143. Europe Travel with Kids: Traci's Hotel Booking Strategies for Families

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Alex, Pam and Jess

Places & Travel, Education, Society & Culture, How To

4.9 • 734 Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Do you struggle to find hotel rooms in Europe that can accommodate your entire family? Many European hotels limit occupancy to just two guests per room, leaving families either piecing together multiple bookings or endlessly searching for those rare properties that actually sleep four or more. And because of strict occupancy rules, you can’t just show up with extra kids and hope for the best — some hotels will turn you away at check-in.

Today, Traci joins Alex and Jess to share her extensive research and personal experience booking family-friendly hotels across Europe using points. She’s uncovered unicorn properties that fit four people without hassle, smart strategies for booking two rooms with points, and surprising ways travel portals can actually be useful for families. Whether you're traveling with toddlers who need to stay close or teens who’d prefer their own space, these strategies will help you navigate the unique challenges of European hotel bookings while still getting great value from your points.

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0:00.0	booking hotels on points in Europe can be a little tricky for families, especially where a lot of hotels only allow occupancy for two.
0:08.7	Today we have a special guest on to share all of her tips and tricks on how to make booking hotels in Europe for families so much easier.
0:15.6	Welcome to Points Talk with the Travel Mom Squad.
0:18.8	We are three moms who've discovered how to leverage credit card
0:21.7	welcome offers to get hundreds of thousands of dollars of travel expenses for nearly free. We've used
0:27.7	credit card points of miles to take vacations to places like Hawaii, Paris, Greece, Maldives, Japan,
0:33.7	and so much more. And the best part, we each still have 800 plus credit scores. Imagine being
0:40.1	able to take the vacation of your dreams for nearly free. It's totally possible and we're here to
0:45.0	show you how. Hey, I'm Alex. And I'm Jess. Let's Talk Points. Today, Tracy, our wonderful TMS copy editor is back and we are talking all about hotels in Europe for
0:59.1	families. And you might be wondering, why do we need an entire episode dedicated to booking hotels
1:04.8	for families in Europe? Well, it's because it is very different. If you've only ever booked hotels
1:10.0	in the U.S., you know,
1:11.8	taking your family to Europe is a whole other beast because of occupancy limits. A lot of hotels
1:16.6	have a maximum occupancy of two. And so if you are traveling with three or more people,
1:22.1	that's going to totally change the dynamic of your booking process and your strategy and
1:26.7	everything. So first we are going to
1:29.6	touch on hotels that do accommodate for people without hassle. I just want to say this is not
1:35.3	going to be an exhaustive list because I just know that after the show, someone will message us
1:40.3	and be like, well, you didn't talk about this hotel and this one sleeps for. This is not an
1:43.8	exhaustive list. This is just ones that we've stayed at ourselves or we have followers who have
1:49.5	stayed at and reported back on. Then we are going to go over options for booking two rooms with
1:56.7	points. That's often necessary if you're booking for a family of four. There's also some
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