Holiday sleeping arrangements

[Hairydogmummy]

Those of you with two teens of the opposite sex. What do you do about sharing rooms on holiday? Do you go to the expense of getting them a room each or do they share? Or do you do family rooms?

If it's a couple of nights mine get the choice of sharing or DD shares with me, DS shares with DH and we each take one of our younger boys but they've never chosen the second option.

Longer and we self cater so get enough bedrooms although this year we're staying in a hotel and have booked two two bedroom suites. It's cost a fortune and not something we could do often.

I've had a look and it would cost about £1000 extra for the kids to have room each in a decent hotel in Cornwall in August and about £500 extra for a three rather than two bed lodge type thing in a resort.

Mine share a twin. Nothing wrong with that.
Last summer we were in a hotel - same floor but down the corridor and was fine at 15 & 17. I really don’t see an issue. Obv they got changed in the bathroom.,

Ps: as you mentioned later the are step-siblings, prob different but depends on the dynamic between them.

2 twin rooms and the parent shares with their child

Mine share twin rooms regularly, no drama. I'd ask the DC how they feel about it.

Last year we had a mezzanine family room with a double bed downstairs then a set of stairs up to a mezzanine floor with twin beds.

One large shared bathroom downstairs under the mezzanine floor. Worked really well, as we had lots of space but weren't shut off in separate rooms.

Might suit your family if your DH thinks kids in a separate room is off.

Made it more of a family holiday as come siesta time (was during last June's heatwave so we hid in ac hotel middle of every day) we'd take turns to choose music, chat, play cards, read then all fall asleep.

Take all the issue you want. It doesn't matter what the kids 'think'. The facts are as black and white as it gets here. They are not siblings.

Er yes, they are - they are step siblings. What that means for them is up to them.