Difference in hotel price for 12 and 14 year olds

polzovatel

Hi , I tried to book Rhodes 4* hotel for 8 days in August - if I search for 2 adults + 12 year old it cost £880 , for 2 adults + 13 or 14 year old -£1280

How is that possible??

I tried different web sites(Expedia, Trivago, Hotels4u) , they are all asking for the child age and the price differs significantly.

I think its ridiculous - there is no child age on the reservation - if I book for a 12 year old, can they refuse when we arrive?

Thanks

InsideInsurance

Why should I child get any form of discount?

At what age do you think that discount should stop?

Presumably you arent booking Room Only and so there is the question of when is the tipping point of when their consumption of food/drink is less like a small child and closer to an adult.

bylromarha

I think it's probably because the child becomes an adult at age 13. And then allocates you 2 rooms instead of 1 as they won't put 3 adults in 1 double room?

I don't know how it would work when you arrive if you tell them he's 12. If you're all sharing a family room, and you know that's what you're being given, it makes absolutely no difference. If they check the age on the passport, you're stuck, but I really can't see how many hotels would do this. I'd imagine that the worse that could happen is that you'll be asked to pay a supplement when you arrive.

A 12 year old can eat like an adult and a 50 yr old can eat like a 10 year old.

polzovatel

Hi,
I'm booking 1 room only( double+ foldaway or sofa bed) !
There is a big difference for either b&b or half board on all main travel sites. How can a 13 year old consume £60 a day more food than a 12 year old? From my experience re hotel buffet a young child can make a mess of significantly larger amount of food!

needaholiday

The hotel I stay at in Ibiza charges child price until age 16 but same hotel booked through Thomson charges adult rate from age 12. My daughter is 16 this year so we have to pay adult price. It's all inclusive so I still begrudge paying adult price as she would be consuming alcohol (hopefully!!)

balletshoes

polzovatel wrote: »

Hi,
I'm booking 1 room only( double+ foldaway or sofa bed) !
There is a big difference for either b&b or half board on all main travel sites. How can a 13 year old consume £60 a day more food than a 12 year old? From my experience re hotel buffet a young child can make a mess of significantly larger amount of food!

its a straightforward thing really - at some point with every hotel your child stops being classed as a child for meal prices (whether thats breakfast, half board, or AI) and starts being classed as an adult for meal prices. The hotels you are looking at obviously class a 12-year old as a child, and a 13-year old as an adult, for meal prices.

Incidentally, for meal prices, Disney for example start charging adult price when your child reaches age 10 :cool:.

polzovatel

I realise that but £60 day difference!
The main problem is that different hotels have different age limit for children but all major travel engines decided that its up to 12 year old so there is no way to know!
I used to book on hotwire ( its up to 17 year old) but their prices don't seem to be competitive anymore.

stephb34

polzovatel wrote: »

Hi,
I'm booking 1 room only( double+ foldaway or sofa bed) !
There is a big difference for either b&b or half board on all main travel sites. How can a 13 year old consume £60 a day more food than a 12 year old? From my experience re hotel buffet a young child can make a mess of significantly larger amount of food!

I think the general rule is a person over 12 can't really sleep in a foldaway bed/ sofa bed so you need more than a twin room which is normally more expensive, its not all about food and drink.

PeacefulWaters

It might be worth pricing up two rooms.

Think of the freedom!

lea2012

For the majority of hotels within Europe the cut off age is 12 and over. So up to 11 and 364 days it's a child but as soon as it's your 12th birthday you're classed as an adult.

Sometimes it's due to food, sometimes it's because of the bed situation / room size

In terms of booking for age 12 when they're actually older you'll be snookered when you get there. In Greece, and some other European countries, you need to provide passports for all guests on arrival. The hotel then has to either photocopy your passport or enter your details in to their log book, this is for their tax records. I appreciate that in the past not all hotels have done this,but we've just come back from Greece and visiting friends out there who said the government is really clamping down on this to stop tax evasion so it's likely to happen this year

Best case scenario if they find out is that they charge you the difference on arrival, worst case is that they won't allow a child of 13/14 to sleep on a rollaway bed or in the room size you've booked, the hotel is full and they can't offer you anything else and therefore you're left with nowhere to stay

For that price difference I would look to book self catering instead as you'll be able to by breakfast and dinner out for that for all of you instead at the minute!

shaun_from_Africa

I was wondering if the hotel's insurance might also make a difference.


They might be limited to X number of children and Y number of adults staying there at any one time and when an X becomes a Y, (even if they are only 12 or 13 years old), it means that they have taken up one of the adult slots that can't be used by another person.