{"id":23256,"date":"2018-11-13T14:20:00","date_gmt":"2018-11-13T14:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/uncategorized\/revealed-insider-tips-to-make-your-hotel-family-friendly"},"modified":"2025-11-18T15:09:55","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T15:09:55","slug":"how-to-make-a-hotel-family-friendly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/hotel-management\/how-to-make-a-hotel-family-friendly","title":{"rendered":"Revealed: Insider Tips to Make your Hotel Family Friendly"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>Travelling with children is an adventure in itself, and as a<a class=\"waffle-rich-text-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/\"> hotel revevenue management consulting<\/a> we know that you venture into it <strong>when you host families at your hotel.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Helping parents with the logistics of travelling with their kids is a huge part of the job while simultaneously providing a stay at your hotel that is fun, inspirational and relaxing.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to help level up your hotel into an industry benchmark for child-friendliness, now is the time to look beyond merely <strong>offering a standard family room and embrace fresh, creative, innovative ideas<\/strong> to win business from families and keep them coming back time and again.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some such ideas for you to consider.<\/p>\n<h2>Boosting your hotel\u2019s appeal to families<\/h2>\n<p>As hoteliers we increasingy have to dazzle our guests with new, fresh proposals on a regular basis. And families present two buyer personas in one. We must cater to the needs and desires of both parents and children.<\/p>\n<p>With this in mind, what can your hotel do to attract families in a unique way that trumps your competition?<\/p>\n<p>At Xotels we have worked with many hotels on improving their appeal to families. We see this <a title=\"The Shift from Hotel Product Marketing to Niche Targeting\" href=\"\/en?p=768\">niche target market<\/a> as a great opportunity, but unfortunately many hotels are not addressing their needs adequately.<\/p>\n<p>One common theme is that families love package offers, complete with meals, activities and perks. And those with activities for young children and early-year adolescents in particular are the most successful. Here are five initiatives you can consider implementing.<\/p>\n<p>1. Form a partnership with brands or prominent public figures that complement your own brand. These can include cultural and sports icons unique to your city.<\/p>\n<p>2. Appeal to adventure-seeking families by promoting your hotel as a family destination with nearby activities. These can include cultural hotspot visits like a museum, castle or zoo, and sport activities, excursions or events.<\/p>\n<p>3. Target families with high disposable income by positioning your hotel as a premium-level location for a family getaway, fully prepared with a range of outstanding children\u2019s activities and services to help parents relax and unwind.<\/p>\n<p>4. Target families on a budget by offering family room deals including triples and quads. Especially in times of typically lower occupancy this is an effective tactic.<\/p>\n<p>5. Create unique, memorable themes for your family packages. Two examples are: (1) \u201cOur first family holiday!\u201d and (2) \u201cThe great outdoors family weekend away\u201d.<\/p>\n<h2>Optimising your family package promotion<\/h2>\n<p>It is of course essential to promote your family packages to the decision makers in the family: parents. Due to the logistics of organising a family holiday around kids\u2019 time off school and parents\u2019 time off work, families usually arrange their vacations in advance. With this in mind, how can you best promote your family packages? Here are three suggestions.<\/p>\n<p>Send quarterly newsletters to guests with families that detail your upcoming packages that they simply can\u2019t miss out on. This also presents an opportunity to attract early bookings with offers and special deals.<\/p>\n<p>Partner with bloggers and online publications that write about family activities for your geographical area. Parents are often very receptive to recommendations from recognised authority sources. Many online family publications and social media accounts have enormous influence with parents.<\/p>\n<p>Publish and promote professional photos and videos of the activities, spaces and locations that form your family packages on your website, on your social accounts and also consider paid PR campaigns via <a title=\"Top 10 Social Media Marketing Tips for Hotels\" href=\"\/en?p=691\">social media<\/a> and traditional media, including print and radio.<\/p>\n<h2>Make your hotel family-friendly<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cFamily-friendly\u201d as a concept refers to all family members as a unit but as individuals too. Here are three family member age groups (adults, toddlers and young children) with various ideas for each to consider.<\/p>\n<h3>1. For parents<\/h3>\n<p>i. Propose activities for Mum and Dad to enjoy together, such as a romantic meal or leisure pursuit, while offering supervised creche services for babies and on-site entertainment options for older children.<\/p>\n<p>ii. Create postnatal or pampering activities and treatments for Mums to re-energize, but be sure to also offer any Dads a range of services to choose from too. Pursuing individual parent activities in such a way also appeals to any families staying with just one parent.