Sofa or tiny spare room?

[DetailMouse]

This situation might be hard for people who live a different life to me to get their head round, but I'm interested in opinions.

I have a wide circle of friends over a fairly large geographical area, most because of a common interest. Occasionally, after an event, one will "crash" at my house and sleep on the sofa. It is literally somewhere to sleep for the night, they'll leave first thing in the morning after a quick wash in the downstairs loo. It's not that that's our arrangement, that's just how it seems to work out. Sometimes it will be friends of young adults DSs.

Often they are men, women are keener to get back to their own bed.

Anyway, I quite like the fact that they're downstairs and there's no danger of bumping into them on the landing in the middle of the night. However, I am aware that letting "guests" sleep on the sofa is not very hospitable.

I do have a tiny box room that I could just about fit a bed into so they can sleep there. Would you or leave things as they are?

No one seems to mind sleeping on the sofa, just grateful not to have to make the journey home.

What about airbeds? We've got three people staying next week, all bringing their sleeping bags and a pillow (great as I don't have to wash anything), we have a couple of airbeds and one person bringing one. It's going to a tight squeeze in the small room as whoever is in there will have to step onto their airbed so they can close the door. We wouldn't mind doing the same at their houses, in fact, we have at one. I think they're just grateful they have somewhere to crash out after a few drinks.

@DetailMouse I wouldn't give up storage space for the sake of someone literally sleeping and leaving.

It sounds like the current arrangement suits you and your guests fine.

What is the box room currently used for?

Personally, I prefer people to be in a bedroom as its more flexible (couples etc) and they aren't on the sofa for me to tip toe round in the morning. DH does something where every few months we have a house full, and they'll be everywhere, inc my office on an airbed, and sometimes ds goes on an airbed in our en suite so people can go in his room

For your current situation that sounds fine. Means you don't have to wash a set of bedding for someone who has just crashed for one night, and you're not wasting space with a bed which is rarely used.
Were you thinking of other, more "guest-y" guests who would actually be staying, or just wondering if it's OK to continue the current arrangement?