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

AuntieE

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?

Because our DGD is 18 and her brother is 15. - and 6 foot 3 inches tall. A bit passed the sharing a bed, age and size.

Well the die is cast. DDiL spent several hours searching and came up with a nice house that met our needs near Southwold; 2 double bedrooms, 1 large twin bed room and a good sized single and after a quick round of agreement, it has been booked.

Thanks, NotSpaghetti.

I think that website may have more Doodledog
It was the first one I found.
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Simple answer - find a place that does twin beds, easy.

I agree with other comments all the ones I’ve stayed in Norfolk you can separate the double to make 2 singles if needed. It’s worth asking.

Not sure if Hampden House in Wells would suit. I know there are two doubles and two singles. This overlooks the estuary has its own parking for 2 cars and an enclosed patio at the front overlooking the estuary itself. A bathroom upstairs and a shower room down. Not sure if it would be big enough.

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Hmm - not sure about you, Noveltydocs...
To return to the subject of the thread, my pet peeve is bunk beds . The spec for the rental says " sleeps x" and when you check, this includes one or two sets of bunk beds, sometimes two sets in one room.
My family includes people who are a little old for bunk beds ( that's me and my children) and some who are too young ( the two year old and the three year old, for example).

Galton

Not sure if Hampden House in Wells would suit. I know there are two doubles and two singles. This overlooks the estuary has its own parking for 2 cars and an enclosed patio at the front overlooking the estuary itself. A bathroom upstairs and a shower room down. Not sure if it would be big enough.

Galton Thank you, no it would be too small, not only not enough beds, but also insufficient parkin.

We have now found a house and had our booking confirmed.

mabon1

Simple answer - find a place that does twin beds, easy.

No, finding a place with twin beds was the difficult part.

M0nica - I find, no matter how much I bake there is always insufficient parkin!

Have a lovely break!

Dh and I enjoy having holiday cottage breaks with my sister and brother in law. We need two doubles each with a double bed and either one or two bathrooms. It is nicer if the bedrooms are of roughly equal size.
Almost every two bedroom cottage I look at has one double and one twin or bunk. I keep trying.

Twin beds take up more space, can have fiddly floor spaces for cleaning and of course have two sets of bedding to be changed. More time required for cleaning at changeovers costing money.

I am having the opposite problem!
I want a 3 bed house with three doubles (or king) for DH and me and our DC and their partners. Preferably 3 bathrooms as well. Most have at least one room with twins or bunks.
I wouldn't mind a twin but they assume it's for children and it's never the nicest room.

It's strange, isn't it? We moved house a couple of years ago and have a spare double bedroom. However, we decided to have two single beds rather than a double, because it gives far more flexibility.

I guess it's what works best for the individual owner at the end of the day.
In our 6 bedroom letting house, we started out with an occupancy of 14:
1 King,
1 double,
2 twins,
1 with 3 singles,
1 with bunks and a single.
After two seasons, we changed the room with 3 singles to become a double with ensuite because very often there would be 3 couples. What I am trying to say is, that the larger the family house, the more doubles you need to provide because otherwise, how do all the offspring get transported to the property.

Exactly, escaped. In our case, we are a small family of three couples - us, two children and spouses/partners. And the dogs.

We don't go away together often, but I would like to rent a cottage for my husband's 70th in the summer and invite the children. I don't want to get a massive place - for one thing I don't know how long the children will be able to stay because of other commitments, and it may be that it's just us for the week and they come at weekends, so it would be mad to pay for lots of unused rooms and only use one. All the same, I'd like each couple to have their own bedroom with a double bed when they are there. I don't want to allocate a double room to one couple and a twin to the others.

There are no children, but I imagine if there were, little ones might be happy to share, but older ones not so much.

Doodledog

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.

we are the same, in our 60's, and due to me sleeping well between 10pm and 2 am and him sleeping better between midnight and 6pm. I cough most of the night and snore the rest of it. Separate rooms are essential.
We found a place in Moffat last year that had two rooms each with two single beds and one zip-lock king-size One of the twin-bedded rooms was en-suite so I got that one. We will go back this year as suited us perfectly.
I usually take my own pillow and 3 tog quilt as most places supply 10.5 or heavier quilts and I cant breathe under the weight of one.

M0nica, you found a suitable house, well done.

However I've an answer to your question.

Our holiday home has quite small bedrooms. Doubles take less space than twin beds. Less cost overall invested in linens, less work changing fewer linens. The rooms with bunks have even less space, twin beds/bunks are the same length as doubles, our tall grandchildren don't complain to length.

Personal preference of the owner.

I follow your logic Norah, but the house we have rented, and the ones that were contenders all had large bedrooms. Even the single bedroom in the house we are renting is a large single.

But while following your logic, it seems to me that holiday home owners are restricting their market by not having flexible sleeping arrangements. I and my DiL combed through lots of houses we would have been very happy to rent - even preferred to the one we have because the distribution of beds did not meet our requirements.

A small bunk bedroom, is a small room however you look at it, especially when both occupants are tall late teenagers, and I see nor reason why, on holiday they should not expect the same space and convenience as all the other adults in the party.

M0nica

I follow your logic Norah, but the house we have rented, and the ones that were contenders all had large bedrooms. Even the single bedroom in the house we are renting is a large single.

But while following your logic, it seems to me that holiday home owners are restricting their market by not having flexible sleeping arrangements. I and my DiL combed through lots of houses we would have been very happy to rent - even preferred to the one we have because the distribution of beds did not meet our requirements.

A small bunk bedroom, is a small room however you look at it, especially when both occupants are tall late teenagers, and I see nor reason why, on holiday they should not expect the same space and convenience as all the other adults in the party.

I understand, M0nica.

I was merely pointing out some value a larger number of private bedrooms over space within. We've very small bedrooms in our home as well, double beds, one tiny lamp table, storage built into walls. no wasted space.

Very often, the comment from guests is that they want to experience something different from what they have at home. I think it also makes it feel more holiday like for them!
For example, in one of our twin rooms, we usually positioned the beds tucked against the walls. The floor centre had a toy mat to play on and was well received. It suited the arrangement in our big house, and we showed it in our advertising. If no children were staying, we could easily reshuffle the room.

I like my holiday bookings to be bigger and smarter than my house ideally.
If I'm taking the family I want all of the rooms to be lovely - not just the ones for the adults.

I suppose, because we don't do it very often I maybe am prepared to spend more to make it feel a bit more special.

NotSpaghetti

I like my holiday bookings to be bigger and smarter than my house ideally.
If I'm taking the family I want all of the rooms to be lovely - not just the ones for the adults.

I suppose, because we don't do it very often I maybe am prepared to spend more to make it feel a bit more special.

Interesting.

I assume we're all together for the activity. Last week we went skiing together. Holiday home booked was lovely with very small bedrooms, enormous kitchen and living room, indeed quite well appointed.

What one learns on GN!! I'll ask our children their future preferences. Thank you for that thought!