If you’ve traveled with small children, you know it can be a challenge. Sharing a hotel room with small people who go to bed early can end with parents exiled to bathrooms and balconies. Not fun. I’m a traveler with a gypsy soul, and plan to continue seeing the world with my two wee ones in tow. We’ve discovered that it is possible to share a hotel room with our small people without losing our minds. The Bear goes to bed at 7 and turns into a grump if he stays up late, so we try to honor bed time no matter where we are. Here’s how we do it.
I apologize for the crappy pictures. Hopefully you can still get the idea. You will need a Pack ‘n Play 
Set up your pack-n-play in the corner of the room. Plug in your clock radio and set it to a non-station playing only white noise. Turn it up and place it under the pack-n-play. Tack your blankets to the ceiling making a tent. Rock that wee one to sleep and place them in their lovely mini room. Continue to go about your business in your room, even enjoying your tv or computer on a low volume. White noise is miraculous, my friends. Some folks use a wifi monitor and head to the hotel lobby or pool, but that is up to you and your level of comfort. I go back and forth, but it really depends on the hotel. We’ve used the hotel tent method in many different venues, and it always works. We are not co-sleepers, so our kiddos are used to sleeping in their own space. We use a Twilight Turtle
with our older child so the dark isn’t scary. It may take a few tries to get your child used to the Hotel Tent, but it will be well worth it when you aren’t trapped with your spouse on a bathroom floor. Your child gets the sleep they need to enjoy the trip and you don’t have to watch a movie in the bathtub. Everybody wins.
with our older child so the dark isn’t scary. It may take a few tries to get your child used to the Hotel Tent, but it will be well worth it when you aren’t trapped with your spouse on a bathroom floor. Your child gets the sleep they need to enjoy the trip and you don’t have to watch a movie in the bathtub. Everybody wins. What are your secrets to traveling with kids?
That’s a new one! We liked to unfasten our sling carrier and drape it over the cot as a black-out curtain, but that was when we still had hope that our kids would one day sleep in a cot.
We’ve been known to put the crib in the bathroom or even the closet if its big enough. It’s amazing how a child can sleep through you using the toilet! Whenever possible though, we go for the suite hotels. Two rooms are lifesavers.
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