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I have been hosting one property for the past year quite succesfully and have decided to invest into another property. The new place is a 2 bd 2ba gulf front condo in a small coastal island. The master bedroom is 12’ X 12’ and the second bedroom is 9’ X 10’.
There is currently a queen bed in the master and double in the spare bedroom. I know I want to upgrade to a queen in the second bedroom as I want four “full” sized adults to be able to rent the place and a double can be tight for people. My real question is this, should I move the queen to the second and upgrade to a king in the master or just do two queens and enjoy the synergy of all the same size sheets, mattress protectors, etc.
At my first property I have 2 kings and a queen and it get’s a little tricky at times keeping track of linens and what goes in which room.
Is there any compelling factor to have a king over a queen?
@Annet3176 To clarify, you must have a California King which is narrower but longer. King and queen mattresses are both 80" long. I wouldn’t want to buy a CA king because it’s harder to get sheets.
Keeping track of linens shouldn’t be that hard. As Anne says, sheets can be marked on a tag or at a bottom corner. Some people have different color themes for different rooms although I prefer white sheets.
Unless the room will be crowded with a king, there’s no downside to having king size for guests and with Americans getting bigger and bigger, king will be in demand.
I prefer to have queen size because the sheet sets are cheaper than king sets. I can always find them on sale. I would do two queen size beds. I also do the same sheet designs for all the beds to make life easier.
Depends on where in the world you are. Standard mattress sizes are different in different countries. A “Queen” in Mexico is 75 inches long and 58" wide. (60"x80" in US and Canada). And in Europe, they are different again. A standard UK King is the size, more or less, as a US Queen.
When I look for Airbnb for vacation, and find two or more comparable places in the location I want, I will pick the one with a King size bed over the one where the bidders bed is a Queen.
Note bed size comes after location, and only into the mix if there are choices.
If your competitors all have king beds it gives them a leg up. You just need to make it so yours is so nice it doesn’t have competitors.
I want to thank everyone for their reply’s. Looks like (at least in my mind) the King bed is worth it. The competitors mostly have queens.
Another thing I found this weekend is a Murphy cabinet. Looks like a regular living room cabinet you would sit a TV on but folds out to queen bed with a thick bamboo mattress. I think the third bed would be a game changer and functions as living room furniture and is 100 times better than a sleeper sofa mattress.
I actually found a really cool Murphy Cabinet used but never used on Facebook Marketplace. This will be in the living room and will add an extra queen bed to the unit.
I have a full-size murphy bed in the living room of my rental. It’s mostly used for young adults traveling with their parents. But it is always a point of interest - people are fascinated by them!
