Please either reassure me or knock some sense into my head!
We are thinking of taking our kids to Munich. Our twins will then be 4.8 and our youngest will be 16 months. We are doing it on a budget so plan to stay at an official youth hostel which welcome families and isn't so big on drunken backpackers. They have offered us a room with two bunkbeds and a travel cot for 4 nights. They also provide cheap half board, so we would get a good buffet breakfast and a clean cheap evening meal with highchair etc.
Dh and I are obsessed with sleep - what if all three keep eachother awake at night? And DD3 is at the stage just wanting to head for nearest flight of steps, attempt to walk up it, nearly fall over, be removed and repeat ad nauseum. Will that just be frustrating on holiday when we just want to sit quietly and have a bier/coffee for five minutes? We travelled to Munich pre-kids and had a whale of a time, I wonder if the kids are just too young...
We flew to New Zealand for a year when our twins were 13 months so we have done it - but still feel a little traumatised by the flights!
What do you do in the evenings when all sharing a room without baby listening facilities? All go to bed at 8pm or take it in turns to go out of the room?
I'd love to do it. I think older kids would benefit massively. But part of me wonders if it would just be immensely stressful and we'd come back tireder than when we went..
Any tips/experiences very much welcomed.