Travel cot in holiday lodge.

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Hi, if you were staying in a wooden lodge type accommodation with a baby in a travel cot would you expect there to be ample space for it or as a parent would you make do with the space you have got and make do?

My husband is fixated on there not being a destinated space for it in Airbnb we rent out.
My opinion is that when you take small children away you make do as your on holiday. Pictures of the rooms are available for guests to see before they book. There's a king size room a twin room with 2 singles and a large living room with sofa bed.
Thoughts please?

Is there room to put it in the main bedroom? Are you providing a travel cot? You could take a photo of it fitting to show.

Something I appreciate on a listing is a proper floor plan, could you do one of those for your listing?

I don't think it needs to have its own designated space but it would be a bit annoying if you couldn't fit it into either one of the bedrooms, in my opinion. If I had a very small baby, I'd want to be able to put it into the king room and if I had an older-but-still-in-a-cot baby I'd want to put it in the children's room.

If it is advertised as having a travel cot available, I would expect there to be sufficient room, yes. DH’s parents have a holiday lodge and there is space for a travel cot, but you then can’t access the wardrobe. I would be pretty irritated if we had paid to hire it and had to move it every morning and evening to be honest. It really hurts my back because I can’t squat down to put the baby in because there is furniture in the way, so I have to bend from the waist.

Photos are fine but it can be hard to judge the width of spaces, and therefore to gauge how much room the travel cot would have around it.

If you have no other children then I’d make do if my child was older than say 10/12 months and put them in the living room or separate bedroom with the video monitor on.

If we are booking a hotel room out I’d check with the hotel that there is ample space.

If there is a sofa bed in the living room I’d instantly know there would be space for the travel cot if the sofa bed was left as a sofa. But probably wouldn’t be happy with this with a small baby so depends on age

I’d expect there to be enough space for it (i.e. able to easily approach it and put baby in and out etc) somewhere in the property but it’s up to parents which room they choose to put it in, the whole point of a travel cot is that you can move it about rather than it have a designated space.

We neither provide a travel cot nor encourage their use.

There is just about room in the master bedroom which is what I say if asked but I'm not in the young family market so make it clear that other than stairgates we provide no baby/toddler equipment at all.

This is mainly because of the liability risk and partly because of the extra cleaning time required.

I love a floor plan too.

Yes it will fit in either bedroom, and yes the travel cot is provided by us. It was there when we took over the property no previous guests have ever had an issue.

A floor plan with dimensions? I was debating putting one on our listings.

Unless you are providing the cot and other baby paraphernalia or promoting it as particularly suitable for babies then why are you worrying. The most helpful thing you can do is to provide an accurate floor plan as this helps not only parents but also those with mobility issues, poor vision etc.

Oh it's fine OP - and there's no point having a designated space because where you want to put it depends on your family setup and the age of the baby.

I like a floor plan ( like estate agents house details) when I look at suitable accommodation for a large family gathering. My children have young children so I like to see what bedrooms would be near other ones. We once rented somewhere that had said it 5 bedrooms but 2 of them, that were en suite, were not accessible to the rest of the house.

I'm not worrying, to me it's a non issue I've taken babies camping 🤣 but he's driving me mad going on about where it will go.
I think there's plenty of room if the single beds ( which are really light) are pushed sightly.