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Groups of friends or extended family are usually better off with a short-let apartment or a hotel offering multi-room blocks than trying to fit into a single hotel room — Prati has the widest range of larger apartments suited to groups of four to eight.
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Booking several standard rooms in the same hotel works too, but check they can be held on the same floor or near each other if that matters to your group — it isn't always guaranteed automatically.
Larger apartments and multi-room hotel blocks more often require a single card holder to guarantee the whole booking, rather than splitting payment guest by guest at check-in — worth confirming before assuming everyone can pay their own share directly to the property.
Usually an apartment — Prati has the widest range of larger short-let apartments suited to groups of four to eight, while hotels rarely offer enough interconnected or adjoining rooms for a full group.
Some do, particularly larger properties, but availability for four or more connecting rooms is limited — worth confirming directly with the hotel rather than assuming from a standard booking site.
It works, though it means less shared space than an apartment — fine for a group that mainly wants proximity, less ideal if you want a shared living area to gather in.
Earlier than a solo or couple's trip — larger apartments and multi-room blocks are a smaller slice of overall inventory and sell out first, especially in spring and autumn.
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