Reading Time: 4 minutes Save Money on a New Mattress for Your Kids & Teens
This is a guest post by Jen about how to save money on a new mattress for your kids and teens.
How to Save Money on a New Mattress for Your Kids & Teens
A good night’s sleep is the most important thing – I know it and you know it too. And not just night’s sleep, but naps throughout the day too!
Clearly, for a good quality sleep, a mattress is the one crucial thing needed. And when speaking of mattresses, dilemmas arise; which one is best, the price as an indicator of quality, brands, materials used and many more.
Keep Kids in Mind When Shopping for a Mattress
But, when investing in a good mattress, it is incredibly important to think of the kids’ mattresses foremost, since the little ones also need the best sleep they can get, especially for proper rest before those stressful and tiresome school days! The good thing is that a high-quality mattress for the kids can be found at reasonable prices, so that would be a win-win situation, right?
As I mentioned, the price might be one of the indicators sometimes, but not all the time. With good research and guidance, you can find the best mattress for your kids, thus a better budget, better sleep for the kids and maybe even more pocket money for them as well!
Saving Money on a New Mattress for Kids – Your Budget
The first thing you need to do is do the math for your budget. By setting a reasonable budget for your kids’ mattresses, you will narrow the choice down much easier and find the best within that budget. In every budget category you can pick between latex, memory foam, organic, wool, adjustable and much more, but now your budget is the first factor as guidance to mattress shopping.
Of course, you can go out and visit every store you can, and if you are keen on this time-consuming task, it is all good, so in the end, you will have a list of the stores with best prices for the best product.
Another tip is to browse for mattresses you like prior their sale or discount season and keep track of this. This way, by the time discount season starts you can simply rush to the store and purchase the mattress you favored. But, also you need to be careful of any discount hype that occurs, so do not go where the crowd rushes and stick to the product you have chosen before.
If you choose renown bedding stores, I have a word of advice – with proper professionals there is a chance for bargaining if they notice someone is really serious about buying their mattresses. No salesman wants to ‘lose’ a potential buyer that loves their product.
Pick what is best within your budget, and engage in an in-depth conversation with the salesman there. Also, keep these things in mind; memory foam and latex mattresses mostly fit within quality foremost, and budget as well! Even pocket spring mattresses are great; they offer firmness and are not too pricey. Your kids will not suffer from allergies and will get the best sleep they can.
Research and Reading Reviews for Kids Mattresses
Lastly and most importantly, online research and purchasing is of great help. There are even guides like Shopping Bed for Teens (Parent Tips) that are great to follow. I was browsing and I stumbled upon some incredible online sites that show amazing offers and reviews of many types of mattresses. There you can find the great deals if you are not keen on the time-consuming browsing through stores. It certainly helped me in a better and more concise choice when I was brainstorming on the types, materials or users’ ratings.
With your budget, your aim for purchasing a good kid’s mattress and researching on this site, you are almost ready to choose and buy the best for your kids.
Another option is to clean your mattress.
Rachel is an Austin blogger, educator, mom, wife, young breast cancer survivor writing about health, saving money, and living a happy life in Austin, Texas.
Rachel has written for HuffPost and Hometalk and has been featured on KXAN, Studio 512, Fox 7 Austin, and CBS Austin.