We did that as well. Started slow and first to go was a double. We made the room a queen and bookings went up. One queen room we made a king but that didn't see the same jump as going from double to queen did. We did it because we kept getting hang ups when we said we didn't have any king beds.
We looked at a place that was underperforming. It had 15 rooms and our idea was to salvage the best bedding from as many rooms as possible and open with only those rooms while we fixed the others. I estimated $2500 to get each room 'up to snuff'. That would have been all new bedding, rugs, furniture, paint, decor. Some of the beds were really bad and you could see the sags from the doorway. A lot of the beds had no headboard at all and were just shoved up against the wall. One room looked like a dorm- 3-4 beds, random chairs, and a tub in the middle of the floor. Got us thinking about what sort of parties went on in a room with that many beds and a tub in the middle of the room!
One place we looked at had the bedding color-coordinated by bed size. So, all of the blue sheets were king, all the yellow queen etc.
I actually buy king pillowcases for my extra pillowcases. I like the way the pillowcase coveres the entire pillow - sometimes the standard pillowcases barely make it with the feather/down pillows fluffed. Then the end of the pillowcase hangs over nicely.
Or you can fold them in like an envelope for a more finished look.
you can get the half height box spring......it helpsWe've been doing one bed/year. They really didn't need it at first, but we're 7 years on now and they really do! Another point about the beds- the newer ones are taller than the 'old' style so it is less bending to make the newer beds.Upgrading beds and mattresses and linens? What would the return be on it? That's a big chunk-o-change. Yes it would be odd for a queen and full sized bed in the same room.
Are you wanting to reno all these rooms? Or just make them usable until you can get the lodge operating as well? I thought just make them nice clean and usable. (Again sorry I am am off track)
From my experience with hotels as a family of four we are often faced with a) a king bed with sofa sleeper or b) two doubles.
I would never change it. Me, I would keep it the same. Especially retro, two doubles would give more space in the room.
Why do you want two queens? Are you expecting two couples per room? Do you have any adjoining doors, would be cheaper to offer a discount on a family suite as such than replace everything. Now if it were the lodge or a B&B proper I would have a different answer. And yet again, I would not want two beds per room, unless double beds.
For linens - I would get what you really want, if you don't sew hire someone to do them all, it would be easy if you wanted the same size and pattern on all of them, nothing easier to make than curtains and bedspreads!.Good point...if this is a short term, stop-gap measure and you plan a fuller upgrade later, then stick with double beds and the sheets you already have. When we first got here and couldn't afford to replace all the mattresses at once we bought some of the memory foam mattress toppers. They were ~$100 each for a double size and made the beds really comfy, and still fit standard sheets.Joey Bloggs said:
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We have that box spring. The regular one was too high for DH to put his brace on - he kept feeling like he was falling off. We had ordered the low-profile but the regulare was delivered - had to sleep on the plastic under the sheets for almost 2 weeks before the right one came in. THAT was a lousy 2 weeks of sleep.you can get the half height box spring......it helpsWe've been doing one bed/year. They really didn't need it at first, but we're 7 years on now and they really do! Another point about the beds- the newer ones are taller than the 'old' style so it is less bending to make the newer beds.Upgrading beds and mattresses and linens? What would the return be on it? That's a big chunk-o-change. Yes it would be odd for a queen and full sized bed in the same room.
Are you wanting to reno all these rooms? Or just make them usable until you can get the lodge operating as well? I thought just make them nice clean and usable. (Again sorry I am am off track)
From my experience with hotels as a family of four we are often faced with a) a king bed with sofa sleeper or b) two doubles.
I would never change it. Me, I would keep it the same. Especially retro, two doubles would give more space in the room.
Why do you want two queens? Are you expecting two couples per room? Do you have any adjoining doors, would be cheaper to offer a discount on a family suite as such than replace everything. Now if it were the lodge or a B&B proper I would have a different answer. And yet again, I would not want two beds per room, unless double beds.
For linens - I would get what you really want, if you don't sew hire someone to do them all, it would be easy if you wanted the same size and pattern on all of them, nothing easier to make than curtains and bedspreads!.Good point...if this is a short term, stop-gap measure and you plan a fuller upgrade later, then stick with double beds and the sheets you already have. When we first got here and couldn't afford to replace all the mattresses at once we bought some of the memory foam mattress toppers. They were ~$100 each for a double size and made the beds really comfy, and still fit standard sheets.Joey Bloggs said:
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One bed to two beds must be considered the upgrade.
