I think having an air mattress on hand is always an excellent idea; it means instant comfort for guests, and also makes locking your kids out of the house for the night seem less cruel. (Kidding! I would never do that. And if I did, I would never admit to it on the Internet.)
If you hop on over to Bon-Ton today, you’ll see the “Deals of the Day” sidebar on the right, one of which is a great deal on an air mattress with a built-in pump. I do think their original price is a little inflated (ooh, unintentional pun!), but still, now it’s $30 for a twin, $35 for a full, or just $40 for a queen. Not bad.
Spend $99 and your shipping will be free, and they just happen to have a bunch of other deals going on, and an extra 20% off sale items with coupon code MAY2DAYSL12, too (though that cannot be applied to the air mattress deal).
“Well, honey, I figured we could use the air mattress, but then I had to buy these cute shoes and a new dress to get the free shipping, see….”
I have a similar mattress for camping — only the internal pump is chargeable, and the mattress is bed-height. It makes a great camping mattress for an aging couple. 🙂 But I don’t risk it indoors after the sad demise of our previous camping mattress to an enthusiastic cat…