Advice on Mattresses for Executive Rental AirBNB

[Jan Fensterer]

Just purchased property- Don't want to cheap on on king and queen mattresses- Advice? I know a mattress can make or break a review.

[Dale Pfeifer]

Following.  I've heard Purple and Casper are solid choices.

[Kristopher Blais]

@Jan Fensterer - Hi Jan - my wife and I have an Airbnb and the most common compliment/request for information is the mattresses. When we bought them I was so worried we were going to cheap and that they wouldn't be good - as usual, my wife was right and I was... Well, not right.

I don't have the exact model number, but they are both the same Beauty Rest from Mattress Firm. They are on the firm side of the spectrum, and each retailed for about $350 plus tax for a queen size. We added a foam topper to one and let the guests know the bed in the back is firm, the bed in the front is more soft and cozy.

Bedding is also important and the other thing people ask us about. Again, wife was wrong and my fears of being cheap were proven wrong... Here is the link to the bedding we've bought. It's lasted for more than 100 guests with 4 sets rotating through the two beds.

Hope this helps! Best of luck with your Airbnb!

-kris

[Kristopher Blais]

@Jan Fensterer - sorry - here is the link.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071LLYWHF/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apap_N6ZatdnWydM39

[Paul Sandhu]

I buy bedroom sets from estate auctions.  $50-$100 gets me a bed frame, mattresses, dresser and chest of drawers.  But my tenants are not picky executives.  As I am typing this, they are inside of an oil storage tank sandblasting it.  It's 120 degrees in there.

[Luke Carl]

Zinus Green Tea from Amazon 100%

I’ve got a high dollar rental and it’s got 8 green teas. Everyone LOVES them.

And when they get puked on you’re only out $295

[Rachel Hughes]

I second the Zinus Green Tea. People love them. Get the 12 inch depth. Comes vacuum sealed in a box. Super easy to setup. 

[Lauren Kormylo]

I bought a Zinus Green Tea, and it is great.  But I would not order it from the Zinus website right now.  
Last month, I ordered a Zinus frame (supposed to be in stock) from their website, and that was a mistake.  I messaged, emailed, called, live chatted with them multiple times, and they gave me the royal runaround.  On the 40th day of waiting, I cancelled and ordered it on Amazon, and it arrived in 4 days.  The Zinus company is really screwed up right now, they must have laid off the majority of their staff, and the remaining people don't have a clue on customer service.  Too bad, because I've bought quite a bit from their site last year with no problems.  

[Kerry Baird]

No one uses Purple?  Asking for a friend.

[Cliff H.]

Ah mattresses. I've spent so many years looking into this market, even before getting in STRs. The first thing to understand about the mattress industry is that is largely a scam. Back in the day that scam was on the back of Tempur-Pedic patents on memory foam and 200-400% retail markups in mattress stores complicit in the biz of selling the same mattresses under wildly different names for years. Today that scam is VC-backed marketing firms that figured out educated consumers were buying off online review sites and just started buying all those "unbiased" mattress review sites up in order to push traffic back to a nice website with innocent names that remind of you of Saturday morning cartoons like Casper. Same scam, different channels. 

If I could count the amount of hours I've spent researching this industry I'd be far richer than my real estate portfolio could ever make me. From what I've seen lately, the best price-performance mattress < $500 according to one of the few still indie review sites left (Consumer Reports) is the mattress hardly anyone's heard of: Sleep Innovations 10" Marley @ $275 (queen). Amazon sells it. Walmart sells it. This mattress is amazing for what it costs.

Prior to discovering the Marley I've also gone through the Zinus Green Tea (lasted 12 months) and a Linenspa gel/spring hybrid (lasted 10 months). Not looking back. I even changed out the cheapo spring mattresses on lower bunk beds with the Marley since adult hiker guests apparently enjoy sleeping in bunk beds more than I ever imagined and even hikers need a good mattress to wake up on. 

Whatever you choose, just don't fall for the scam of the $3k luxury mattress. At the end of the day your guests are sleeping on these things for days, not years. Keep it simple, stick to your budget, and complement whatever mattress you buy with extras like nice sheets, mattress toppers, or nightstand amenities versus a name brand that's only that. 

[Lauren Kormylo]

@Cliff H.  how long have you been sleeping on the Marley?  I get Consumer Reports, but I've bought some stinker products using their advice - their problem is estimating longevity.  I have found Amazon reviews to be better than Consumer Reports for a lot of things, because usually those are people who use the product in the real world for months or years.  I've gone through quite a few mattresses over the last 10 years because my husband is large, and the foam on hybrid or all foam ones doesn't hold up, it starts sagging after 6-12 months, and hurts his back.  We just bought a new Helix Plus, a hybrid designed for heavier people. We're both side sleepers, and it's a little too firm for me, but my husband is now waking up without a backache.  It's not a budget mattress though.  

[Cliff H.]

@Lauren Kormylo over a year, no issues.