Is the room the one with the niche (bottom picture) or the top picture?

I honestly think you have done what you can do. This is a very small room. Do you often get 8? Or is it usually 7 or less? If so I would remove the bunk bed and get a bed with just a trundle.

My kids have massive loft beds, I feel your pain. I think the only other option to keep 4 beds in that room would be to do two twins with an under bed trundle each.

The top photo is the actual room. Thanks for the suggestions so far. If this was my permanent home, I would invest in sleeping bag type linens. Usually the trundle isn’t used.

We have 3 bunks at Cave Creek Cabin. Most of our guests bring sleeping bags and throw them on the bunks, but we provide a folded set of flat sheets just laid at the foot of each bed. They can make them up themselves if they want to. We did move ours perp to the wall so you can navigate around them for ease of making them up. We provide pillows and blankets and the beds have a coverlet and matching sham. Blankets are kept in a locker nearby.

I think you just need better bunkbeds that are more easily accessible for changing sheets. The kind you show, with those wooden rails, is a royal pain-in-the-youknowwhat.

Kids make their own beds. Solved.

What about Murphy beds? They have some cool ones that fold down laterally, could be mounted lower.

(Milley, the issue is that the owner changes the sheets between renters.)

You could also change the types of linens you use. For DS' dorm I got fitted-foot top sheet, blanket, and comforter. No tucking, pretty easy to keep it looking tidy. Or go European, with just a fitted bottom sheet and a comforter.

My son's room is about that size, so I am assuming that you aren't able to rearrange the beds to have two trundles. If you want to keep sleeping 8, I think you have the only option available.

I would place the clean linens, nicely folded, on each of the beds so the new guests can make up the bunks themselves. If you have a spotlessly clean mattress cover on each bunk mattress - perfectly acceptable. This is clearly a family friendly vacation rental, not the Ritz. (speaking as a B&B host of +/- 20 years here)

I too feel your pain. I wonder how my mom did it..when I was a child there were three sets of bunk beds in our home. I survived children making beds by buying quilts that quickly covered rumpled sheets a kid who sleeps in an upper bunk can "make their bed" with a big fluffy quilt...as far as the weekly changes of sheets..I had a little body up there helping ASAP but I only had one upper and my set didn't stay stacked for long, as I recall. Your bed design is particularly difficult with all its wood. They make metal with a single on top, double on the bottom..or even a sleeker wood set with less head/foot board would be easier to deal with. THAT set is about as bulky and space consuming as bunk beds come.

Can you fit a double in there? A double with a trundle (or trundle under the twin) would also pass for sleeping 3.

We are so secluded and remote that we discourage arrivals after dark. The few who have tried it over the past 15 years have regretted nighttime arrival, if they even got there. I know of one bunch who slept in their car on the side of the road they were so lost! They didn't have a cell phone or GPS either, and it was my cardiologist and kids!

Is there any other place you can put a sleeper? Pullout sofa in the living room, or any alcove type areas?

A folding step stool with "paint shelf" may make the task of changing the top linens much, much easier. http://www.wernerco.com/us/en/view/Products/Climbing%20Equipment/Step%20Stools/260/264

Alternatively, you could consider changing the room so that it has two twin beds with one trundle. Would that fit your customer base?

ETA: optional trundle and storage drawers.

I agree. I used to hate to make up bunk beds and it was just my kids that had to see it, too!

I would want it to look especially good if I was renting out. I wonder if you could put casters on the above ones so you can pull them out to tuck in?

I'm wondering if a more open rail system (if legal?) would make you feel less murderous. It's the foot of the bed that would be killer in your situation, I think, since the head of the bed is accessible from those steps.

Thank you all so much for getting me started in the right direction. I like leaving the clean linens for the renters to use if they wish. We use vacation rentals ourselves and I wouldn’t care to make up kids beds after a late arrival, but I don’t think it would be a deal breaker for me. Also I will look at lighter weight beds. When we started the vacation rental, the heavy wood seemed sturdier and more durable , but not so when it comes to changing the sheets. I will definitely get different beds because I don’t want my guests sliding the heavy beds on the flooring. Also will look at a daybed for the living room. Thanks again. Your suggestions are much appreciated.

If you decide to put 2 twins in the bedroom, take a look at Norwalk Furniture for a comfortable trundle option for your livingroom. You have the option of many different fabrics and different styling, one looks like this (sleeps 2 and it really is comfortable).

Can you detach the bunks from the stairs and put wheels on the bunk so you can swing it out to make the bed?

I love the sofa trundle idea. I’ll look at that. Also the wheels. Thanks

This is what we settled on. I have it ordered along with slides for under the legs. Thanks so much for all of your suggestions. The room will be a little tight but not as bad as it was with the trundle pulled out. I also have a little more space without the steps at the end of the bed. Not to buy new sheets again.

Now to buy new sheets again.

That will be better. To change the sheets on the top bunk, it's easiest imo to pull the mattress half-way over the top tail and kind of spin it around as you tuck the bottom sheet (and in my case, we always used mattress protectors under the sheets). It's all made easier with a 2nd person, tho.

The vacation homes around ours that rent out, tell the bed size and the guest bring their own linens and make the bed themselves. There are usually extra blankets though.

good idea, except most of our guests fly in. They wouldn't be too happy paying for the extra baggage.

Kind of ot but kind of not: We rented a house for a few days and after a very long day of travel arrived about 10. A lovely woman showed us around real quick and, at the end, said "I put a few things in the fridge for you, including milk. There are tea bags in the cupboard". Well I had to restrain myself from throwing myself on the floor and kissing her feet (if you've ever suffered tea with tepid water and half and half, then you get me...).

So anyway. It's really nice to have a freshly made bed. Not required, but very nice.

Pennydesign I know what you mean. We once arrived late at a rental exhausted. He had light snacks and wine for us. I still remember how wonderful that treat was.
I meant packing linens and paying the extra freight for the plane.