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One child can have plenty of reasons to keep a bunk bed: a favorite sleeping level, a reading spot or a bed ready for a cousin. The question is how your child uses both levels and whether the setup still works in the room. When the kids in our owner's family changed rooms, one child wanted to keep his bunk bed. He liked sleeping on top some nights and on the bottom on others, and the extra bed came in handy when his cousins stayed over. Whether you are buying a bunk or deciding what to keep, st …

Your vacation rental needs enough suitable sleeping places for the guests you intend to host, within the property's permitted occupancy. Start with that guest limit, decide who will share a mattress and who needs a separate bed, then test the complete layout. There is no reliable rule that every bedroom should sleep two people or that every extra mattress justifies another guest. For example, two queen beds and two twin beds provide four sleeping surfaces. They could suit two couples and two gue …

A bunk bed with a trundle has two fixed sleeping surfaces and a separate, low bed that rolls out from beneath the bottom bunk. On a compatible model, the trundle adds another place to sleep without leaving that extra frame out all day. It needs its own mattress, a clear rollout area and a route to the bunk's ladder or stairs when open. The useful question is whether the complete setup works in your room at bedtime. A bunk can fit against a wall while its open trundle blocks a door, dresser or la …