Premier inn and 3 adults in one room?

[Moonlightfrog]

I need to book a premier in to break up a long trip. I am a single parent to 2 disabled/Sen young adults. We need to share a room but when I go to book it won’t allow 3 adults in a room, only 2 adults and a child (under 15). Will I get away with saying one of the DC’s are 15? Surely a family room that sleeps 2 adults and 2 children is fine for 3 of us?

I’d go for it, the rooms in premier inn for a family room are two singles and one double , plenty of space for an adult and two young adults

How old are they and do the look 15?

Both look quite young, they are 19 and 21 but due to having SEN’s they look and act quite young,

Surely you can just check in and not mention anything? Get them to sit in the lobby or something.

On the other side, I have previously booked a double with two small children and I shared the bed with them. Didn't want to pay for a family room when they would only sleep with me anyway. I called beforehand to check it was ok and they said to just put the booking down as one adult and one child. I could still book 3 breakfasts when I arrived too.

I’m sure this is not an issue, you’ve no other choice really.

It’s fine, I put my 17yo as a child so they could share our room rather than pay for an extra room. Self checked in on a screen and it wasn’t a problem.

Been in this situation many times. A family room is perfectly sufficient but you have to bodge the booking. If there is a Travelodge nearby you can officially book 3 adults in a family room.

Does it have to be a Premier Inn? I often travel with 2 friends and we usually use Travelodge as it will let you book three adults into a family room. It does mean that two people have to share a double bed though

It'll be fine. I know plenty of massive 15 year olds so I would just style it out. Hope you have a good trip.

If you book 2 adults 1 child you'll get a double bed and 1 single, if you book 1 adult and 2 children you'll get 1 double and 2 singles. Only you know if you're happy sharing a bed. I don't think they check too closely.

With pi you pay the same rate as a single room or a family room.

But yes book it honestly the hotel won't care or probably even notice.

No one ever checks ages. I stay in the PI regularly and get a family room with my 28 yo daughter. It’s fine to book as two adults and a child. (If you book two adults and two children, you might get two singles and a double)

03330919817
This is the SEN Accessibility number for prem Inn.
If you ring and explain they can put a note on your booking.
I've done that with travelling with 2 sen adults.

I would regularly boom a family room when available - primarily for space and comfort when photographing events and plugging in laptops and chargers, plus with the potential of team mates sharing

On checkin I or we would checkin and no comment was made on the number of adults

I have only had one comment about 3 adults when checking in when we were asked which one of us is the child, so taking it jokingly two of us immediately turned to point and said “Him”
This resulted in a moment of ‘argument’ from behind the counter about the rule on the number of adults, and us stating that it’s been accessory at every other premiere inn, to which we were allowed “this one time only”

99% or more of the time the staff don’t really care - unless you look like you may be a problem group etc

If you are concerned then check in as only one or two of you, then everyone can walk in

I’m not sure, the premier inn is in the perfect location, we are travelling from the SW to Scotland and planning on staying half way is which would be Stoke on Trent. DC2 loves a premier inn breakfast but I guess it isn’t the end of the world. Premier inn is possibly the cheapest option for £51 for a family room.

Travellodge let you sleep 3 to a room, I did it with my friend and adult Dd there was 2 doubles and a pullout bed.

I would book it as 1 adult and 2 children. Honestly children as young as 12 can look like fully grown adults and wouldn't have ID.

You need to book a family room with the main bed for you as an adult. Then there is a single day bed which converts into a bed. They make this up for you with a sheet and duvet. You also need the pull out trundle bed which is stashed under the main bed which is why you need to say 2 children. If you book 2 adults and 1 child they will assume the 2 adults are sharing the main bed unless you ring and ask them to make up the trundle bed. Often the trundle is not under the bed so you can't rely on that being available unless you book it.

We booked 2 adults and 2 children into a family room when Ds1 was 18 and looked 18. Ds2 was 15 also looked 18. We have stayed in so many Premier Inns, half of them now are self check in so no person at the desk, you just use a computer screen.

Their policy assumes that an adult is capable of being in a hotel room by themselves which is not always the case.

But if you want premier inn just say your son is 15, like you were planning to.

We have rung up Central Reservations several times, and explained that adult DD1 with disabilities cannot possibly sleep in a room on her own and can we have a reasonable adjustment, to have her in our room? They always let her sleep on the single sofa bed with us. We pay for an adult breakfast for her.

They have never refused!

Does anyone know why premier inn has this policy?

We did it in london for a girls’ trip. It was self check in. You just used a screen and the cards dropped out. Nobody asked or cared

Brilliant, thank you. I will book a family room and pay for an adult breakfast for her. I’m sure it will be fine.

To answer an earlier question, we book a room for 2 adults and a child under 15. There is no other way, afaik, on the automated booking system!