Why do suites allow fewer people than regular room?
Apr 12, 2019, 10:57 am
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By my reasoning, maybe the hotel prefers that the sofabed not be used as a bed since moving furniture (or not) to make it into a bed tends to bump around some of the furnishings in the room.
Apr 12, 2019, 10:59 am
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Apr 12, 2019, 10:59 am
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I'm surprised because in an emergency (such as a fire or a medical emergency), someone could need to know how many occupants were in the room and their identities.
Apr 12, 2019, 11:02 am
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Suites in FD hotels are basically designed for VIP, free spending or higher status elite guests. The hotel does not want to see excessive wear and tear as the furnishings are usually of a higher standard than regular rooms. The last thing they want is to see four college kids sharing a room and using it as party central. That's why I avoid all suite properties. They're often quite frayed around the edges.
Apr 12, 2019, 11:02 am
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Actually, I do it. I tend to travel with my daughter a number of times a year. I will quite often upgrade or reserve a King suite room where my daughter gets the bed and I sleep on the sofa bed. I can pretty much sleep anywhere. So it doesn't usually bother me to sleep on a pull-out bed.
Apr 12, 2019, 11:03 am
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Actually, I do it. I tend to travel with my daughter a number of times a year. I will quite often upgrade or reserve a King suite room where my daughter gets the bed and I sleep on the sofa bed. I can pretty much sleep anywhere. So it doesn't usually bother me to sleep on a pull-out bed.
Apr 12, 2019, 11:04 am
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Suites in FD hotels are basically designed for VIP, free spending or higher status elite guests. The hotel does not want to see excessive wear and tear as the furnishings are usually of a higher standard than regular rooms. The last thing they want is to see four college kids sharing a room and using it as party central. That's why I avoid all suite properties. They're often quite frayed around the edges.
Apr 12, 2019, 11:13 am
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Apr 12, 2019, 12:24 pm
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Self-explanatory question. I'm trying to book a Sheraton for a vacation, and because my husband snores, we normally put him on a sofa bed, while our two year old and I share the bed (or vice versa, just depends). I'm run into the issue that while the queen/queen rooms allow four people, the king/sofabed suites and all regular rooms on the concierge level only allow two (including queen/queen). Is this to discourage children? Or something else?
Apr 12, 2019, 1:01 pm
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To the OP,
If your spouse snores THAT badly, please do the right thing and insist he get a sleep study to diagnose the very real possibility of sleep apnea.
Why?
Long term untreated sleep apnea can be devastating. It is a true silent killer just like ignoring hypertension can be.
Does he complain of daytime sleepiness, fall asleep while sitting in a chair, get up to pee at night, have memory issues, hair loss? All of these things plus others are signs of sleep apnea. Chronic sleep debt also contributes to a lot of auto accidents too.
If he indeed has this, by NOT treating it with a CPAP machine, weight loss, etc this can lead to eventual death due to right heart failure and pulmonary hypertension and could be irreversible, so much so that even a heart transplant is not possible.
I suffer from this myself and am NOT overweight. Not everyone who has this diagnosis is morbidly obese. I also take this very seriously and use my CPAP.
People just ignore this all of the time and sadly it is a true epidemic in the US where I live. 90% of the patients I took care of yesterday were totally noncompliant with their diagnosis and I had to resort to drastic measures postoperatively to prevent them from having complications. It is just NOT OKAY to be in denial about this very serious problem.
Sorry to rant but please get him to be evaluated. It could literally save his life.
If your spouse snores THAT badly, please do the right thing and insist he get a sleep study to diagnose the very real possibility of sleep apnea.
Why?
Long term untreated sleep apnea can be devastating. It is a true silent killer just like ignoring hypertension can be.
Does he complain of daytime sleepiness, fall asleep while sitting in a chair, get up to pee at night, have memory issues, hair loss? All of these things plus others are signs of sleep apnea. Chronic sleep debt also contributes to a lot of auto accidents too.
If he indeed has this, by NOT treating it with a CPAP machine, weight loss, etc this can lead to eventual death due to right heart failure and pulmonary hypertension and could be irreversible, so much so that even a heart transplant is not possible.
I suffer from this myself and am NOT overweight. Not everyone who has this diagnosis is morbidly obese. I also take this very seriously and use my CPAP.
People just ignore this all of the time and sadly it is a true epidemic in the US where I live. 90% of the patients I took care of yesterday were totally noncompliant with their diagnosis and I had to resort to drastic measures postoperatively to prevent them from having complications. It is just NOT OKAY to be in denial about this very serious problem.
Sorry to rant but please get him to be evaluated. It could literally save his life.
Apr 12, 2019, 1:14 pm
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He's had one. He's just a snorer, and ever since I had a baby, I'm a VERY light sleeper. My doc says I'll grow out of it eventually, but even him rolling over wakes me up. By the way, a CPAP wouldn't solve that problem, at least on my end - I've been on too many long-hauls with nearby passengers using them, and they're LOUD. Quite possibly that contributes to the next poster's patients' non-compliance.
Apr 12, 2019, 4:10 pm
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You are willing to pay for the suite, so you fall under the "free spender" category I mentioned. The point you're missing is that the hotel doesn't want extra bedding in the suite to dissuade the party scenario I described. They party crowd would most likely also be paying for the suite, but with a higher chance of wear and tear. Unfortunately, you fall between the cracks. Have you considered adjoining rooms, or is that not cost effective at this Sheraton?
Apr 12, 2019, 4:15 pm
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Their hotel, their rules. I'm not aware of any laws or regulations that would require a hotel to set its maximum room capacity at or above some number, although IIRC some jurisdictions may have rules like that for apartments in order to prevent low income families with multiple kids from being priced out of rental housing.
Apr 12, 2019, 4:22 pm
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You are willing to pay for the suite, so you fall under the "free spender" category I mentioned. The point you're missing is that the hotel doesn't want extra bedding in the suite to dissuade the party scenario I described. They party crowd would most likely also be paying for the suite, but with a higher chance of wear and tear. Unfortunately, you fall between the cracks. Have you considered adjoining rooms, or is that not cost effective at this Sheraton?
We'll stay somewhere else. Frustrating, since the event is at this hotel, but there's nothing else I can do. I suppose it's worth noting I've never had this issue at a Marriott-branded hotel.
Edited to add: there's no extra bedding required. Six months ago, he slept on the sofabed, which wasn't made up, and no one questioned when we called down for linens. It's not like we're asking for a crib or rollaway.
Apr 12, 2019, 5:42 pm
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