On Mar 13, 11:37 am, edrobert...@yahoo.com wrote:
> I'm trying to find a good solution to finding places to stay on a
> family road trip. We have six children under the age of 12, but in
> most of the small and medium-small cities we are traveling through,
> there are apparently no hotels that can accommodate more than two
> adults and four children in a room, even the ones with so-called
> "family suites".
>
> We're left with several solutions, none of them satisfactory:
>
> 1. Stay at home. Grandparents too feeble to travel need to see their
> grandchildren, and we need a vacation once in a while.
>
> 2. Lie to the hotel and say we have only four children, then bring
> them in through the side door. Usually these suites have two double
> beds or larger, plus a sofabed, which is fine for a one-night stay.
>
> 3. Book an additional room and run back and forth between the suite
> and the room. Makes the vacation more stressful and less like a
> vacation. Plus our budget is not unlimited. I would be happy to pay a
> little more for a bigger suite, but not to separate our family.
>
> 4. Fly. Also out of our budget.
>
> 5. Stay in a tent. We'll try that in the summer, but not this time of
> year. (Can't postpone our trip because we are going to a close
> relative's wedding.)
>
> 6. Drive continuously without any overnight stays. (It takes more than
> one day to get to the grandparents.) We do have two drivers. Refer
> back to "less like a vacation".
>
> So what do other families typically do? Right now we're going with
> option 2. What are the possible consequences? Will we be unable to
> evacuate if the hotel catches fire?
>
> Ed
Hows about leaving a couple of them at home. A babysitter might be
cost effective and be a vacation for the two left behind.
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