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The guide to equipping your hotel for children

Creating child-friendly spaces in a hotel is essential to enhancing the guest experience and attracting families. Here's a step-by-step guide to creating successful children's areas in your hotel, inspired by the solutions offered by Welcome Family. There are 4 main areas to create!

Reception

Objective - Make a positive first impression.

Play corner: Beyond the playroom, you can set up a small corner with toys, books and colouring books coloring pages. This will give the children something to look forward to, either before departure or on arrival, while parents check-in. There's no need to bring the playroom with you pocket toys and coloring kits will do the trick.

Adapted furniture: Use chairs and tables at child height.

Welcome gifts: Offer surprise bags containing small toys or coloring kits. A coloring bag containing several surprises to accompany children during their stay in your hotel will be well received!

The Games Room

Objective - To provide a safe and fun place to play.

Varied games: Offer a variety of games, including wooden games, soft toys plushand board games and giant games. An area dedicated to children. Request a kids corner!

Themed decoration: Use coloring posters and decorations suitable for children. Think themes like the jungle, the sea or pirates. The hunt and Seek posters posters are the stars of these areas

Safety: Make sure all toys and equipment comply with current safety standards. The aim is to make this a "safe" space for families, where even parents won't be afraid to leave their children's toys. Note that the room and toys must be cleaned regularly to limit the spread of germs.

The rooms

Objective - Ensure children's comfort and safety.

Suitable beds: Provide cots or cots for the little ones. This space-saving equipment is easy to fold and store! It's a good idea to highlight this equipment option on your website to alert families.

Practical accessories: Provide changing tables or simply changing mat to make it easier to change babies in the room.

Little games: Incorporate play elements such as coloring books or toys in the rooms to keep children occupied during moments of relaxation. This can be combined with the welcome gift for guests on arrival.

Sanitary facilities

Objective - Facilitate children's hygiene and comfort.

Changing tables: Install wall-mounted or mobile in the hotel's public washrooms. Of course, this should be done in the women's section, but also in the men's section, because dads also change diapers.

Toilet reducers: You can also integrate toilet reducers for younger children into hotel toilets. These are often integrated into the toilet bowl.

Safe fixtures and fittings: To avoid accidents, make sure the fixtures and fittings are safe and adapted to children's size.