Family hotels in Algeria: booking for your parents or relatives from abroad

Treating your parents to a few days by the sea, housing cousins who have come for a wedding, finding a room that fits the whole family: from abroad, people often book a hotel in Algeria for someone other than themselves. It is no harder than an ordinary booking, as long as you know two or three rules. Here they are, along with the criteria that matter when choosing a genuinely family-friendly hotel.

Booking in a relative's name: the rule to know

On Nreservi, the person who pays and the person who stays can be different.

• The traveller is the person who will sleep at the hotel. Their name, written as on their identity document, is the one to enter in the booking: they are the one who will check in.
• The payer is you. If you pay by card from abroad, the name on the card must match the name on your customer account.
• The voucher arrives by email after confirmation. Forward it to your relatives by email or messaging app: they only need to show it on arrival, on a phone or printed.

Remember to give a phone number on which the traveller can be reached during the stay.

Choosing a hotel for elderly parents

Comfort lies in details that photos do not always show:

• a lift, or a room on a low floor;
• a restaurant in the hotel, and half board if your parents do not feel like going out in the evening;
• air conditioning, essential in summer;
• a simple location: city centre near the shops, or seafront with direct access to the beach;
• parking, if a family member is driving them.

The search lets you filter by facility and by board basis. For anything not shown on the hotel page, write to us before booking: our team in Algiers calls the hotel and gets back to you.

Travelling with children: the right room

"Family hotel" covers different things. Before comparing, specify:

1. The number of children and their ages, from the search stage: the price and the rooms offered depend on it.
2. The room type: family room, suite, or two rooms side by side. For a large family, two rooms are sometimes more comfortable than a single big one.
3. Meals: breakfast, half board or full board. With children, half board makes evenings easier.
4. Facilities: pool, beach, play area. The "Pool" filter saves time.

For cities, our pages give the areas and current prices: Algiers, Oran, Béjaïa and Sétif.

A wedding in Algeria: housing the guests

Summer is wedding season, and the family home cannot take everyone. A few organising tips:

• Group the guests in one or two hotels close to the venue: evening travel becomes simpler.
• Book early: in July and August hotels in coastal cities fill up fast and family rooms go first.
• Prefer free cancellation until the guest list is final.
• For several rooms, do not make bookings one by one: send your request (city, dates, number of rooms, travellers' names) to our travel agency. Our team will get back to you.
• For guests landing late, a night near the airport avoids a night drive: see hotels near Algiers airport.

Nreservi books the accommodation. For the wedding hall or the caterer, contact the venue of your choice directly.

Euros or dinars: who pays?

• You pay from abroad: prices are displayed in euros when you browse from outside Algeria, and payment is made online by bank card.
• The family pays in Algeria: a relative pays in dinars, without a bank card, by bank transfer, post-office (CCP) payment or cash at our agency in Algiers. Outside Algiers, payment is by bank transfer or CCP payment.
• You split the cost: nothing prevents you from making two bookings, one paid by card from abroad and one paid in dinars by a relative in Algeria, for instance for two rooms of the same stay.

Payment from abroad is described in detail in booking a hotel in Algeria from France.

What budget?

We do not publish fixed prices: they change with the city, the season and the category. The Algeria hotel price barometer gives every night the median price recorded by city and by star rating. It is a useful benchmark before setting a budget for your parents or your guests.

Frequently asked questions

Do my parents need an account on the site? No. The booking is made from your account, in their name. They only need the voucher and their identity document.

Which documents does the hotel ask for on arrival? An identity document in the traveller's name. Hotels may have other requirements depending on the travellers' situation, for example the family book for a couple of Algerian nationality (see our article): if in doubt, ask us before booking and we will pass the question on to the hotel.

Can the traveller's name be changed afterwards? Contact us as soon as possible: it depends on the terms of the offer and on the hotel.

Who do we contact if there is a problem on site? Our team, by phone, or NIA, our assistant, on the site and on WhatsApp. She answers in French, Arabic and Algerian Arabic.

Find a hotel for my family

Nreservi, online travel agency — 1st floor, 116 boulevard Colonel Krim Belkacem (Telemly), Algiers Centre — +213 540 28 40 40.