How to share a hotel room with kids

and actually be kind of comfortable

My kids were 6 & 8 when the pandemic started to lift and we took our first big trip abroad.

Pre-pandemic, we still traveled quite a bit, but we’ve really picked up the pace in the last few years. Perhaps you have small kids and traveling at all feels like A LOT. We didn’t always travel as much as we do now! Everyone should go at their own pace and do what works for them.

My hope is that my thoughts, tips and intel about travel help you to envision a trip you want to take and make it happen - whether that’s 5 trips a year or one (or one in 5 years!). Your family does things your way and that’s perfect.

Before I get into the heart of this post (how to share a hotel room with kids) I wanted to remind you all about a class I have on replay!

This class will teach you the ins and outs of:

✅ Bank rules

✅ Credit score breakdowns

✅ Credit card strategy

✅ Ways to earn points without opening new cards

✅ How to maximize each dollar you spend to earn points

✅ How to understand the value of a point

✅ Why and how to factor business cards into your strategy

✅ and more!

I stayed at a hotel with friends this last weekend (so amazing!) and we all saved so much by using my points for the stay. It would have cost over $2000 per night but instead we used points. There is an art and science behind how to earn points to take trips like this and this class will teach you alllll about it!

If you’re an annual subscriber, there is a 50% off discount code at the end of this email (not too late to become a paid subscriber and get this discount!)..

Otherwise, register here! It’s a lot of points. Knowing how to do this will be life changing.

And now…the details of how to share a hotel room with kids :)

Pre-pandemic we’d go to DC, Detroit, Montreal and the Virgin Islands to see family, often times staying at hotels. I’m such a type A planner (surprise!) and always do as much research as I can about a hotel before a trip. Somehow still, we’ve been surprised many times and I’ve learned over the years some tricks of the trade that really help us manage with 4 in a room (or suite if we’re lucky!) and have allowed us to book just one room instead of two. This has saved us a lot of points and money over the years.

Read on for 13 tips including one that has saved us thousands of dollars — and hundreds of thousands of points — the counterintuitive strategy that helps us get more upgrades and a solution that helps everyone sleep in!