Senior Citizens, what have you done when a motel bed was too hard & uncomfortable?

I remember the hardest beds I slept in were in Greece but I was so tired I didn't care. Second hardest bed was on a visit to NYC. I was miserable. It was a girls weekend. We just asked for extra blankets and put those down. I think I ended up laying on my pillow like a body pillow.

I know what I did in a motel when traveling and found that the bathroom window wouldn't lock, I marched back up to the office and demanded my money back. It wasn't the best looking of motels and there were people standing around in the early am. I didn't like the looks of it but I was tired. I had charged the room and they told me I would get a refund on my card but I got no paperwork to that effect. I just figured it was better to be safe. If I can, I look over rooms and most places that look clean and fresh...although they may not be...usually have sorta decent beds. Usually I'm so tired, it takes me no time to fall asleep and I like hard beds...its those soft and worn out ones that bother me. And I did get the money back on that room. What a place! If I am in a better place where I am staying over a period of time, I do say something at the desk and expect a different room if they have one. I've really not had that problem.

The few times I've stayed at a motel the last 15 years or so, it wasn't the bed that bothered me, but the pillows. They were small and very thin. But if I absolutely have to stay in a motel for a night (power outage or something like that) I'm usually so tired by the time I get there I could sleep on a log.

That's why when I travel I avoid Holiday Inn like the plague, all of their beds are hard IMOI, and I wind up having to sleep on the couch, now I don't stay there anymore. Hampton Inn & Courtyard Marriott are the way to go.

I like hard beds, but I would think you could ask the motel manager if they have a room with a soft mattress first before I would go out and buy any types of foams. I would say if you ten to buy one I would check out the memory foams first, they might be costly but they are good.

Hi Liz,

I haven't been at one for years. I can usually sleep anywhere. I suppose I could sleep on the floor.

As for foam on beds, I did use one a few years but is wore out quickly.

I finally went to a "Sleep Number" bed. You can adjust the firmness from very soft to hard. You can get various foams on then too. I have had it about 5 years now and sleep well. Well worth the price.

You can even get heating and cooling option.

Have traveled a lot. Now and then a bed is really hard.....but just slept as best we could knowing we'd be gone the next day. Some have been terrific. Most have been just medium. Too much trouble to try to travel with a foam topper.

I tend to check motel/hotel beds within a few minutes

of checking in. I ask for a more suitable mattress, if

not forthcoming, I usually make a fuss and leave. The

worst was at a Coast & Country hotel in Harrogate,

owned by Shearings. They claim to cater for the more

mature person who requires a comfortable night. The

reality was not up to spec., so four of us moved to a

better hotel across the road.

Thankfully, I only stay in quality hotels these days

where mattresses are of good quality. As we age

we do tend to have some muscle wastage which

can make our bones feel every lump and bump.

Lately, I've been having the opposite problem, and I know others who are complaining of the same thing. The new mattresses in hotels are too soft., with those puff tops. I ended up with a very bad back.

I don't do anything. I am usually exhausted and fall asleep pretty fast.