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I would appreciate your advice on the fair thing to do

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tripsyG Sat 03-Aug-24 08:16:01

My DH and I are going to join his three sisters on a 5 day holiday break in September in a four bedroomed cottage. Payment is now due. The sister who has made the booking also has a DH. The other two sisters are single. She has asked what we think about how we split the payment, ie do we split it by four, with two couples taking two bedrooms and the single sisters taking the other two bedrooms (her preference) or split by 6, the two couples paying a third each and the single occupants paying a sixth each. I haven’t got a bee in my bonnet about it but would really appreciate your thoughts.

mumofmadboys Sat 03-Aug-24 17:27:47

Definitely split by six. Also food by six.

Joseann Sat 03-Aug-24 16:30:46

I said split by 4 this morning, but reading all these comments, I think I've changed my mind.
In my defence, (!!) , because I let a property with 6 bedrooms, I was thinking that servicing a bedroom and cleaning the bathroom took just as much work whether one person had used it or two, so the charge should be by room.As an aside, I sometimes used to listen to guests on arrival deciding who was to have which bedroom. It was quite funny!

JdotJ Sat 03-Aug-24 16:09:19

I would split it by the 6 of you and treat everyone as an individual with regards to any payments incurred.
Have a wonderful time

Babs03 Sat 03-Aug-24 16:02:31

@pascal30

Good idea on first dibs. A friend of me one goes to all trouble of organising a weekend away for herself and 3 other old school friends every year. She likes to do all the organising and they are happy to let her but is on the understanding she gets to pick her room first, and drinks are paid for on the first night.

Norah Sat 03-Aug-24 15:27:57

Split by 6.

pascal30 Sat 03-Aug-24 14:35:13

Slit by six and then have draws when you get there for rooms.. Or the person doing the most work organising and shopping gets first dibs..

Ziplok Sat 03-Aug-24 14:28:52

Splitting by 6 seems fairest to me, ie price per head. If you split it by 4, that means the two singles are partly paying for 1 of each couple, which seems unfair.

NotSpaghetti Sat 03-Aug-24 14:23:34

Ha ha.
If you have to pay by room (like a hotel) - what happens if the sisters decide to share??

NotSpaghetti Sat 03-Aug-24 14:19:25

Split by 6.

I think it's mean to charge per room so the sisters pay double!

JamesandJon33 Sat 03-Aug-24 14:07:51

Split it by 6. There are six of you are there not?

Tenko Sat 03-Aug-24 13:57:26

I’m also in the split by 6 camp . But I’d suggest that the couple who booked the house get first dibs of the rooms rather than a drawing straws . As they’ve had to find and book the house .

Cabbie21 Sat 03-Aug-24 13:46:29

Another vote for split by 6. I can’t see any justification for anything else.

Caleo Sat 03-Aug-24 13:25:50

Split it into six payers because six individuals will be sharing other facilities such as water supply ,drainage, sitting room, bathrooms ,storage, car parking and kitchen.

Skye17 Sat 03-Aug-24 11:01:01

Six ways.

Charleygirl5 Sat 03-Aug-24 10:48:15

Fairer to split by 6

lemsip Sat 03-Aug-24 10:43:57

Yes, split by six! I'm a judge judy fan and that's what she would say! lol.

Calendargirl Sat 03-Aug-24 10:23:50

biglouis

I would say split by 6. However if the singles end up with considerably inferior rooms and the doubles have en suites (as often happens in hotels) then some other method would need to be found. Food should be split 6 ways.

The OP clarified all bedrooms are en suite. If by inferior you mean smaller, well, single folk shouldn’t need as much space as couples surely?

BlueBelle Sat 03-Aug-24 10:03:22

I m on the split 6 ways camp
6 people 6 payments only fair way …if you split it four ways the two single sisters as paying the same as the pairs and that’s very unfair
No brainier 6 people 6 payments

biglouis Sat 03-Aug-24 09:40:44

I would say split by 6. However if the singles end up with considerably inferior rooms and the doubles have en suites (as often happens in hotels) then some other method would need to be found. Food should be split 6 ways.

eazybee Sat 03-Aug-24 09:37:06

Divide by six, otherwise you are going to have endless recriminations such as those to do with restaurant bills.
You will all making use of the facilities provided in the cottage besides bedroom accommodation.

Calendargirl Sat 03-Aug-24 09:27:11

I think split 6 ways, but the single sisters should have the smallest bedrooms, as I doubt the bedrooms will all be the same size.

GrannyIvy Sat 03-Aug-24 08:53:08

Difficult one I would say split 4 ways but food 6. Chat all together and see what everyone wants to do so everyone happy

Urmstongran Sat 03-Aug-24 08:50:23

Price per head. Fairer.

petra Sat 03-Aug-24 08:41:11

It’s a difficult one but having given it some thought I would advise that 6 adults share the cost.

Sawitch Sat 03-Aug-24 08:38:58

We always split by the number of adults when we go on holiday with family members, so I’d say spilt 6 ways.