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We had this problem when we were looking for a 2 berth caravan.

Also we wanted single beds as we were both fed up with having to climb over the other, consiquently wakening them up, when the inside one wanted the loo during the night.

In the end we found a British manufacturer who would give me a 6' 6" single bed and a 6' 3" one for the wife.

See the van on my Gallery.

As you will gather from the above letters, your double should not be a problem, provided you can put up with one of you having to climb over the other if they want to get up during the night.

The 2 singles for the kids may be a problem.
Oh yes, you can get a bed and a bunk bed in the dinette area, but if the kids >>> Hubby is 6'4" and our two kids are catching him up very quickly. <<<, the dinette beds are neither all that long, nor are they all that strong.
I feel that they are made more with toddlers in mind rather than teenagers.  

So keep this in mind when you are viewing caravans and ask to see the dinette beds made up, so that you can judge for yourself whether they will do the job you intend for them.

>>>  It seems to be all the foreign manufacturers who go for the longer beds - maybe because they sell to he Dutch market, and there seem to be a lot of taller people in the Netherlands??  <<<

That's in case the dykes burst, They have to keep their heads above water! 

I'm 6'4 and have no problem with headrooom in our ranger 510/4, but did in the toilet/shower of our old van. Also couldn't bend down enough to wash my face in the washroom basin before my bum hit the wall.

The front bed at 6'6 long as a double is fine, longer than the bed at home.

Your boys will be a problem. Ours eventually gave up and slept in a pup tent, the side dinette bunks were only 5'10 long. I think they will only fit properly in transverse beds.

Quote: Originally posted by navver on 31/8/2009

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I'm 6'4 and have no problem with headrooom in our ranger 510/4, but did in the toilet/shower of our old van. Also couldn't bend down enough to wash my face in the washroom basin before my bum hit the wall.

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Quote: Originally posted by navver on 31/8/2009

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Your boys will be a problem. Ours eventually gave up and slept in a pup tent, the side dinette bunks were only 5'10 long. I think they will only fit properly in transverse beds.

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Thanks for all the really great tips.  The 'crawling over one another to go to the loo' issue isn't; After several seasons on an airbed in a tent where going to the loo in the middle of night involves bouncing yourself to the end of the bed to unzip the door....  Nigh on impossible not to wake up your OH!

I hadn't given headroom and being able to use the whb much thought - something else to consider.

I'm 6'5" and we have a LMC Dominant.

Fixed bed is fine and no problem with headroom.

BUT LMC's are heavy and expensive.

Terry