A single occupancy room in a hotel is designed for one person, while a double occupancy room is designed to accommodate two people. A single occupancy room typically has one bed and may have additional amenities such as a desk or chair.
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A normal double room will not have enough spare space to add a third bed. An adult child sleeping with their parents would be regarded as unusual. Family rooms are child sized beds.
However, the trick to finding those suites is to search for four adults and four kids. Tip: If you do your own search, properties with rooms that sleep 7 and 8 will have “Room for 8” listed in the amenities.
If you're short on time, here's a quick answer: Yes, hotels do care if you have an extra person in the room. This concern revolves around issues such as safety, capacity, amenities usage, and revenue.
Most hotels charge a resort fee, this is probably charged per person, and will be the reason why it costs more when you select 4 people per room as opposed to 2. You'll be paying a fee for the room, then a resort fee per person.
If the hotel has a room for 4, then often it can accommodate 5 or 6 with an extra bed or two, so mark it as a 'maybe'. When you have exhausted all the resources above, and you still can't determine whether a hotel has a room that can sleep 5, or 6, or 7 people, contact the hotel to ask directly.
If they find out a third person was staying in the room without their knowledge, it could result in fines and/or being asked to leave immediately. It's always best to be honest with hotel staff about how many people will be occupying a single room so that everyone can have an enjoyable stay!