kwren

Thanks coco - that's what I thought. I hope we can avoid them, but if not, my daughter is very tiny so she will be the one to use it.

annhig

Standard UK bed sizes are as follows:
2'6 [two foot 6 inches] - a thin single as supplied to students in halls of residence, or on some bunk-beds.
3' - a single, or one half or a twin.
4' - a small double. [only found very rarely].
4'6 - a standard double. most UK married folks sleep on one of these. [It's not that we're more friendly than in the US, our rooms are smaller].
5' - what you call a queen size.
6' - a king-size, or two twins, zipped together if you're lucky.
Hope that helps!

kwren

We will see what we get in Salzburg. I just went through my paperwork and I hadn't noticed before that we have 2 "real" (?) beds and 3 rollaway beds. I don't have any idea what this means, other than I won't be completely surprised at whatever we get! At least these are in 2 rooms - the family suite. Seems to me that in 2 rooms, there should be a few more "real" beds. I booked for 5 people, but should maybe have paid more attention to the details in the confirmation. The 2 12 year olds should be fine with anything, but my 17 year old son... he might be in for a bit of a shock . Stay tuned for the trip report!!!

annhig

THE "real" beds sound like a case of [their] bad translation. If you post the original german, someone here can probably translate it for you!

Judyrem

Ron very funny. I am like dejavu,,,great title. I join the gutter minds too .

amaclise

This is also why you shouldn't buy sheets at IKEAs in the US - they neve seem to fit.

kwren

Annhig - it was in English, but maybe they were having trouble translating what they meant (just trying to be optimistic here!!!)

Christina

a regular French double bed is 140 cm, definitely not 110. That is just about the exact same size as in the US. A queen is 160. I think I've seen all small single b ed sizes from 90 to 120 in France, at least advertised for sale at mattress places. The term French bed which travelnut refers to is not a term used in France but in other countries like Germany and it can mean about any size there but refers to the configuration of one large mattress, not two twins stuck together.