Son wet the bed at premier inn

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We are staying at a premier inn hotel.

This morning my 7 year old told us he’s wet the bed.
I will let hotel staff know when we go down to breakfast this morning and we’ll need bedding changed. Will we get charged extra for this?

It happens all the time and they have waterproof mattress covers. I would be very surprised if they charged you extra

Yes tell them I once leaked on a pi bed period leak stripped the bed told them immediately they didn't charge I now use bed mats bought off amazon for occasions like this during hotel stays

So you do think it's acceptable to lie your way out of things. Most people don't. As it happens, OP didn't lower herself to lie about what had happened and didn't have to pay anything so she wins all round.

Take a few photos of the mattress to prove it hadn't been ruined - just in case.

Every single mattres in hotels is protected with "protector". However, they are usually for dry cleaning only and it costs.

I think spilling a drink on the bed would be more your fault (and therefore chargeable) than a child wetting the bed!

Lie to avoid embarrassment ?Great lesson for the child.

They can’t charge for something that hasn’t happened.

The sheets may all be laundered in the same way but it is reasonable to tell the hotel staff they are dealing with urine, not water.

As many have said, hotels are used to this and have encountered much worse. Where do you draw the line between lying and telling the truth ? Urine, blood, semen, faeces, KFC dip ?

This happened to us a few times.
I stripped the bed, tied it up and left a note and £10 for the cleaner saying sorry, DS had wet bed. We came back to a clean room and no mention of it was ever made.

I dropped a whole can of cola over a PI bed and up the wall. They changed the bed and there was no charge. They have probably cleared up worse

I've lied to avoid embarrassment before, not in this situation but it's not an alien concept.

It may not be alien but it’s still wrong, especially in this case.

I’m saddened by so many people nowadays who seem to think lying is OK.

Would you want to come into close contact with a stranger’s urine having been told it was water ?

Honesty was the best policy - OP told the staff and it was sorted without bother or charge.

Now, for the rest of the trip buy the boy some DryNites so he doesn’t have to worry about it again.

You may have missed my post unthread ( ex chambermaid) but would you want to come into contact with a strangers semen? NOONE is ‘fessing up to the chambermaid that they have had sex in the bed!!! We’re not exactly festooning ourselves with the sheets and a child’s urine would be the least of my worries!

I think you may have missed the point that the most important issue is lying.

Knowing that a substance could be anything is one thing but having been lied to about it is another. However, the key issue is lying.

Lying is wrong. Lying as an example to a child is dreadful.

The OP did the right thing and, as we have heard, there were no bad consequences.

If you really can't see why this is inconsiderate there is no hope. Have some common decency and respect for the hotel staff.

The mattress wasn’t affected
and even though is was a summer job in the mid 80’s I can’t see it changing much
When handling towels that people had dried there arse on sheets that naked people slept it was standard to use gloves why an earth would you be handling it with bare hands
as for respect for the staff stripping bed and dealing with it your is hardly disrespectful to them

Really? Does the 7 year old regularly wet the bed? If so why didn't you make sure the sheets were protected.

Nobody's said that OP's DS regularly wets the bed - just that children in general do have accidents and that hotels, especially big hotel chains, will be well prepared for it (and many other sorts of spillages).

Of course it happens. And OP did not say child wet the bed regularly. Did you "Really?" feel the need to be so supercilious there?

It won’t be the worst thing that’s happened to the bed

She said in the OP she was going to report it.

I'd just stick that part of the sheet under the hot tap and give it a scrub with whatever's in the shower dispenser and put them to be washed.

Is money the only thing worth mentioning on here?