This I true but what can you do? Get in to an argument with the parents? Speak to the manager? I don’t think anything would change. There are inconsiderate people everywhere who don’t parent properly. Hence I wouldn’t go to a holiday park with older kids.

Bet this is Craig Tara.

Highly relevant. They’re entitled to play in the resort their parents have paid for and I highly doubt they were screaming to the extent you’re suggesting or directly under your window. Just plan your holidays where it’s you and your family if you can’t be tolerant of others.

It’s not, kids playing outside isn’t rude. If you hate children then you need to pay for child free locations it’s really simple as that.

I don’t think so ? But I would never go there ever

Children playing outside isn’t rude. You sound like you hate kids which is fine so just ensure you’re paying for adult only holidays because most parents will be unbothered and carry on as. It will be you fuming and seething ruining the vacation for yourself and whoever is unfortunate to be in your company.

Going to go against the grain here, but i dont think it's OK for children to be playing in non play areas. Park yes, sandpit yes, climbing frame yes. But around people's accommodation no. I've been on several holidays where people "kick" their kids out to play at all hours and it's miserable for other people who want to rest.

Oh my goodness and here I’m thinking it’s some large resort where they’re running around and playing. Op who the hell goes to Butlins for a ‘relaxing’ holiday to have a lie in …. You made your bed there.

9 at the earliest but I’d be more comfortable with 10. If the children are young and up and out (as some of the posters have suggested) then the parents should be with them and therefore more considerate of noise or take them to a proper playground area. If they’ve just chucked 3-5 year olds out to play independently then I’d argue they’re also being a bit neglectful.