That's just not an option for me.
I'm a neat-freak so I can't handle them in my room. That's one less room for me to clean.
I can sleep with them when I sleep in another room with a bigger bed, just not mine. I'm lucky that the cats like to sleep on their cat tree/scratching post or in the FR or LR.
You find it difficult to go on extended vacations MaxDreamer?
No. I have a really cool neighbor that takes care of the cats when I go on vacation and I take care of hers when she goes on vacation. And the dogs get boarded at local kennel.