<\/p>\n<p>iii. Offer a \u201cBaby Breakfast\u201d. This sees child carers pick a family\u2019s baby or babies up early in the morning to be fed and cared for, allowing the parent(s) alone time to enjoy a restful morning, relaxing breakfast or revitalising spa session.<\/p>\n<p>iv. Provide babies and\/or young children with swimming lessons with a qualified child instructor. Parents can also join or watch on from the side.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"uk-responsive-width\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"Hotel Positioning Strategy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/images\/How-to-attract-families-2.jpg\" alt=\"Baby Swimming lessons at La Perla, partner of Hotel de Londres\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Baby Swimming lessons at La Perla &#8211; Spa in partnership with <a title=\"Hotel de Londres y de Inglaterra in San Sebastian\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hlondres.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hotel de Londres y de Inglaterra<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h3>2. For babies (0-3 years old)<\/h3>\n<p>Travelling with babies can be complicated and therefore it isn&#8217;t so common. But this can be an advantage to hotel managers. Simply through investing in the following kinds of items and services that help provide baby care, your hotel will stand out from your competition by showing that you accommodate families as a priority.<\/p>\n<p>i. Cribs<\/p>\n<p>ii. Baby trolleys<\/p>\n<p>iii. Babysitting, creche and playpens<\/p>\n<p>iv. Nappy bins<\/p>\n<p>v. Changing mats<\/p>\n<p>vi. Bottle warmers<\/p>\n<p>vii. Arranged agreement for callout doctor visits should they be necessary<\/p>\n<p>viii. Baby essentials such as nappies, wipes and cream as part of a toiletries pack<\/p>\n<h3>3. For pre-teen children (4-12 years old)<\/h3>\n<p>i. Kids menus including healthy options<\/p>\n<p>ii. Kid-size pyjamas and bathrobes<\/p>\n<p>iii. Activities including child care such as bike tours, water sports, cooking lessons, or interactive pursuits including outside treasure hunts or geocoaching<\/p>\n<p>iv. LEGO butler or any toy delivery in the room, by developing a toy room-service menu. If room-service is not your strong suit, you can reserved a drawer only for toys, for children to enjoy in their room.<\/p>\n<p>v. Bedtime story butler, reading the perfect bedtime story according to your kids<\/p>\n<p>vi. Children afternoon tea or a play-area that you can do in a conference room or in the bar area, to optimize these spaces, sometimes quiet in the afternoon (under-supervision of course)<\/p>\n<p>vii. Candy Man within the hotel, to deliver candy, chocolate bar or gummy bears with his cart<\/p>\n<p>viii. Welcoming gift for kids: you can include hotel T-shirts, coloring book, yo-yo, teddy bear.. .Personalized it according to your hotel identity!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"uk-responsive-width\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"Hotel Positioning Strategy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/images\/How-to-attract-families-3.jpg\" alt=\"Geocaching, a popular outdoor activity\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Geocaching is an increasingly popular outdoor activity for kids<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Family friendliness for boutique and independent hotels<\/h2>\n<p>If you run a boutique or independent hotel, you can make the requisite amendments to boost your family-friendly appeal without needing to invest a lot. Here are some budget-friendly options.<\/p>\n<h3>1. Family services at boutique and independent hotels<\/h3>\n<p>i. Offer standard rooms that can be family-customized with optional extras. These can include snacks and welcome family food packs, a crib or cot, mini fridge, children&#8217;s TV channels, board games and other entertainment options.<\/p>\n<p>ii. Make your lobby area cozy for children with a play area and toys while parents check in or out or simply want to sit and relax with a refreshment.<\/p>\n<p>iii. Prepare budget-friendly, quality packed lunch for adults and kids alike.<\/p>\n<p>iv. Set up an area of the restaurant dining room for children with small tables and colorful decor.<\/p>\n<p>v. Offer extended check out on all family bookings.<\/p>\n<h3>2. Propose family vacation ideas<\/h3>\n<p>i. Itineraries and plans for the whole family to do together, as well as individual activities for parents and for children.<\/p>\n<p>ii. Make and promote a checklist of the 10 essential things to do in your city or local area and see before your 15th birthday, but that parents will also find stimulating.<\/p>\n<p>iii. Form partnerships with local swimming instructors to offer lessons for kids in the morning, or with gyms and other activity centers to offer other types of class.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"uk-responsive-width\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"Hotel Positioning Strategy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/images\/How-to-attract-families-4.jpg\" alt=\"Family pack by Hotel Grums\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Family pack offered by Hotel Grums\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>3. Facilities for babies (0-3 years old)<\/h3>\n<p>As we mentioned, travelling with toddlers isn&#8217;t common. Therefore, it doesn&#8217;t provide a strong return on investment to spend heavily by focusing on families with children under 3 years of age. But you can certainly provide the following items and services easily, which can make a world of difference in how families that do check in with a young baby view your hotel.