What do your guests sleep on?

thegirlintheattic

We've tried pretty much every type of bed (when camping) and prefer a camp bed, we use these when guests visit as well. Ours is similar to this (http://www.gooutdoors.co.uk/hi-gear-aluminum-camping-bed-p143627) and we've never had any complaints.

Errata

I have an inflatable mattress and guests are very welcome to use it. If that doesn't suit them there's a Travelodge down the road.

arbroath_lass

I have a double height airbed (a "cheapie" not the Aerobed). I've never had any problem getting in and out of it. Even when it is just me (ie not me and OH). No wings and I can sleep very nearly on the edge despite being heavy. It's very comfortable too.

rachbc

An ikea pull out bed. Its got a proper sprung base, high densisty foam mattress and opens out to kind size bed. Had very positive feedback from most guests apart from my very obese parents We also have a habitat sofa bed but its not as comfy.

MrsE_2

BitterAndTwisted wrote: »

My sister had a blow-up mattress but in winter the cold from underneath made it really, really uncomfortable. In fact, I didn't sleep a wink and took myself onto the floor in the early hours.

The problem for older people is that most temporary guest-beds, if they are not sofa-beds is that they are far too low to get out of comfortably. Or at all.

I've slept on a blow up bed in winter & found it freezing too.

I wouldn't let people sleep on my sofa, it's not good for them.

I have a double bed in my spare room, it's not comfortable though, my dd took hers when she moved out & gave me her bfs instead, they swapped it for his.

tayforth

My spare room bed is very comfy - just as well, I spent a lot of nights in it during my short-lived marriage (which is now over, thankfully).





I'm a glass-half-full kind of girl.

Savvy_Sue

We have a 'spare' double bed - actually for the last few years until DS2 went to Uni he was sleeping in it, but on the understanding he'd move out if required. I have almost reclaimed the room from him now he's graduated, he had to come home last weekend to sort through the remains of his stuff, but that's a whole other thread.

The boys' guests have always preferred to drape themselves around the lounge in an untidy fashion, however.

Marker wrote: »

The choice in our home now, is the sofa, the floor, my dd high sleeper or the bath Most people opt for the sofa or if they want to relive their youth my dd's bed. The latter is great as they always bang their head on the ceiling when waking up in the morning.

:rotfl: I remember bunk beds well: sleep on top and crack your head every day, or sleep underneath and let the springs pull your hair out every day ...

BitterAndTwisted wrote: »

The problem for older people is that most temporary guest-beds, if they are not sofa-beds is that they are far too low to get out of comfortably. Or at all.

Indeed.

aliasojo wrote: »

Do you mean like this?

http://www.jaybe.com/folding-beds/jubilee/

I was considering these. :undecided

That looks better than my parents' Z bed used to be. If you imagine the slats replaced by springs in a diamond pattern, and then imagine your shoulder blades sinking into the diamonds ... not comfy!

pinkshoes wrote: »

We have a Futon, but my parents hate it so much they opt for the Travelodge! (£19 a night booked in advance and 6 miles away).

We do offer them our bed and we would sleep on the futon (which is in our 2.5 year olds room!).

A house big enough to have a spare room is SO expensive that it's much better valur to use the Travelodge!

When visiting the in-laws, this is the conclusion we've reached.

We spent 20 years squeezing five of us into their 3 bed semi, with various permutations of the boys or us on the dining room floor / squeezed into the spare room, and a reducing number of boys on their uncle's floor (because they got too tall!!!). We've used air beds, those folding foam blocks which turn into chairs, and the foam from garden loungers. Mother has fussed and fiddled with blankets under sleeping bags, too many pillows, and worries about whether the air beds would go down overnight - yes, they did, but replacing them didn't seem to be an option.

Eventually we started leaving the boys there while we went to the travelodge or a local B&B. Last couple of visits we've all stayed elsewhere. It is MUCH less stressful for FIL (who has dementia) and by extension on MIL - at least he gets his 'normal' routine first and last thing.

sharnad

Mine is a normal bed but at my mama it's a double air bed with sheets and a quilt Much better than the rubbish futon she used to have

sulkisu

I invested in a proper fold out sofa bed. It was more expensive than the blow up, roll out alternatives but was well worth it in the long run. It is a nice comfortable sofa as well, but as a bed it is big enough and comfortable enough for anyone to sleep on - regardless of age, size etc.

wik

If we have friends to stay, or my brother and his family come to stay I give up my bedroom, my youngest DD has one of those pull out beds under her bed,so I bunk in with her. and I really dont mind giving up my bedroom.

A couple of years ago we had 12 of us here for Christmas, and as there were several girl teens youngest DD was sharing, and the boy teens were threatening to open pressies in the middle of the night!! luckily we have a spare mattress so I slept in front of the tree :rotfl:

I have to say I was worried that Santa woud stand on me in the night!! :A