Tourism & Hospitality vocabulary · Room Types & Board

Extra bed

Meaning in tourism & hospitality, with examples

/ˌekstrə ˈbed/nounCore term

In tourism & hospitality, extra bed means: An additional bed, often a folding one, placed in a hotel room for a third person, usually for a fee.

In Turkish: ilave yatak, ek yatak

How it is used

Guests request an extra bed for a child or a third adult, and staff check that the room is big enough. For babies, hotels provide a cot instead. Extra beds are usually subject to availability and charged per night.

Example sentences

  1. Can we have an extra bed for our son? He's eleven.

  2. An extra bed costs 30 euros per night, and a baby cot is free.

Common collocations

  • request an extra bed
  • add an extra bed
  • extra bed charge
  • rollaway extra bed

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