Holiday house share room allocation

Number the rooms and let the ladies draw the numbers from a hat.

Are they single rooms? If there's any sharing to be done, let the ladies choose who they're happy to share with and then use the number/hat method.

I agree ask people who they would like to share with if necessary and then draw the rooms from a hat so it is fairly done.

Definitely I would do this room sorting before you actually go there. That way you know how things will be when you arrive and it does not cause upsets when you get there. If you are staying perhaps for a fortnight you could also agree whether you might exchange rooms to have a fair share of things. Or possible offsets might be who then gets most comfortable seating in the lounge or in cars if you are going anywhere. You do not say whether these are already friends or perhaps a group who get together for a specific interest. If you dont usually see each other a great deal, it might be a good idea to discuss other things , for example, what sort of time are you going to eat a main meal together, as this can be very varied in everyday life and what time you might decide, is time to be at least more quiet in the evening so possibly agree not to play loud music after 11pm. Sounds a bit bossy or restrictive but if asked about in advance you might be surprised by the variety of peoples "normal" things. Easier to deal with in advance rather than spoil a time when you are there.

Have you all paid the same amount? If some rooms are substantially better, larger, maybe those who get the nicer ones could possibly chip in by making a larger contribution towards meals either out or in, possibly providing wine, or something else if that were deemed to be too much. You'd need to do that by consensus of course.

When I went away with a group of friends we swapped beds so that everyone had a comfy night in the best room.

It worked well for us.

I am due to go away with a friend where there is one massive bed and one sofa bed, so we will do a mid-stay swap too. It seems only fair to me.

You sould have sorted that out before you agreed the rental. Too late now, just be ready for the rows and people never speaking to you again.

Septimia

Number the rooms and let the ladies draw the numbers from a hat.

Are they single rooms? If there's any sharing to be done, let the ladies choose who they're happy to share with and then use the number/hat method.

Good idea.

M0nica

You sould have sorted that out before you agreed the rental. Too late now, just be ready for the rows and people never speaking to you again.

That's a bit harsh! If they are friends I am sure it can be sorted out amicably. Throw it out to the group and see what they all say.

M0nica

You sould have sorted that out before you agreed the rental. Too late now, just be ready for the rows and people never speaking to you again.

🤣 that’s hilarious Monica though I’m sure it’s been known to happen!

We shared a friend’s one bedroomed apartment in Greece with brother and sister in law for a week and tossed a coin over who got the double bed for the first 3 or 4 nights.

They tossed the coin, we called it right and chose for them to have the first 4 nights while we struggled on the sofa bed…having slept on the darn awful sagging thing before 😡

They do still speak to us - but never stop reminding us of the dreaded 🛋️ bed🤭

I’ve been on several villa holidays and we agreed that the ones who organised the trip , booked the villa , flights etc got first dibs on the rooms .
Luckily we looked for villas with similar sized rooms . But some had balconies and better views than others .
One year us and another couple were the organisers and got first choice of the rooms . Which annoyed another couple who claimed they didn’t get the email !!!.
Another year , we got a room in the loft a with a tiny window, which we were fine with as we weren’t organising.
Other wise draw straws .

Some good suggestions on this thread, and I agree with madeleine, try to discuss it, even loosely, before you get there.

For a period of several years, we had a large 7 bedroom house we let for holidays while living on site. Often it was shared with family or group members. I think I can only remember one occasion where there was a fracas. A teenage lad was having a stroppy meltdown outside the house because he wanted to have one of the double bedrooms with his girlfriend. The parents had given him the twin room! The parents came and apologised later to me for the scene. They knew full well it had stated the beds in our blurb, but they hadn't told him in advance! 🤣

Wouldn’t bother me in the slightest which room I was given. It’s a bed to sleep in, shower and then embrace the days out. Not that important really. Just enjoy the holiday, the friendships and the fun!

Silly boy escaped! Sex can be enjoyed in any bed.

Try your best but you are not going to win, allocate yourself the worst room then if someone grumbles you can offer to swap - if they want it!.

We did go on one group house booking, we paid our share, the organizer was left well out of pocket by those that didn’t.

A group of us go on a girls holiday every year, and what we’ve learned is that the blurb you have in advance isn’t always accurate, so it’s best to wait until you get there to allocate rooms. Last year we were staying in a converted Malthouse, which was beautiful, and had plenty of room for us, 11 plus a baby. However, one room was up in the attic, and had a glass wall which looked onto the roof rafters down the whole length of the building, it was really spooky, and nobody wanted to sleep there, although it looked a lovely room in the brochure. Compromise is the order of the day - I ended up in a huge, lovely room but in fact it was absolutely freezing because the radiator wasn’t working. We don’t fall out about it though, just go with the flow because the weekend is about so much more than the bedroom.

Pantglas2

M0nica

You sould have sorted that out before you agreed the rental. Too late now, just be ready for the rows and people never speaking to you again.

🤣 that’s hilarious Monica though I’m sure it’s been known to happen!

We shared a friend’s one bedroomed apartment in Greece with brother and sister in law for a week and tossed a coin over who got the double bed for the first 3 or 4 nights.

They tossed the coin, we called it right and chose for them to have the first 4 nights while we struggled on the sofa bed…having slept on the darn awful sagging thing before 😡

They do still speak to us - but never stop reminding us of the dreaded 🛋️ bed🤭

If we swop rooms,what about the sheets? Also once we have unpacked would we want to move rooms? We are there for a week. Not washing sheets on holiday! There some twin rooms but we will all have our own room.

Good point Cambsnan. I'd sleep in my family's sheets, but not in anyone else's!

When we rent holiday accommodation for family holidays, like we are this summer, our choice of property is governed by the provision of bedrooms - 2 double bedrooms for DH & I and DC & DDiL, twin bedded room for DGC and single room for DD. We choose suitable houses and then circulate the floor plan around the family, until we have agreement on location and layout. We are all quite easy going, so it doesn't take long to sort things out.

escaped

Good point Cambsnan. I'd sleep in my family's sheets, but not in anyone else's!

I was thinking about the sheets too. I wouldn't want to sleep in anyone else's sheets.

I agree that if you have all paid the same, draw lots.

If not, whoever has paid more should get better rooms.

And I certainly wouldn’t want to be swapping beds and sleeping in other sheets, or mess around changing them.

I agree drawing lots is the only fair thing to do

Did you change the sheets every day "keepingquiet*?
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M0nica

When we rent holiday accommodation for family holidays, like we are this summer, our choice of property is governed by the provision of bedrooms - 2 double bedrooms for DH & I and DC & DDiL, twin bedded room for DGC and single room for DD. We choose suitable houses and then circulate the floor plan around the family, until we have agreement on location and layout. We are all quite easy going, so it doesn't take long to sort things out.

This is exactly what we have done on the (very few) occasions we have gone as a whole family.

We have also discounted all accommodation that doesn't have at least one bathroom per family.

Just to be clear - As it was very hot that July no one slept in other folks sheets because we had the common sense to put clean ones on change over day…🤦‍♀️.

And no we didn’t mind the effort of doing some laundry whilst on a free holiday…poor us eh!