Acting Like Grownups

Acting Like Grownups

Grumpy Grownups.  Whose hotel stays are subsidized by families...

Originally shared by Kam-Yung Soh

You're either with us or against us. I'll leave you to decide who 'us' is...};-) "WHEN it comes to young children and travelling, people divide into two camps. You either have kids, in which case you bemoan every restriction placed upon them, or you don't, in which case you tut at every concession they enjoy.
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Nowhere are the dividing lines deeper, it seems, than in Germany. It is a nation that treasures silence more than most; the place that invented earplugs and where even school playgrounds are subject to noise-pollution measures. It also has one of the lowest birth rates in the world (8.2 per 1,000 inhabitants). No surprise, then, that according to a recent piece in the Wall Street Journal, the country is in the midst of a craze for hotels that forbid children.
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The Travel Without Children website, lists 30 such adult-only establishments in Germany. Tui, a German travel company, meanwhile, has a global network of 250 adult-only hotels operating under its Sensimar brand. The concept is not confined to that country, though. Riu, a Spanish hotel chain, is set to open a 1,000 room adult-only hotel in the Dominican Republic this year."
http://www.economist.com/blogs/gulliver/2016/02/kids-arent-alright

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  1. Paul ScollonFebruary 11, 2016 at 5:51 AM

    I like adult only hotels. If I'm paying 100 euro for a good night's sleep, the last thing I want is someone else's brats going apeshit outside my door because their parents got tired of them and shoved them out in the corridor to play. Not everyone has to like kids. If i don't have/want kids myself, why the f*ck would i want to listen to someone elses?

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  2. Drew McCarthyFebruary 11, 2016 at 6:12 AM

    Eh, Paul Scollon, I understand. Kids aren't always fun. But. If you live long enough, those kids will be the ones taking care of your creaky old bones. Doesn't hurt to get on good terms with a few...

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  3. Paul ScollonFebruary 11, 2016 at 6:31 AM

    Drew McCarthy True, but I don't agree with having kids just to cover your old ass either. I'll make other arrangements!

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  4. Drew McCarthyFebruary 11, 2016 at 6:44 AM

    Heh.  They might not be your kids, but they'll be someone's kids, is more my point.
    Sometimes it's fitting to remember that you were once a kid, too.

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  5. Paul ScollonFebruary 11, 2016 at 6:45 AM

    Drew McCarthy True. Still don't have to listen to them in hotel corridors at 7am though!

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