Posts Tagged ‘Family of 5’
New Year’s Eve 2021: More Patience, More Kindness
I am staring into the bottom of my soup pot, where a browning ham hock and a pile of chopped onions await their companion of black-eyed peas–a new year’s eve tradition hearkening back to my southern roots. Shopping for dried black-eyed peas in Seattle can be the equivalent of seeking Beluga caviar for a different…
Read MoreHotel Searches for Sleeps 5 in Non-English or What does “Familienzimmer” Mean?
Part of the reason Sandy and I started compiling this list of hotels so long ago, was because of the difficulty in finding a hotel room that could sleep five in the non-English speaking countries of Europe. The internet was still in its developing stage for travel websites. If a hotel even had a website,…
Read MoreFamily of Five List of All-Inclusive Vacation Resorts
Those of you seeking a list of vacation resorts that can accommodate a family of five without requiring booking two rooms can thank Tammi, a Canadian mom of three girls. She thoroughly researched your options! She posted her compiled list in 2013 on her very popular blog, My Organized Chaos, which focuses on family life,…
Read MoreFamily of 5 in Rome for 89 Euros Per Person Per Day
Photo above is of our three teen boys with our Tiber Limo (tour of Rome company) driver in Piazza Campo de Fiori, Rome, at night. My family of 5 went to Rome in June, 2012. We are 2 adults (hubby and me), and our three teenage boys: 17, 13, 13 (twins, actually they were days…
Read MoreFamily of 5 in Paris for 106 Euros Per Person Per Day
My family of 5 went to Paris in June of 2012. We are 2 adults (hubby and me), and three teenage boys: 17, 13, 13 (twins). We travel frugal-ish. We stay in nice but budget-friendly hotels, and we eat at restaurants that offer good food at a reasonable price. We use public transportation, and we…
Read MoreHow to Book Your 5 Person Hotel Room
Sleeps5 lists hotels, guest houses, aparthotels, and hostels with family friendly accommodations suitable for a family of 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or even 10 guests. The best travel cities are included, such as Paris, London, New York City, San Francisco, Rome, Tokyo, Singapore, Montreal, and many more. Sleeps5 adds cities and hotels continually. Unless…
Read MoreFamily of 5: Some Hotels are Right for You!
In July, the Washington Post carried an article by Christopher Elliott, of Elliott.org. The article precisely pertains to our Sleeps5 mission of helping families find a hotel room for their family of 5. The title? Outwitting Hotels’ Maximum Occupancy Rules. Mr. Elliott describes a common scenario — to save money and decrease hassle, parents do…
Read More10 Tips for Budget Family Travel to Europe
How to Save Money on Family Vacations Whatever your reasons for taking your kids to Europe, there are ways to be there within a budget. Taking the kids costs more – in airfare, food, hotels, and activities – than if it was just me and my hubby as my sole globe-hopping partner. (I’ll save my…
Read MoreTube, U-Bahn, Subway – Family Travel Safety
Notice the logo used for this blog and our website, sleeps5.com. The image is of a family of ducks on their way. Even before Holly and I constructed our website we consistently utilized a duckling analogy to describe the image of traversing busy sidewalks in big cities with 3 children. You know – the mama…
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