How did this happen?

Lovely holiday in a hotel in Wales ...Expensive but worth saving up for ...There were no children ,which may make a difference..Love children ...But nice to be adult sometimes

Thankyou Angela. My friend did txt to say Monday was a good day. They are with family now and she is ringing me on Friday.

Jane, as Anya said - deploy the stick(s)!
I find a loud 'Excuse me!' or 'I am SO sorry' sometimes gets the required space or even 'I've just had surgery!'

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We stayed at a place for NYE once and the kids were all in the bar reception area even though there was a separate family dinner. They should have had their own reception area!

Some pre-teen girls were flouncing down the long corridor swishing and wiggling their hips like on a cat-walk. Once was cute, twice was funny, three was getting on everyone's nerves. Then the older one fell flat on her face! What a howl she put up. She was not hurt, just her pride but she screamed and screamed and of course the hotel staff just had to rush over and be sure she wasn't hurt. The howling got louder.

The rest of us in the lobby started snickering, then laughing as her dramatics got worse and worse.

All kids were ushered out of the bar. Whew!

The last time I stayed in a hotel it was in York and I was awake all night as the couple in the next room loudly discussed whether he should tell his wife about their affair. It was a nice old hotel but I was in a bit where the rooms had been partitioned off and there was no soundproofing at all.
When I got up in the morning, she looked like a slightly younger version of Miriam Margolyis.

If you want an adults hotel in the UK I can highly recommend The Miramar in Bournemouth. Beautiful sea views, no kids/teenagers.

I live down here and it's my favourite place for a quiet coffee or lunch. It's lovely!!

We always go for an appartment whereever we go - or a cottage if it is in UK. I like my own space & then we can go to bars, restaurants, pubs etc when we want company & sit on our own balcony/ patio when we don't.
My DSs take their families to these big all in hotels with 4 pools & kid's clubs & they have a great time- there is a place for all that but not once the kids grow up!!

DH and I like Warners too but our DD is considering a real family holiday to which we will be invited. I've got a feeling we might be left with all the GC if this this takes place at least some of the time. Perhaps I'm being unkind but I'm no longer into 'family' holidays I'm afraid. My idea of holiday bliss is peace and tranquility otherwise I become the archetypal grumpy gran

I guess we escaped to our hotel at Christmas as we spent daytimes with the noisy family, but the Hilton we stayed at was v quiet

I think we get more grumpy as we get older. Children on holiday means noise, excitement etc, that's the nature of the beast. I also think you get what you pay for on the whole. I've holidayed with GC, they had a kids club, sports tutoring and all the rest and at the end of the day they were exhausted. Perhaps some adults behave badly but adults often do. When you get home you can have a lot of rest and start planning your excuses for not going next time !

I made the mistake once ..after a big op I decided to take myself on holiday for a week back to Menorca, where we used to live ,,so I knew the hotel I wanted to stay in ..booked through the tourist office (having been told by the hotel they had no rooms for singles !) ...however, the TO booked me in with no problem ! settled in to my chosen room ...terrace to myself, beautiful view ...good food good company, lovely staff ...we totally enjoying it UNTIL (having checked on the web for UK school holidays and Spanish school holidays ..and discovering no holidays so no children ..YipEE) ..THEN was horrified when two families with teenage boys arrived, one each side of me ..and played football on their terrace, yelled and screamed and ran up and down the corridor .....so my peace was shattered ,,FORGOT to check Scottish school hols ...thought they would be the same as for the rest of the UK !! I had to hire a car so I could get out every day to some lovely quiet little coves for peace !! Next time, adults only ! Keep looking at cruises ...why do people take children on cruises >> ,,,there was one round the world that cost 18 thousand pounds...advertising all its childrens activites !! shouldn't they be in school > it was 108 days ! I would not want to spend that kind of money to be surrounded by children (am ok, as at the moment 18 pound would be too much !(=)

can you trip up the unruly children with your stick?

I don't think I have ever loved places like that or perhaps my memory is failing me
Just look forward to a peaceful time when you get home and in the meantime take care of your knee!!

sorry for the strike through, I know some people dislike it.

