The hotel room arrangements of a mum and teenage son holiday

[Righttoo]

Has anyone been away with 15 yo ds? Do you get them own room? Or share twin room?

Exactly!

I think many teens would find it extremely embarrassing to share a bedroom with a parent, especially a parent of the opposite sex.

In the unlikely scenario that the choice is between twin room or no holiday (as opposed to a shorter holiday, or staying in an AirBnB rather than a hotel), then the teen themselves can decide.

I don't agree that it's unrealistic long-term.

I'm confused by your last statement - you don't agree that it's unrealistic long term but you do think it's unrealistic short term? That doesn't make sense.
Lots of teens share with parents on holiday, for practical reasons. As long as there's separate beds, a bathroom, and time apart it is absolutely fine.

One bedroom would be fine in our house, separate bathroom to get changed in .

Ds17 this year came and we had a 2 bedroom apartment. However doing uni visits etc we always have a twin. No issues at all sharing and I make sure we each have privacy.

I've been to Florida twice with DS when he was 16 and 21.We shared a twin room giving us a proper bed each with no need for someone to sleep on a sofa bed.

I wouldn’t share a room with DS, 16. Definitely two rooms!

My son is 20 and we still share, depending on the trip/ holiday.

If its one or two nights in the UK we gravitate towards Premier inn, twin or family rooms.
We have been going to the same flat on the Isle of Wight for five years. It has two bedrooms which I think is better for a weeks stay, regardless of age or sex of the child. We also do caravans which have 2 rooms as standard.
We've also used private family rooms in Youth Hostels which have either had bunks or twin beds.
We did share a twin room for 4 nights in Copenhagen this year which was fine as we literally used it to sleep in.
He talks to himself, I snore so we irritate each other equally.

Always shared with dc as teens including their dad, all 4 of us, even as adults I share with my dds for city break type trips, no longer with their dad so wouldn't expect them to share with dp but they and dsd have shared with me in a quad room, no difference to a hostel which is strangers!

And most hostels are mixed sex these days too

Slightly different as I have a DD.

We have to share a bedroom for a week (two hotels, twin beds) as she has to come with me at the last minute on a trip to see family and we couldn't get an AirBnB anymore. Neither of us is very happy but the price for the trip would have been too much otherwise and we can't delay it.

We are both unruly sleeper, it's very likely that one of us will be awake for some of each night.

I don't even want to think about sharing with a male teen. That would be more than just embarrassing, sorry.

I would go for a 2 bed AirBnB

Most hotels wont let a child have their own room - they would need to share with an adult.

I don't even want to think about sharing with a male teen. That would be more than just embarrassing, sorry.

What on earth does that even mean? I'm sorry but I find that a very odd reaction to the thought of sharing a room with your son for a few nights and I don't even want to think about what is going through your mind to be honest.

Edited for typo.

Very easy, my best friend has a male teen and since he is 15 there is a need to regular changes of bedding/pyjamas.

Wet dreams are a reality for lots of teens, I don't think any teen would want to have his mum nearby.

Teens have a right to privacy growing up. As it's not possible to book separate rooms, a 2 bed appartment is the better way to deal with it.

I did two short breaks with DS when he was 14/15 when DD still at school. One was Verbier in early Summer and the other was Bruges just after Easter. We had twin beds in the same room. We walked and talked all day long in Verbier and stuffed ourselves with chocolate in Bruges. Both made wonderful memories!

I don't agree that it's unrealistic in the long-term OR the short-term; I was simply responding to your final sentence: "Of course it's unrealistic long term."

You obviously have a need to keep telling yourself, and me, that it's fine, but it doesn't change the fact that I disagree with you.

I go away with my son every year and we normally share but it depends on the layout of the room. Some rooms have good degrees of separation so we have the privacy we need. If the destination has cheap accommodation I would book a separate room. I find generally sourcing twin rooms much harder; there is always less choice. Some destinations are virtually impossible as they are geared towards couples and only offer double beds.

When he was 15 we shared a twin room in a hotel for a long weekend, and when he was 17 we went to Iceland, staying in hostels and apart from 1 night in a 4 bed dorm, we shared twin rooms in hostels.