King sized beds - worth investing in for more bookings?

[Katie Miller]

Hey all BP STR Hosts! Has anyone upgraded their bed sizes from fulls or queens to king-sized beds and seen an increase in bookings in their market? Would love to hear any case studies, positive or negative, that correlate to this idea so I can tease out what is worth it for us.

Current state is a 3-bed, 3-bath beach house with 2 queen sized beds, a bunkbed room, and two portable pack-and-plays for babies.

Future state would be upgrading the 2 queens to kings. 

Also up for hearing if you don't think it's worth it to upgrade your mattress sizes for whatever reason. 

Thanks y'all! 

[Sarah Kensinger]

It's actually a well-known fact that if the primary bedroom in a STR has a king bed, that property is usually booked before a queen bed. And if it's more than one bedroom that can hold a king that's even better! It's a top-secret trick to getting more bookings. ;) People love to have a king bed on vacation especially if they can't have one in their personal home! But if the rooms are small and it would make walking around the bed tight, it's better to stick with a queen. If you can help it, you don't ever want guests to feel like it's a small house/room.