rollaway bed

Meaning

A portable, single bed on wheels that can be folded up and moved into a hotel room to accommodate an extra guest. It is often requested by families or groups traveling together, and hotels sometimes charge an extra nightly fee for it.

Examples

• Can we get a rollaway bed delivered to our room for our youngest son?

  Can we get a rollaway bed delivered to our room for our youngest son?

• The hotel charged us an extra twenty dollars a night for the rollaway bed.

  The hotel charged us an extra twenty dollars a night for the rollaway bed.

• There isn't much space left in the double room once you set up the rollaway bed.

  There isn't much space left in the double room once you set up the rollaway bed.

• I'll sleep on the rollaway bed so you guys can have the king-size bed.

  I'll sleep on the rollaway bed so you guys can have the king-size bed.

• Does the room rate include the cost of a rollaway bed, or is that extra?

  Does the room rate include the cost of a rollaway bed, or is that extra?

Common Mistakes

• ✗ Could you bring a rolling bed to our room?

  ✓ Could you bring a rollaway bed to our room?

  While the bed does roll, the correct and standard term used by hotels is 'rollaway bed' or 'cot'.

• ✗ We need an extra bed on wheels.

  ✓ We need a rollaway bed.

  Asking for 'an extra bed on wheels' is understandable but sounds unnatural compared to the standard term 'rollaway bed'.

Related Expressions

Practice

• We have three people in our room, so we asked the front desk to bring up a ___.

  💡 A portable, folding bed on wheels.

  Show answer

  rollaway bed

• Is there an additional charge if we request a ___ for the night?

  💡 An extra single bed on wheels.

  Show answer

  rollaway bed