travel lodge with three children

theonlywayisup

fred246 wrote: »

The hotel is renting a room out. This mother knows she can very satisfactorily live in the one room without any problems and without inconveniencing anyone. She doesn't need two rooms. Why do you want her to have two rooms?

Hotels rent rooms on a per person basis. In this case a maximum of 2 adults and 2 children. That is the legal contract. It isn't for the mother to decide how many she can fit in. That's why she is legally required to have two children and two adults per room, maximum. Nothing to do with what anyone wants.

Moneysaving is one thing, breaking contracts and penny pinching to this extent is another.

Hedgehog99

As far as retailers are concerned, a "family" is two adults and two children. Some now include one adult and three children for deals, but, as soon as you two decided to have three children, you knew you were excluding yourselves from the usual deals and should therefore be prepared to budget for that because your kids should be worth it to you (just as singles and couples with one child know they are "overpaying" because they don't fit the expected norm either). If money is tight, go less often / stay in youth hostels (some have rooms you can book for sole family occupancy) / go camping or leave one child for a sleepover with grandparents or friends. It's not an excuse to break the law. Yes, the chance of a fire is minuscule, but they do happen. Even been in a hotel when the alarm goes off at night? I have, and although it was a false alarm, guests were disorientated, and the staff did take a register.

greenface

If this post started with I was trying to sleep and there was 6 polish workers in a family room next door I think there would be a different reaction and answers. Sneak your kid in anyway you want to but you know there is a reason why they have a limit on how many people can stay

fred246

Another trick we used to use was for my wife to go in with one kid and ask for a ground floor room for the pushchair. You could then pass the luggage and extra kids in through the window. Not suitable for every hotel for various reasons.

fred246

Just looking at the travelodge website. You'd be fine to take dogs in your room but a small child sharing a bed is unacceptable. Would be great in a fire - a load of dangerous dogs running round the hotel.