Written by: Kerrie Mendoza

My husband and I love to travel, whether it is a flight far away or a just a short road trip, travel is one of our favorite things to do.  Since the twins were born our planning for travel has changed quite a bit.  Pre-twins we often used websites that allowed you to ‘bid’ on hotel rooms.  We loved this as we got to stay in top hotels for less.  However, that kind of hotel booking really does not work with infants or toddlers.  Now we look for a number of key things when booking a hotel.

  • Do they have cribs available?  Are they guaranteed?

This is crucial, unless you wish to travel with two pack n’ plays everywhere you go or prefer co-sleeping.   One thing we have found is that many hotels do not guarantee cribs, instead they say that cribs are ‘first come, first served.’  I can tell you that arriving at a hotel at 11pm with two crying infants this policy does NOT work!  It is imperative that the cribs are there, that they are set up in the room and there are two of them.

  • Is there a fridge in the room?  And a microwave? More