{"id":10560,"date":"2012-02-08T21:20:40","date_gmt":"2012-02-08T19:20:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/?p=10560"},"modified":"2026-01-22T11:26:35","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T10:26:35","slug":"king-queen-twin-double","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2012\/02\/king-queen-twin-double\/","title":{"rendered":"King, queen, twin, double - the art of booking a hotel room"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-skribent-helena-bergstrom\">Writer: Helena Bergstr\u00f6m<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are booking a hotel in Canada and are in the process of choosing a room. But why should it be so complicated? King, queen, twin, double ... what do all these names for beds really mean? Are all these types of beds for two? Is something very luxurious and something simple...?<\/p><div class=\"sharethis-buttons\"><div class=\"st-custom-button\" data-network=\"twitter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/platform-cdn.sharethis.com\/img\/twitter.svg\"><span class=\"label\">Tweet<\/span><\/div><div class=\"st-custom-button\" data-network=\"facebook\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/platform-cdn.sharethis.com\/img\/facebook.svg\"><span class=\"label\">Share<\/span><\/div><div class=\"st-custom-button\" data-network=\"linkedin\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/platform-cdn.sharethis.com\/img\/linkedin.svg\"><span class=\"label\">Share<\/span><\/div><div class=\"st-custom-button\" data-network=\"pinterest\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/platform-cdn.sharethis.com\/img\/pinterest.svg\"><span class=\"label\">Pin<\/span><\/div><div class=\"st-custom-button\" data-network=\"reddit\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/platform-cdn.sharethis.com\/img\/reddit.svg\"><span class=\"label\">Share<\/span><\/div><div class=\"st-custom-button\" data-network=\"digg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/platform-cdn.sharethis.com\/img\/digg.svg\"><span class=\"label\">Share<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-inte-latt-att-hitta-ratt-hotellsang\">Not easy to find the right hotel bed<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hotel beds seem to be a jungle. We are completely confused (we are used to having the bed with us in the motorhome). We have tried to google around a bit and have come up with the following, if it is true? What are your experiences? What do you usually choose?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>King bed<\/strong> - Bed at least 180 cm wide<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Queen bed<\/strong> - Bed that is 140 - 160 cm wide<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Twin bed<\/strong> - Two separate beds<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Double bed<\/strong> - Bed with space for two people<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"570\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hotells\u00e4ng-Zanzibar-1024x570.jpg\" alt=\"King, queen, twin, double\" class=\"wp-image-43504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hotells\u00e4ng-Zanzibar-1024x570.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hotells\u00e4ng-Zanzibar-600x334.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hotells\u00e4ng-Zanzibar-300x167.jpg 300w, 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