Originally Posted by
hindukid
My brother has third kid on the way. He asked me to take a look at four seasons costa rica. When I change number of kids from 2 to 3 rate goes from 700 to $3200. Only room they give is a suite. They wouldn't even use a second room and the infant will be in a crib anyways, so two doubles is all they need. Other kids will only be 2 and 5.
4 seasons website specifically states children 0-18.
So what do you do?
1. Call hotel directly
2. Just book 2 kids and show up with 3.
3. book 2 rooms and not use 1.
What do families of 5 do once the kids are out of cribs but still young children?
Quick Google says... they defer to the fire-code.
Fire-code defines sleeping occupants per (
bed-)room. Usually, that's two occupants per sleep space. "Infants", usually defined as up to 6-months, sometimes do not apply to the equation. Two queens would usually equate to four, unless it was a suite with a door and a folding couch, then you're up to six.
Yet you'll also have to defer to the hotel rules. If the hotel has fewer permitted occupants then the fire-code, then the hotel rules would apply.
Start with 1, then 3, and skip past 2 (
if they defer to fire-code, that's when the fire-marshall shows up to deal with it). As per 3, with a newborn and mother, makes sense to split the crowd, to let the kid/mom sleep.
I'll pre-delete all the rest of my kid/space ramblings...