We wanted to add a bed to living area in our Airbnb apartment last year. Agree sofa with pull-out bed is poor choice. Not comfortable as either couch or bed. We ended up using high quality trundle bed which has double bed on top (that turns into nice, small couch during the day) and extra-tall (XT) twin that stows away under the double bed during the day. We were able to increase our newbie rates when we put in the trundle and got more small family bookings along with our single and 2-person bookings (we have a king bed in separate bedroom in the apartment). Also we charge small additional $10 fee if guest party uses the third XL twin bed. Word of caution: make sure you want to serve small families if you add 2 more beds. If you provide more beds, the small families will come. And they are more work (more linens, more utilities, a bit more cleaning). Be sure to adjust rates. In our case, adding the trundle bed has worked well. Compared to last summer, we have more days booked (only 2 orphan days versus 11 last summer) and revenue/projected revenue up 46% over last summer. Most of the increase driven by more families staying with us made possible by adding the daybed/trundle beds (double and xl twin). Not for everyone but it worked for us.
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