Help, my rabbit won't stop peeing on the bed!

Rabbits will urinate in litter trays if they have access to large, deep litter boxes with hay in convenient places. Once neutered, they are very clean animals and like to keep their urine in designated areas. However there are many reasons why a healthy rabbit will urinate in other places. 
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• Soft surfaces - Rabbits love to pee on soft surfaces! The hind leg reflex when sitting on soft areas can stimulate the need to urinate. Plush shaggy rugs, cushions and Vetbeds can be hot spots for urination.
• Pheromone masking - rabbits will pee on areas where pheromones are excreted, ie sofas/beds. When you sit down you release pheromones that they can smell, this causes them to want to mark their scent over the top of yours. If a rabbit doesn't urinate on your sofa or bed, that's much more unusual! Likely that rabbit is not very scent reactive.  
• Territory marking - rabbits will mark their territory if they smell another rabbit and if they are hormonal (not neutered). Scent marking is a way to communicate with other rabbits and can be done by spotting urine or spraying urine. ​

What can you do
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• Neuter your rabbits to stop hormonal scent marking 
• Provide them with multiple large, deep litter boxes which are filled with good quality litter and topped with soft hay 
• Restrict access to beds/sofas or use waterproof pee mats/covers to protect these areas
• Remove all soft surfaces until your rabbits are reliably using their litter boxes