Why do holiday homes seem to put double beds in every bed room?

Have you checked whether the beds can be unzipped to create singles?

I am puzzled too. In many hotels you can book twin beds, is not a problem and in Spain most holiday rentals we have stayed in say it is a double but is actually twin beds pushed together.
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Have you checked whether the beds can be unzipped to create singles?

It’s usually only superkings that unzip. My Gdcs would be very happy to bunk up BTW - they always do when staying with me.

My usual peeve is that there are only standard doubles when there’s plenty of room for a king size.
Always strikes me as stingy. I hate sharing a standard double nowadays - it feels so cramped.

First one I looked at had 2 bedrooms with double beds and 2 with singles. www.holidaycottages.co.uk/cottage/oc-26762-the-view

Read the spec carefully, we have a zip and link superking that splits into two 3 foot beds in our holiday home, that may not be apparent at first glance.

Some are trying to discourage families and would rather have couples.

You really have to search hard to get exactly what you want and it will take time but I'm sure you'll get there.

I have learned it isn't the number of bedrooms you should be searching for but the number of beds.

The place you found looks great barley fields, Wells is a favourite with us.

We prefer lots of doubles to be honest.
I hate having to push singles together (as you often do in Italy) - it only works if they are zip-linked.
We needed 6 doubles and 6 singles ideally last big house we booked but we're fine with 9 doubles (6 kings) and 3 singles.

Our previous bed was actually 2 zip link 3ft beds.

My personal holiday peeve is that I want a plan of the property as often if there are bunk beds or "children's beds" they bundle them all together like a dormitory and away from their parents.

M0nica -why not look at (say) 5 or 6 bedrooms? Surely that would work out for you?

NotSpaghetti

M0nica -why not look at (say) 5 or 6 bedrooms? Surely that would work out for you?

We did this last year on our family holiday in Lyme Regis, we had single adults of different sexes who didn’t want to share rooms, let alone beds.
We rented an 8 bed house, ( it also had 3 sitting rooms so that the youngsters had somewhere to play their games) it was expensive as we paid for everyone, but if every couple/family pays for themselves it works out to be very reasonable. We also did a rota for cooking…..

I am looking for dog-friendly accommodation in Scotland with three doubles of roughly equal size, and finding it difficult. I’m happy to go to four bedrooms, but many have two doubles a twin and a nursery. It has to be on a particular date in August, so time will run out soon, I think.

I think a lot must come down to luck, but I wish the search criteria on booking sites let you be more specific.

I’d like a week beginning or ending with 8 August, with parking and a nearby restaurant or pub. If anyone can help, please feel free to DM? There are three couples to please, and it’s getting quite tricky.

Mine has four bedrooms, one of which has two singles including a truckle bed underneath it. And it’s in Wells next the Sea! Let me know if further details required. I don’t use an agency.

Count the people not bedrooms, we had 3 couples, so 3 rooms and 4 single people, all adults, so 7 rooms altogether.

We couldn’t find a 7 bed house so went for the 8 bed. It was lovely to have a plenty of room, plus we had plenty of cutlery, crockery, towels and space so that we weren’t under each other’s feet, it also had a huge garden an enormous kitchen and a dining room table that sat all of us easily.

When the rest of the family arrived for one day only (an extra 7 people) we still had plenty of room. Although the lads were in the garden playing football most of the day.

Doodledog
Here's one.
www.unique-cottages.co.uk/cottages/central/perthshire/gm3-elfin-lodge?searchId=4a6cb785-a5db-4288-8d06-0f58840db61d&option=availability

Kate 54 we visit Norfolk and Suffolk most years. Mostly we go alone or with another couple so only need a 2 bed house, but this year with family we needed 3 doubles and one twin. Will bear in mind Or please pm me with details.
Thanks.

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Whoops sorry, that was meant to be a PM! Doesn’t seem possible to delete….

How odd, I am sure I posted on here this morning, but it doesn't seem to be here.

Anyway in it I dealt with some of the things people brought up.

To begin with we have shifted our area of interest from Norfolk to Suffolk. DH and I preferred Norfolk, but we were outvoted.

Bedrooms matter because DD, who is single wants her own room and resents it if she keeps getting given the small one in the attic with the bathroom one floor down, and she wants her own room, no sharing with DGC

Our 2 DGC are 15 and 18. The 15 year old is 6ft 3inches and still growing, so bunkbeds in a small bedroom are not satisfactory. We need 4 beds, 2 with doubles, and two with twin beds.

When we had a holiday home, which we did not let out commercially, only to family and friends, we had the 2 doubles 2 twin rooms just because it was so flexible.

Anyway the search continues.

Cottages for two with only a double bed is my particular peeve. To holiday with a friend in comfort (and harmony) requires forking out for a two bedroom cottage.

Very often, the "double" bed will be made up of two singles which can be separated if necessary. It's worth asking.

Why dio children need a bed each? There was nothing my sister and I liked better than the few occasions we were allowed to sleep in the same bed! It made a holiday for us.

In my experience a lot of h otels, don't know about holiday homes as I have never been in one, have two single beds, very annoying for married couples who actually prefer sleeping in the same bed!

Whatever these people do, someone will complain, won't they?

Role, I suppose most people who holiday with a friend might like their own room.

I definitely don't want to share. I haven't wanted to share a room with a friend since my teen years.

Goodness no! I wouldn't want to share a room on holiday. I go to a spare room if my husband snores, and the thought of sharing with a friend fills me with dread.