Hi. I am new to this community. Please help me out building ...
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Hi. I am new to this community. Please help me out building up our AirBNB property.
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After all, this is AirBnB. Can you please share how you utilize them, what type, how you deal with bedding, etc.
When I started, I bought the cheapest kind on line and they need to be inflated. At that time I did not even know if hosting will take off and went the cheapest route. Now that I know that my Airbnb is a keeper and those mattresses are old and deflate fast, I am trying to decide the next steps. There is no place to keep them on the main floor at all so they have to be dragged up the stairs when they are not needed to be stored away (I do have real beds, these only come out for bigger groups or if all guests are singles).
A nice alternative would be a very light foldable kind. Saw some today at Costco for $40. Another plus of the foldable type is no need to inflate anything. But are they uncomfortable? Also, they would be twin size vs queen I have now and therefore require more bedding to wash and also more of them to buy.
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I have regarded the guests sleeping comfort to be the most important thing we as hosts offer. They seem to forgive other little issues if they have a great nights sleep.
I do have a couple of air mattresses here but I would rather not accept a booking for that extra person than complicate my sleeping arangements by bringing in a make-shift bed.
The problem is Inna, come review time, they don't remember how accommodating the host was! They just remember how 'squeezy' it was and how it was not a good fit for their needs!
If you can't do it properly, don't do it at all, I reckon!
Cheers......Rob
@Inna22 Yes. Over this side of the pond IKEA the Swedish Home Furnishing company sell them and they're quite reasonble. Being cotton they're not clammy and are really comfortable.
@Inna22 we have folding camp beds in the camping barn and after 12 months use they are still like new.
A bit on the expensive side but folks love them.
https://www.gooutdoors.co.uk/15901127/tfgear-flat-out-super-king-4-leg-bed-15901127
Ohhhh NoooOoooh.... I guess I never really paid attention in the meaning of this first 3 letters of AIRbnb
My guests sleeping on a $1200 mattress... :-0
@Inna22looked up an IKEA futon: 12 kgs approx.
Same size in foam was only slightly less.
Had a futon once, was incredibly hevy so 12 kgs isn't too bad, but might be too much to lug up stairs.
@Inna22 Hello! While making this decision, I decided to get a full twin size rollaway bed that was over $250, so that it would be comfortable for whom ever used it, which is usually the teenager or unattached guest. An air mattress is just not "professional" in that you would not get one at a hotel. You would get a rollaway bed with real bedding etc. If not that, then nothing! Best of luck!