We keep hearing that the travel industry is focusing more and more on families -- with kid-friendly hotels, cruises, and activities on the rise. But it's still nearly impossible to search for accommodations to sleep a family with 3 or more children. Travel experts usually steer family travel planners toward booking two rooms or a large suite.
A family travel video I recently ran across shows that travel providers may be hearing our frustration. On Fox News' online Lifestyle Magazine, http://www.fncimag.com/, the video below actually includes the phrase "family of 5".
Listen closely, as first, the host, Audrey Hasson, asks a question about budget travel for a "family of 5". And later, the expert guest, Beth Collins, Associate Editor for Budget Travel Magazine, speaks about airline tickets vs. car trips in regards to a "family of 5":
You may notice that neither of them specifically addresses how a family of 5 would be able to sleep in the mentioned tourism dependent locations, or find a hotel to sleep 5 in the off-season ski destinations mentioned, or book a cabin on the mentioned kid focused cruise ships...But at least the video offers an awareness, and a glimmer of hope for easier budget travel planning for families with 2 adults and 3 children in the future!
Meanwhile, we'll continue to help. At Sleeps5.com, we are always researching accommodations for one room to sleep 5 people, and adding cities to our website every year. Feel free to email us with questions and requests for the next location, or with hotels we should add to our website at contact_us(at)sleeps5(dot)com.
Sandy Nielsen
Sleeps5.com
Thursday, December 31, 2009
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