Holiday Inn - sofa beds!

spratley

It's a long shot, but does anyone know if the Holiday Inn sofa beds (in the family rooms) are any good, or just the usual cheap rubbish you find in most budget hotels? We have tried some of the other hotels/chains in the area we want to stay (Lichfield, visiting family), but my 14yr old son, who is quite tall & well built (ahem) finds most sofa beds uncomfortable. We could book two rooms, but would rather not, if possible!
Thanks!

fawd1

Think most sofa beds are pretty shoddy to be honest. Would it not work better if either you or his mum shared the double with him and the other one took the sofa bed. Assuming of course that you are less "well built" than he is. P.S. If you're worried my older brother was very "well built" for a while up until he hit about 16 and he shot up. Now he's actually well built in that he's a 6 foot 2 rugby player. So, not to fear, he may grow out of his well built-ness.

needaholiday

My daughter is an averaged sized 13 year old and finds the sofa beds at Holiday Inns uncomfortable. It could be a ploy to get one of us to give up our comfy bed though!

spratley

I think he makes a point of complaining hoping to get his own room! We have a sofa bed at home and he's slept on that a fair bit without complaining. I'm just thinking about whether I can borrow some camping stuff from the relatives in Lichfield - they have some decent airbeds that I could put on the floor. Or maybe some sort of foam mat that I could put on the sofa bed base to firm it up a bit?

aliasojo

spratley wrote: »

Or maybe some sort of foam mat that I could put on the sofa bed base to firm it up a bit?

If anything I'd say the sofa beds were too firm.

My 13 year old can never sleep on them as they are brick hard and uncomfortable.

needaholiday

Doesn't help that the main bed is really comfy. Makes my daughter very jealous!

daveyjp

Premier Inn is far better with the single beds which slide under the doubles as they have a proper mattress.

spratley

Also, he's at an age when it would be quite embarrassing to share with Mum or Dad. Why don't family rooms have twin beds? That would make things easier. Being quite tall myself (& having back problems) I'm not keen on sofa beds myself. The ones I've tried seem to have a really thin foam mattress and saggy springs...

cupcakeprincess

I work in a hotel and your best bet is to phone them first to request a proper sofa bed or a pull out bed with a proper matress.

Premier Inn is your best bet though they tend to try and accomodate as best as possible!