For us, we get a 2B when travelling with others (cousins and friends). We prefer the lockoff for that reason. We get the 1 bedroom side, they get the studio side. The lockoff offers more privacy at night by shutting the connecting doors and yet they still have the kitchenette if they want something cold to drink/early breakfast, etc. When all are awake we have the connecting doors open and the laundry/full kitchen is available for them to use. We did a dedicated 2B at SSR with my Dad this past Thanksgiving and it really would have been better to have a lockoff...he gets up and has breakfast very early. Our kids sleep on the sleeper sofa in the living room and he was coming into the kitchen early to make his breakfast--although he did eat it in his bedroom.