Originally Posted by
ksucats
We will need a room for 4 people as our kids will be coming with us and will be 12 & 10. We are planning on flying into Rome & am not sure if we will be better off staying the entire week in one place and venturing out for day trips or if we would be better off splitting the week at 2 different hotels. Advice on that would be appreciated. We don't have anything that we are specifically planning other than the standard tourist stuff.
It won't help your points-earning, but perhaps renting an apartment is a better and cheaper way to go. There are a number of great options for large and economical apartments both in the centre of Roma and elsewhere (sleepinitaly.com is one that I have been pleased with). Many of the foreign hotels are either extremely expensive (e.g., De La Ville Roma) or not particularly well located (Holiday Inn Hotel Aurelia, very inconvenient without a car). Good luck!