We often get single travellers who book a double room just to get a wider bed.
What does standard double room mean in europe.
We have two types of standard rooms available where our standard rooms are tailored for a single occupancy smaller rooms and smaller beds and our double standard rooms are bigger with a larger bed.
The chain part is primarily the reservation system.
Some hotels may use the term double room to mean two people in a room.
Double refers to a room where there would be only one large bed and in twin room there would be two small beds.
Traveling couples should always check this or they might be having twin beds in a double room.
You americans will just have to snuggle up.
A twin room is a room for 2 people but 2 separated beds.
The bedding configuration could be three twin beds one twin bed one double bed or even two doubles.
A double room will generally be 1 bed for two people the bed will either be a double queen or king size bed if you are traveling with friends and want to share a room you need to book a twin room which will have to single beds in.
In europe the best western hotels are individually owned.
Standard double rooms contain one full bathroom with tub shower toilet and sink facilities.
The only difference between a single room and a double room is the size of the bed essentially.
I have rick s best of europe book and he has a little section on it all in there including a sleep code guide.
A double bed is meant for two people and the standard size here in france is about 4ft6in to 5ft wide.
So it s unlikely that each hotel will be the same and as you suspect it s rare to find two double beds in one room.
The bathroom is offset from the beds located in a corner of the room near the entrance.
So if you want a double bed you will have to get a double room.
Traveling with three people you will be placed in a triple room which only means the bedding can sleep three people this does not mean there will be three beds.