Holiday house share room allocation

Cambsnan

dragonfly46

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.

I do have people who reply to requests for suggestions by saying the equivalent to ‘well you shouldn’t start here’ when asked for directions. If you have nothing to offer, just say nothing.

On the contrary, the OP gives the impression that these hioidays are a regular affair, so it is a suggestion for next year when she may be in the same situation again.

I would too escaped.

Ask who they wAnt to share them draw from hat ?? Eh

dragonfly46

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.

I do have people who reply to requests for suggestions by saying the equivalent to ‘well you shouldn’t start here’ when asked for directions. If you have nothing to offer, just say nothing.

How long do you anticipate being in the bedrooms?? I a guessing that you will be out and about sightseeing etc so why be precious about who sleeps where?
As suggested unthread, number the rooms and allocate by lucky dip……..sorted.

I'm a bit of a connoisseur in bed sheets. Well, I did wash and iron 22 sets -king, double, single- every week on a changeover!
So, the worst culprit when it's hot is suncream on the sheets. It's often greasy, sticks to the linen and even stains it a yucky orange colour.
Next is drinks. People take cups of tea, coffee, wine up to bed, and of course accidents do happen. When you're in a holiday home, you're more clumsy because you're not used to the furniture around you.
Also, make up, hair dye, nail varnish- you name it.
And that's without a description of bodily fluids!

It didn't really bother me if I saw bed linen out on the line mid-stay. The guests were either swapping beds, which was fine by me, or trying to wash out the problems as mentioned above.
When you're on holiday you should be able to do as you like, the property is yours for your stay.
If I were with friends and swapped beds though, even after only one night , I would certainly wash the linen before using it.

NotSpaghetti

Did you change the sheets every day "keepingquiet*?
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Don't be silly- my friends are clean people, what do you think they were up to?

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!

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.

Did you change the sheets every day "keepingquiet*?
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I agree drawing lots is the only fair thing to do

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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!

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! 🤣

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 .

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🤭

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.

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.