Where to stay in Traverse City with kids

Watch out. Check-in is 21 and over, and most rates we sell here are non-refundable. Standard rooms have no balcony and no bay view; the beach view costs a Bayfront room.

Watch out. Standard rooms are two queens with no sofa bed, so a family of five needs the Campbell Suite or a paid rollaway. The rooftop bar is adults only and breakfast is not included.

Watch out. It sits on the busiest stretch of US 31, so ask for a room away from the road. Nothing here sleeps five without a second room.

Watch out. An older motor-inn layout on US 31, and the loft rooms mean stairs inside the room. The booking site still shows the old Four Seasons name in places.

Watch out. No pets and no suites despite the name; two queens sleeping four is the only family room, so a family of five needs two rooms.

Watch out. Breakfast is not included, so budget for the bistro or the grab-and-go market, and the six-sleeper suites sell out first in summer. No pets.

Watch out. A highway hotel by the mall, five miles from downtown, so everything is a drive. No hot tub is listed and pool hours are not published.

Watch out. Breakfast is continental, not hot, and most rates we sell here are non-refundable. It is a budget brand on US 31; set expectations accordingly.

Watch out. The suites here are single-bed king or queen rooms, so families of four should book the two queen standard room. No pets, check-in is 21 and over, and it is a highway corridor with nothing to walk to.

Watch out. A standard two queen booking does not include the bay view; that is a separate room category. It is a roadside US 31 hotel with dog-friendly rooms in the same building.