<\/p>\n<p>i. Baby bibs at the hotel restaurant<\/p>\n<p>ii. Puree and baby food at the bar\/restaurant<\/p>\n<p>iii. Bottle-heating room service<\/p>\n<p>iv. Cribs, cots and playpens<\/p>\n<p>v. Nappy changing amenities and products<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:50px;width:100%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-double\" style=\"--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;border-color:var(--awb-color3);border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background fusion-parallax-none hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:0px;--awb-padding-right:0px;--awb-padding-bottom:106px;--awb-padding-left:0px;--awb-padding-right-medium:0px;--awb-padding-left-medium:0px;--awb-padding-top-small:0px;--awb-background-image:url(&quot;https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Native-Ads-Xotels-background-blue.webp&quot;);--awb-background-size:cover;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-end fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"width:104% !important;max-width:104% !important;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-padding-right:23px;--awb-padding-left-small:30px;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:65%;--awb-flex-grow:0;--awb-flex-shrink:0;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2.95384615385%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:2.95384615385%;--awb-width-medium:65%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-flex-grow-medium:;--awb-flex-shrink-medium:;--awb-spacing-right-medium:2.95384615385%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:2.95384615385%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-flex-grow-small:;--awb-flex-shrink-small:;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\" data-scroll-devices=\"small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:1rem;margin-bottom:1rem;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-center fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-div\" style=\"--awb-text-color:#e3e2de;--awb-margin-top-small:10px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:10px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-font-size:4em;\"><div class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-center title-heading-tag fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;letter-spacing:-0.1em;font-size:1em;--fontSize:64;line-height:1.25;\"><p style=\"text-align: center; 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\n border-radius: 20px;\n width: 15rem;\n height: 3rem;\n font-weight: 700;\n font-size: 1em;\n border-bottom-width: 2px;\n border-top-width: 2px;\n border-right-width: 2px;\n border-left-width: 2px;\n border-color:#e3e2de;\nmargin-left:10px\ntext-decoration: none !important;\n \"\n target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/locations\" id=\"nativeads\"><span>CONTACT US<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:50px;width:100%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-double\" style=\"--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;border-color:var(--awb-color3);border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><h3>4. Ideas for young children (4-12 years old)<\/h3>\n<p>i. Set up a section of each main common area for children to play in while their parents can watch on. You can deck it out with board games, toys, superhero costumes and indoor playground facilities such as a mini slide. This also provides an opportunity to partner with local companies that provide products or services for children.<\/p>\n<p>ii. Organize a themed treasure hunt in a specific area of the hotel grounds. This includes creating a map with clues and prizes for locating the treasure.<\/p>\n<p>iii. Prepare for rainy days by offering indoor activity options too, including classes, courses and shows. You can seek to make it unique to your hotel by leveraging local history, traditions, events, culture or folklore.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"uk-responsive-width\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"\/wp-content\/images\/How-to-attract-families-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>The final word<\/h3>\n<p>Many families want to spend quality time together on holiday, while others prefer let their kids enjoy themselves while the parents enjoy some time to themselves, and others want a bit of both. Successful <a class=\"waffle-rich-text-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/hotel-operator\">hotel management<\/a> and <a class=\"waffle-rich-text-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.xotels.com\/\">hotel revenue management<\/a> explores and caters to all these preferences by listening <strong>carefully to guests regarding services and facilities<\/strong>, in order to inform any necessary update decisions.<\/p>\n<p>In a hotel sector in which change is now constant, it is the hotel manager that is proactive and prepared that will achieve the greatest commercial success while delivering an outstanding service that turns families into happy, repeat-stay guests.<\/p>\n<p>These reflections are based on our first-hand experience at Xotels working with scores of leading hotels around Europe and beyond on successful hotel family service implementation. 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