Booking a hotel room for 1 adult, 2 children...

bylromarha

...do you expect to be offered 1 double bed for all 3 to use?

The booking system knows the children are aged 8 and 10.

balletshoes

bylromarha wrote: »

...do you expect to be offered a double bed?

The booking system knows the children are aged 8 and 10.

do you mean 2 doubles in the room? It depends - I've stayed in rooms in Europe and the US where the standard configuration of rooms for up to 4 guests (of any age) were 2 double beds. I usually book premier inn or travelodge in this country, but I have booked other hotels (we were in a Ramada this year) - in the Ramada a family room (for up to 2 adults and 2 kids) was one double and one pull-out double sofabed. In the Premier Inns and travelodges whenever I've booked a family room for one adult and kids, we've had one double bed, one single bed, and a pull-out single bed.

I don't expect always to get a room with a separate bed for each person on the booking - as long as there is enough room for everyone to sleep in a bed.

eta - just seen the poll - no, definitely wouldn't expect just a double bed in a room for 3 people aged over 2 years old. Don't you get the option to have a rollaway bed in the room?

hcb42

most 'family' rooms will have a double bed and a double sofa bed. although some double rooms will also accommodate a rollaway. Very few hotel rooms have three single beds. Most hotels can accommodate three people in a room, so negating the need for 2 rooms.

(I look after over 50 hotels..!)

bylromarha

No, I mean 1 double bed for 1 adult and 2 children. No space for a rollaway.

OP now changed - sorry I wasn't clear.

74jax

So one bed for three people to share? No.

bluenoseam

If it was 2 doubles I'd be less inclined to think it was dumb, but it's not a situation I would be willing to accept.

peachyprice

No way, an 8yo and a 10yo are not little people, it's not like a adult sharing with a 2yo and a 4yo.

There's nothing wrong with an adult and a 10yo OR an adult and an 8yo OR a 10yo and an 8yo sharing a double bed, but it's ridiculous that a booking system would expect 3 people to share. The very least I would expect is a double bed and a rollaway.

Mrs_Soup

No I'd happily share a double with either child (or have them share) but would need a second bed for the third person - whoever that turned out to be.

onlyroz

The "standard" in most US hotel rooms is two double beds. I had many family holidays as a child/teen with the room in this configuration - me sharing with my mum, and my brother sharing with my dad.

In Europe the standard family room seems to be one double bed and 1-2 singles or convertible sofas. These singles are often on wheels to be trundled around the hotel to be used wherever they are needed. You often find that the rooms end up quite cramped once all the beds have been wheeled in. I think that it is expected that once your kids hit their teens then they will get their own adjoining room.

But no, one double bed for three people isn't enough.

alioops78

If you're booking online would it not be worth just ringing up the hotel and asking what their policy is and explaining that the online booking system isn't making any sense.

You never know they might just book you in there and then for the same price.

CupOfChai

OP -is this Travelodge? Some friends of mine quite recently booked "family rooms" at one Travelodge, which I think had a double bed and some kind of single bed in the room. Then upon arriving at the hotel they were told that particular branch had been refurbished and no longer had any of these family rooms, they were all rooms with one double bed only. The website hadn't been properly updated to reflect the change when they'd booked.

Hotel was able to give them extra rooms at no charge to make up the number of beds, but there weren't children as young with them. Can you phone the hotel and check what there will be?