Day bed with trundle or standard double bed for spare room

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We have moved house to a cottage in the countryside.

This means that we are further from friends but friends want to come and visit.

We have a spare room that needs to be able to sleep people occasionally and also function as a part time office space.

It's not huge.

Double beds are not big and can fit but are there 100% of time

day beds are small when folded away but when set up for 2 people to sleep are super king size and would take up most available floor space.

What would you do?

I would go for day beds as they can be folded when not in use

day bed, definitely. hate going to friends where I have to squeeze into a double with dh. I'm used to a superking so probably a bit selfish1

Fold away wall bed?

Do you have storage for the day beds or will you have to look at them? I hate looking at folded beds! I actually prefer to see a bed in a bedroom for guests and I like sleeping on one too, even if it is a standard. Proper beds are usually more comfortable.

Proper bed IMO

You can always push it against the wall with pillows similar to day bed anyway.

we have day beds for guests and by that I mean two singles, one stored underneath. so can be separate or as a superking.

more flexibility, more room to sleep on, you still have a bed in the room but also room for your office

makes much more sense

we have day beds for guests and by that I mean two singles, one stored underneath. so can be separate or as a superking
We have a single bed with a similar sized bed stored underneath though our singles are 2' 6"" making a 5' double bed when together. Works very well.

Do what works best for the rooms primary function as an office.