Holiday house share room allocation

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.