Am I being unreasonable in my holiday requirements?

[Diplodocusarecool]

My DH and I have had a very hard couple of years but things are hopefully starting to look better. We really want to get away over Easter on a last minute holiday, preferably to the Canary Islands or similar.

Looking at hotels though I keep coming across issues with sleeping arrangements. We have a 3 year old DD who is obviously far too young to be by herself but we want to be able to sit and chat after she is asleep.

Ideally I want all inclusive (don't fancy hauling a grumpy, tired pre-schooler back from a restaurant every night) but even when you look at apartment hotels the bedrooms don't have doors on or you are expected to make up a sofa bed every night.

How do people manage this? Is it me or is there a major gap in the market?

Budget isn't huge but I didn't think tiny either preferably flights and hotel for £2000 - £3000 for seven days. Probably 31st March to 7th April. Suggestions very gratefully received.

YABU - you just cant use holiday sites properly. Here is what you are looking for.
YANBU - It doesn't exist at this price point.

I came here to say the same! Lovely big 2 bed apartments

Otherwise (and I've spent many hours looking as I have the same issue) it's separate accommodation websites like airbnb, booking.com or vrbo. But they probably won't be AI

And in answer to your question yes there is a gap in the market. And going direct to the travel agent isn't much help. The ones I've spoken to (jet2, tui etc) don't seem to have any more access on their computers than the customer does.

Drives me mad that they think a 16 year old will be happy sleeping in the living room on a sofa bed!

She will not sleep in the day.

I get what people are saying about children coping with different sleep patterns. However when sleep is such an issue for my DD I don't want to try and adjust her sleep pattern too radically for a week.

We got a 2 bed apartment in the Gran Oasis in tenerife, it was a 4* all inclusive but also an apartment with a lounge, 2 bedrooms and a kitchen..plus huge balcony. They also have 1 bedrooms and studio rooms..

Yess this. A balcony!! Or, if she's in a cot and you want to stay indoors for whatever reason, wheel it into the bathroom 😌

Ha at children coping with different sleeping patterns. I thought that when I had one ‘easy’ child. Two and three were a different story. Kids always ‘cope’ but we parents had a miserable time with their screaming tiredness and refusal to sleep when it would have suited us.

One of my children fell asleep in a pram/ pushchair only once in her life - we prodded her to make sure she wasn’t dead!

Sometimes survival means sticking to sleep routine that works for a couple of years.

Hope you find accommodation that suits. As I said we always managed with Protur group or Barcelo.

I had routine loving DC which was great as there were absolutely brilliant sleepers but I absolutely could not deviate from the routine. I did envy friends who could be more flexible with their DC regarding nap times and bedtime etc.
It’s swings and roundabouts.