Standard or Double Room for Two
 

Is it necessary to pay for a double room for a husband and wife in a hotel, hostel or pensionne in Italy. We want to save any extra money we can and in checking some websites, I can't tell if they think that two persons mean a double room. Any help on this question would be appreciated. Thanks

Hi Pheasant,

A double room means a room for two persons. Two persons means a double room.

The only time you pay for a single is if the lady has a prior fee-splitting arrangement with the hotel.

IRA...you are EVIL!!!and you have me cracking up here!!

Okay, I deserved that, I guess. It just seems like some of the verbage used can be confusing. We are a couple so a double it is! I am having a hard time finding some inexpensive places in Venice. Any suggestions for that beautiful city?

Another thread mentioned looking up Venice hotels at the statravel.com site. Also look at Eurocheapo.com. You might want to consider Priceline.

It can be confusing...and sometimes they call it a "twin" room, which means to single beds in a room, when you are a couple and would likely prefer 1 double bed. even if it sayd "double" and not "twin", it can be very difficult to find a "real" double bed sometimes--even at very expensive hotels. I think your best bet may be to call the hotel to find out the bedding arrangement, ar at least take a look at photos on the website, if that is important to you. We got over it a long time ago.

Hi pheasant,

Try a text search for "Venice AND Hotels". There have been some recent threads.

Here are a couple of suggestions at 100E or less:

http://alcampaniel.tripod.com/venezia/

http://www.hotelbernardi.com/en/hotel.html

In every case but once when I traveled to Europe, a double room meant a room with a double bed (might be queen size, rarely if ever king size). And the standard double bed, as you well know, is not very roomy. Maybe it's because I'm well over 6 feet tall, but I always look for (and ask for) a double room that has 2 beds--usually two twins, and usually they are placed side by side to make what looks like a king-size bed. And you'll get a lot more room in those 2 beds shoved together than you will in a standard double.

I know there are lower-priced hotels, but every once in a while Hotel Campiello has some good deals, and I like the little hotel. You might try them. Their location is good, just off the lagoon, and the management is good. Try www.hcampiello.com. Good luck.

I still want to know how Ira found out so much about the "fee splitting" activity...hmmm.
I would definitely consider e-mailing any hotel (provided you have the e-mail address) and asking, specifically, about the bed sizes..there is always that additional "European" quirk..the so-called "French double" but we won't even go THERE!

JonJon - A French double, huh. Sounds interesting. Thanks for helping the naive navigate!