Home again. Phew! It seemed a good idea at the time. It was a place we'd been to in the past but it has now supercharged its offer and is aimed squarely at the family market. That said there were a number of overwhelmed adults like ourselves. Its a nice place, well maintained, lovely staff and with good food served against the odds it seemed. It was the guests who let it down. For those who like that sort of thing, that is the sort of thing they like! Next hols DH and I are booked into a quiet boutique style hotel and DD and family are in a large resort style hotel nearby. I suspect that should be ideal. Fingers crossed and knee permitting. Sorry about this thread. I was just venting.

That sounds like a good solution, Jane. We did something similar this summer. DP & I stayed at an adults only hotel, DD, SiL & GS at a hotel 10 minutes bus ride away. Worked very well.

Mind you, I don't have a problem with children round a hotel swimming pool or on beaches.

I was at the garden centre last week when it was heaving. I did say to someone in the restaurant that I was going to have a badge made saying "Disabled, please have patience". Unless something is obvious people tend to push and shove.

This is the first year in which I haven't booked a holiday by now for the coming year. Maybe now having the house to myself has something to do with it but, being as I am, there is nowhere that would be as accommodating as the lovely "hotel" I live in.

I haven't ventured to the seaside yet in the car or on a motorway, so when the weather improves a little, then I will do this. It is only an hour away so it would be good to give the car a run and to see the sea and take the doggie for an hour. In March I'll even be able to take my scooter and see around the resort. Yeah!

We've had Warner holidays for the last 15 years, working with children it seemed compulsory to recharge our batteries in a child free environment. We've upped our annual 'consumpsion' to 2 or 3 a year now that we are semi retired because as much as I love children I don't want to spend my spare time making allowances for them but you are right to think that many children now a days are not taught respect for their elders. We always took ours out for meals but not after 7-8pm, we were always of the opinion that that was when serious eating by people who were spending hard earned money happened and we didn't want to spoil that for them.
If anyone has the names of any other child free hotels/holidays I would be most grateful.

I think some cruises are for adults only (is it P&O?)

Jane10 Many years ago when our children were able to look after themselves we decided on a hotel holiday that catered for mature persons and no children.We were not people who stayed up late so were ready for bed by eleven. Never again We rarely got to sleep before one am due to the mature's banging door shouting goodnight to others along the corridors.Big mistake and never again.

jaycee5 Ever thought they were having a laugh at your expense knowing how thin the walls were.

Oh dear Sarahellen ! Sounds awful. Last time I went to a lovely spa place for a treat weekend I couldn't sleep for drunk ladies careering about the place till all hours. It didn't use to be like that. Ah well. East West home's best at times.

We NEVER go to hotels. Even without children running about you get people shouting to each other down the corridors, and if the hotel does not provide entertainment all you can do is sit on your bed or watch the tv. Even with entertainment you get noise from the band and people coming back drunk. We get a cottage or a villa. Much cheaper and you can come and go as you please, sleep in if you want to because there is no set time to go and eat. We usually get a pool but you don't have to have one. We eat out. In Cyprus it is cheaper to do that then eat in. Owners Direct have some lovely villas with or without pools. Lots of choice on the internet. We went to the lakes last year, found a lovely house and it was very cheap considering that there were two families on the holiday. We had a fabulous time and the people were lovely.

www.gites.co.uk/search/type.gite?gclid=CISIhtXKo9ECFWUq0wod2kAH0A

www.ownersdirect.co.uk

Sounds like you've been unlucky with hotels Yorkshiregirl. Our favourite ones are very quiet. I cater all year round so I much prefer that someone else does the cooking and cleaning. Absolutely no entertainment in the evening nor do we want any. At two of our favourite hotels we often find ourselves in conversation with other guests and spend the evenings chatting after a lovely dinner. Obviously these are smaller places and not the sort to attract young families or rowdy groups. Cost wise, I'd rather save up and go less often to a really good place than otherwise. Each to their own and we're lucky there is so much choice these days.

We have been unlucky with hotel holidays Jane, but we have more than compensated with cottage or villa holidays where you can do your own thing. I love children and we had a houseful this Christmas, but when you need a rest I think it is better to go with just yourselves.