I want to take my family in the summer of 2025 and there are five of us. Any suggestions for our lodging arrangements? It’s father, mother, daughter and two sons. Perhaps mom and daughter in one room and the guys in a double room? Or the children in a dorm while the parents stay in a private room? We are visiting cities and the alps in Austria. Thanks.
Posted by
Tresana, Highlands Ranch, CO, USA
23610 posts
Ages???? A triple and a double would probably be the best combination. Unlike the US you reserve per person and not per room. I doubt if you would find a "dorm room" in a hotel.
Posted by
Bend, Oregon
2542 posts
Typically a double room sleeps only two people. Sometimes it’s one bed, about the size of a full in the US. Sometimes it’s two twin size bed, either separate or pushed together. Occasionally there is a sofa bed for the third person. But you will not find rooms with two queen beds, as is commmon in the US.
If you are staying a few nights on each place, look into apartments. Having a kitchen and washing machine can be very nice.
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Seven of us enjoyed the Heart of Belgium and Holland tour utilizing 2 doubles for parents and grandparents plus a triple for the three teenage boys. No complaints on the availability of triples.
Posted by
Vienna, Austria
5494 posts
Get an Airbnb.
Posted by
Edmonton, Alberta
57 posts
I am presently in Vienna having spent a week in Prague and 5 days in Brno. I have done Air BnB and VRBO. Just ensure that you get air conditioning as not all rentals have this. European summers are getting warmer.
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95 posts
Agree with getting an Airbnb. So much better than a hotel with this number of travelers. We have rented wonderful apartments with an elevator and plenty of room to spread out after a day of sightseeing. Just as close to major sights as the hotels.
Posted by
Magyarország / Rep of Texas
20038 posts
Do make sure that it is properly licensed.
Posted by
Vienna, Austria
5494 posts
Vienna doesn’t have the hang-ups that other cities have with AirBnB. I don’t know that local licensing is even a thing. I typically make sure that I rent only from Super Hosts and/or rentals that have more than 15 reviews (and good ones at that).
Posted by
Greeley, co, usa
2581 posts
Look for an apartment - ferienwohnung. If you can stay 5 days in the Salzburg area ( which I recommend ), here is one neuwirtgut,at
Posted by
Magyarország / Rep of Texas
20038 posts
You may have a problem with that AirBnb in Vienna. Seems they have developed a hangup over short term rentals in the city.
This probably wont change the number of spare bedrooms that get rented out, but if you want the whole unit, that will probably become hard to find.