https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 04 May 2026 04:03:32 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/connecting-hotel-rooms#post-2806578 Tue, 27 Feb 2018 15:16:22 +0000 gingerbebe 2806578@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrsbookworm: Oh God, we completely disassemble the second room. We stayed in a 2 bedroom suite this past weekend and I took the lamps, phones, alarm clocks, remote controls, binders, - everything out of the room and hid them. I even turned the dressers around so they weren't opening and shutting them all day. If the TV's not bolted, I put it in the closet. All the towels, toiletries, toilet paper, wastebaskets - gone.</p> <p>We use Door Monkeys (on Amazon) at home and we just carried a few with us whenever we travel to lock/prop the doors in our hotel rooms open. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/connecting-hotel-rooms#post-2806549 Tue, 27 Feb 2018 13:26:42 +0000 mrsbookworm 2806549@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I’d absolutely use adjoining rooms and just make sure their door is bolted and the adjoining door is open while you’re sleeping. Also, maybe unplug the phone on their side. My kids are always dialing someone when we’re in a hotel! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/connecting-hotel-rooms#post-2806546 Tue, 27 Feb 2018 13:20:41 +0000 alphagam84 2806546@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would definitely do that and just leave the connecting door open. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/connecting-hotel-rooms#post-2806541 Tue, 27 Feb 2018 13:00:21 +0000 gingerbebe 2806541@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh yeah, we always travel with our baby monitors. I pack a camera for each kid and a pack of velcro Command strips and just mount them to the walls. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/connecting-hotel-rooms#post-2806533 Tue, 27 Feb 2018 12:50:22 +0000 Ajsmommy 2806533@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would and just keep the door open or pack my monitor so I can see them. I know, probably weird but I feel more comfortable being able to check them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/connecting-hotel-rooms#post-2806510 Tue, 27 Feb 2018 10:22:16 +0000 snowjewelz 2806510@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I totally would and just keep the door half open! Then it's really just a bigger suite! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/connecting-hotel-rooms#post-2806495 Tue, 27 Feb 2018 09:29:45 +0000 Littlebit7 2806495@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes and I would put this on their exterior door. We always travel with it. Those metal swing locks at hotels are junk<br /> Addalock 2 Pack <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002L6BZXC/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_wSwLAbD9NC579" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002L6BZXC/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_wSwLAbD9NC579</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/connecting-hotel-rooms#post-2806475 Tue, 27 Feb 2018 08:23:41 +0000 Foodnerd81 2806475@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Jennibenni: I think pushing a hair would only encourage my little climber to see what she could get at... 😂 </p> <p>Ok glad I’m not off base! There are no suites available so this seems like a good option! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/connecting-hotel-rooms#post-2806473 Tue, 27 Feb 2018 08:12:47 +0000 erinbaderin 2806473@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Absolutely, wouldn't think twice. I'd prop the doors open once I was also going to sleep but I think this is a great option. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/connecting-hotel-rooms#post-2806469 Tue, 27 Feb 2018 07:32:18 +0000 Jennibenni 2806469@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would definitely do it. I’d do all the locks on their door locked all the time and push a chair in front of the door at night. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/connecting-hotel-rooms#post-2806466 Tue, 27 Feb 2018 06:47:25 +0000 Foodnerd81 2806466@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Shantuck: 4.5 and 2– the 2 year old will be in the crib. </p> <p>That’s a good point people made about deadboltinf their door to the hall. I do it at night anyway but I would do it more in their room. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/connecting-hotel-rooms#post-2806461 Tue, 27 Feb 2018 02:37:14 +0000 lamariniere 2806461@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We've done it twice recently. In one room we just left the door open. In the other, it was a little bungalow with two separate, non-connecting rooms, so we had to go outside to enter the kid's room. It was also in the countryside, in a gated resort, so I felt completely fine with the security measures. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/connecting-hotel-rooms#post-2806460 Tue, 27 Feb 2018 01:58:41 +0000 gingerbebe 2806460@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep, I would totally do it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/connecting-hotel-rooms#post-2806458 Mon, 26 Feb 2018 23:56:18 +0000 agold 2806458@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wouldn't want my kid(s) in a separate room. So I would not close the door; even with the deadbolt turned open. I'd prefer a suite if you have that option. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/connecting-hotel-rooms#post-2806450 Mon, 26 Feb 2018 22:37:01 +0000 SweetiePie 2806450@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, we’ve done this. What we did was put my son in one room and leave it cracked until we also went to bed. Then we left the door wide open.<br /> We also dead bolted and sort of barricaded the door that leads to the hallway with luggage and stuff and permanently kept the “do not disturb” sign on it.<br /> Works very well for us. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/connecting-hotel-rooms#post-2806446 Mon, 26 Feb 2018 22:32:56 +0000 Shantuck 2806446@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My family did this when I was a kid. You can use those metal door latches on every hotel door to keep them in and others out. How old are your kids? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/connecting-hotel-rooms#post-2806445 Mon, 26 Feb 2018 22:32:23 +0000 Madison43 2806445@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes. As long as the door between is propped open it’s basically like having a suite. I am a little cray though, so I would probably sleep with them just because there would be a door to the hall in their room and let my husband have the other room to himself. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/connecting-hotel-rooms#post-2806444 Mon, 26 Feb 2018 22:23:49 +0000 Foodnerd81 2806444@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@DesertDreams88: yes usually you can turn the deadbolt so you can’t close the doors all the way even if you slam it. Plus I’d probably bring a finger pinch guard that i could put up out of their reach. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/connecting-hotel-rooms#post-2806441 Mon, 26 Feb 2018 22:09:47 +0000 DesertDreams88 2806441@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes but I'd keep the door open permanently. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/connecting-hotel-rooms#post-2806438 Mon, 26 Feb 2018 22:01:09 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 2806438@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd do it to keep the kids separate - but have one parent in each room come bed time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/connecting-hotel-rooms#post-2806436 Mon, 26 Feb 2018 21:56:00 +0000 Foodnerd81 2806436@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Staying in a hotel, would you be comfortable having your young kids sleep in one room, while you slept in a connecting room (as in, there is a door connecting the rooms, no key card needed to get between them)? </p> <p>We have an upcoming wedding and DH has tons of hotel points that we never use, and the rooms look really small, so considering this option. </p>