Hotel expecting me to share a bed with one of my sons

[MollyBunny154]

I have had to travel nearly 3 hours away from home to a specialist Childrens hospital as my youngest son is 11 and is being admitted very early in morning for day for tests.
My oldest son is 19 and has come with us as I don't like traveling on my own.

I booked to stay at premier Inn for 2 nights , paid for a family room, was assured it would have a double bed sofa bed and pull out bed so 3 beds.

Turned up and checked in tonight went to room and found they had given me a twin room with just 2 beds.

Went back to reception as thought they had perhaps given me wrong key. They said that was correct key and room and there was nothing they could do as hotel is fully booked. I was told I would have to share a bed with one of my son's

It was too late to find another hotel so reluctantly went back to room.

There is no way any one could share a bed with my youngest son, he moves around in his bed constantly all night.

I don't think it would be appropriate to share a bed with my oldest son.

I've had to give my sons the beds and I'm having to sleep on floor, using a coat as a blanket as don't even have any spare bedding.

Am I wrong think it's not right to have to share a bed with one of my son's.

What would you have done in this situation.
Am I right to be annoyed.

Any advice much appreciated
Thanks in advance

I didn't say I don't believe a hotel would have 2 single beds I said I don't believe that a hotel would ask 3 people who booked for 3 people to squeeze into 2 bed spaces and not offer any kind of compensation or solution other than '2 of you cram into a songle bed' I strongly suspect that there's more to the story.... and if there isn't more to the story then nobody should have to ask if the internet whether it's unreasonable to want every penny of your money back.

So if you don't believe the OP, report the post to MNHQ, as per the talk guidelines. Why come on here and insinuate that she is lying?

By all means complain but I'd sleep in a bed with either son or have them share because I grew up sharing beds in a large family and your own bed is a privilege. But if you want to sleep on the floor to highlight how awful it is go ahead of course.

Things get fucked up. Why is that hard to believe? If the hotel was full and OP (who has said it was late) was last to arrive, all it would take is someone (eg a receptionist on an earlier shift) making a mistake and giving out the last family room to the person supposed to be in OP’s twin, or accepting a walk in when the hotel was full, or whatever. Once it was full, there was no other solution (though perhaps a better apology!)

in all the premier inns in the country, I’m sure there’s a room cock up or two every night. Just often isn’t obvious if the hotel isn’t full as the receptionist juggles and fixes it.

Your own bed is a privilege????

she paid for a family room!! Is your own dinner a privilege if you order three meals in a pub and one doesn’t arrive??

I can only imagine the people suggesting the OP sleeps in a SINGLE bed with either of her offspring are of Borrower like proportions themselves and could in fact sleep a family of six in a single bed, with enough room for a dining room, lounge, pool room and an annexe for granny up by the pillow end.

They also worked 25 hours a day and got up before they went to bed…

Having dined on a smear of pate on a single cracker between them!

In both cases I'd c ok mplain and expect a refund, in the hotel room I'd share a bed and in the meal situation we'd share a meal. Because 1 person sleeping on a floor or going hungry is a ridiculous way to navigate that situation.

DHs work accommodation has a bed halfway between a single and double. Weve tried, we both can't fit in that comfortably. A single, no chance!

Lol!!!

I'm a size 16, I could still share a single bed with a 10 yr old or I'd expect a 19 and 10 yr old to share a bed. I don't understand also how op can't travel alone so needs to being her 19 yr old, who is both enough of an adult to be helpful but also would have an actual meltdown at shearing a bed.

That's not to say I can't imagine a 19 yr old with autism finding staying in a shared bed in a hotel a reason to have a meltdown but why then would op find it necessary to take their 19 yr old who is sensitive so she feels better about travelling?

Just odd decisions all round.

Yes, op should get a refund but she's choosing from a number of options to sleep on a floor

But why would you complain, if having your own bed is a privilege?

I'm a size 16, my husband is a medium and we've slept when visiting family both in a single bed at times. Comfortably? More comfortably combined than 1 of us sleeping on a floor. I've also shared a single bed with a nice or nephew on family visits and holidays.

I said I grew up in a family where having your own bed was a privilege. Hence I know it is indeed possible to share a bed for a night

She has stated that the younger child is very wriggly.

And it’s none of your business why she took the 19 year old. She booked a room suitable for the number and age of people and confirmed it by phone. If she had taken her mother instead, say, she would still have been the one on the floor. The failure is of the hotel, not of OP’s perfectly reasonable decisions to book the right room for her family needs.

That is not what you said, though it may have been what you meant to say.

Toodle pip, as all your OP-blaming points have been answered a dozen times.

The hotel is in the wrong, the op still chose to address that by sleeping on the floor. Yes she should get a refund, sleeping on the floor is still a silly overreactio.

So sleeping on the floor is a silly overreaction as opposed to the other alternatives of sharing a single bed with a wriggling boy ( who lest we forget is going for hospital appointment today so could do with his sleep) or squeezing in with a grown man again in a single bed.
In those circumstances I would have gone on the floor. At least 2/3 get a nights sleep.

I'd also with either of my sons. There's nothing weird about it unless you sleep naked it tend to snuggle. Top and tail if you must.

Yep.

I slept on the floor of a hotel once, even though I had a bed. I snore, my son had an exam the next day, there was a little lobby bit inside the room with a closable door so I curled up there in order that he got a good night.

No one’s fault, he took priority

Oh FFS

FFS. It's just a bed.

A. I have never seen a premier inn with a single bed so I'm sure it was 2 doubles that the OP is complaining about.

B. I have a 17yo and a 14yo. I would share with either of them and they wouldn't find it that weird if needs must. Do you sit next to each other on the sofa? It's only weird if you make it weird.

Ask for a refund

It's entirely believable that a Premier Inn in a big city (let's say London) would have more restricted space and more likely to be fully booked. However the staff's attitude towards their mistake and their refusal to provide additional bedding are inexcusable. Anything to do with the family themselves is totally irrelevant, as far as I can see.

The thread itself is a prime example of MN fuckwittery and should be nominated as a Classic.