I can't possibly see @Fred13 as the lone sheep here facing a pack of wolves!
You are all on the right track with regard to concentrating on bedding as the pivotal thing in a listing.
When my wife was finally diagnosed with MS we decided to travel and spent the best part of 6 years doing just that. When a catastophe overtakes your life you put aside those thoughts of, 'Oh one day when we have the house paid off, the new car, the kids through school, we will get around to it and do that. We are slaves to our existence.
When that major issue comes along you realise that..... 'things' come and go, but memories are forever, and that is when you turn your life around!
We stayed in countless hotels, motels, BnB's, caravan parks, ships cabins, and to me, the bed itself became the hero of any accommodation and that is why I poured as much money as I could into my listing bed. It is heaps better than my own bed, but it needs to be, it is money in the bank, it is where the future bookings come from! If a guest gets a great nights sleep they are prepared to overlook other shortcomings in the listing....if they roll around on an uncomfortable piece of rubbish there is no way they will give you a good review.
@Suzanne302, I have 800 thread count cotton sateen sheets! I buy them from Spotlight here in Australia when they have a special on them....they rarely cost more than $80 per set and I buy in pastel shades. I find subtle coloured linens will last considerably longer than white, and they look more inviting. I have cool colours, Blue, pastel green for the summer time.....warm colours of yellow, grey, mauve for the winter time. I have 5 sets of linens and in 3 years of hosting I have never had to write a set of linens off because of wear and tear or any other reason. They all still look and feel just great.
800 thread count cotton is a b*tch to iron but I can't tell you how nice it feels to slip into pressed high thread count satiny feel sheets at the end of the day. You have to experience it to truly appreciate it.
Forget about top end lounges, outdoor settings or coffee machines, put your money into the bed....it will be worthwhile.
Cheers.......Rob