Traveling with your kids can be a hectic affair and especially when you are traveling with a budget in mind. Given your budget is tighter; you would have limited places to stop by and would need to stay in smaller hotel rooms. It is very normal to have smaller budgets while traveling with bigger families and kids. And it is obvious that if you are sleeping in smaller hotels, then the beds would be small too.There are effective tricks and tips that you can apply while traveling with family and can also prepare extra beds for resting.
Now, if you have two kids with you and you have 2 rooms booked under your name, one bed can be shared easily given the bed is of queen size. Most of the hotel rooms have latex mattresses to provide comfort and warmth to back the customers since they remain wary after travel. Although there are several types of latex beds in the market, it depends on the owners which type to use. Dunlop is the most common type of latex bed that is used.
Tips and Tricks To Apply While Travelling With Family
Make For Extra Beds In A Room: Given the room in a hotel is a suite, then making two kids share one bed is possible since the beds are bigger. And if they are not a suite, then you need to be a bit creative while using a room. You need to get creative with the beds available in your hotel rooms. If you have two single beds in the room, then you can join them to make a double-size bed.
Use The Bed Horizontally: If you have two double-size beds or one queen or even a king bed, it is possible for you to create a big bed out of them. Instead of using them the way you use them, you can sleep horizontally on them since the width of the bed is more than the length. You may need extra blankets but this way you can easily adjust a family of 4 there.
Convert One Bed Into Two Beds: At times when your kids are too small, they don’t want to sleep in the same bed and end up arguing the entire night. At that time, here are a few things you can do:
- You have to remove the blanket and the bedsheets and create a boundary in the middle of the bed.
- Place one pillow and blanket on each side of the bed and make both your kids aware of their territory.
- Never make the youngest one to sleep on the side of the headboard. They might trip while sleeping and fall.
Place Two Chairs With Arms Together: Suppose you have got two chairs in the room that have arms as well, then you can join them together, which would make space for your youngest kid if he is a toddler. You can place folded blankets and sheets on the base to make them soft so that your child can sleep peacefully.
Create Beds Of Sofas: You can also make beds out of sofas. If the bed in your room gets too cramped for everyone you can shift one of your kids to the sofa bed. To make him feel comfortable and cozy you can place pillows and blankets. Or you yourself can go to sleep on the sofa.
Also, in some hotel rooms, you get a sectional sofa, and then you can convert the same into two beds. Your kids, if they are small, can easily adjust to such sofa beds. All they would need are extra blankets and sofas, which the housekeeping can provide.
Create A Toddler Bed Out Of A Travel Crib: Given along with a grown-up child you also have a toddler, then it is very normal that you would need more space in the bed. In such cases, you can ask the hotel housekeeping to provide you with a travel crib and you can make a bed out of it for your toddler. But again the problem arises if your toddler would climb the crib to come out. In such cases, you can place some thick towels and blankets on the floor so that he does not get hurt. Again, you can take out the mattress of the crib and place a pillow and a blanket on it. Bingo! Your toddler bed is ready.
Carry Your Bed While You Travel: You must know that several toddler beds can be found in the market. This way, you don’t need to be desperate to find your kid a bed where he can sleep peacefully. This would also provide your kid some extra space and he can have a satisfactory sleep.
Look For Room Having Two Beds: It has been seen that while people travel, they generally look for rooms that have two beds. If there are queen size beds, then you can use them horizontally. Since most queen beds in hotel rooms have innerspring mattresses, there would not be an issue. The thickness of a coil in innerspring mattresses are well spread and that is why someone sleeping at the rear end of the bed would also feel the same comfort at the back as those who sleep in the middle. And if there are two beds, then each parent can use a bed with one kid.
Use Rollaway Beds:
It is a piece of information that we provide you that most hotels have rollaway beds with them. In special cases, if you have children or there is some genuine reason, then they would allow you to use those beds.If you want, you can purchase such beds for personal use as well. You can also use them whenever you have extra guests at home for the night.
Hotel Closet Doors: At times, if you feel that the space on the floor in the hotel is not enough, then too you can open the closet doors and use the extra space there. You can place your cushions and blankets and use that as a sleeping space.
At The End
These are some of the tips and tricks that you can use while holidaying and staying at a hotel.
Author Bio:
Larry Alton is a blogger and passionate writer at Managerteams.com. She loves cooking and is fond of traveling
