Its a group holiday one...

OMG! There's absolutely no way I'd be sharing a room, let alone a bed, I value my sleep too much, and as it's likely to be a very tiring trip with lots of socialising and late nights anyway, I'd simply have to have my own room so as not to get disturbed by other people's sleep noises, whether it be snoring or other bodily functions. Plus I hate sharing a bathroom, so I definitely wouldn't be going.

However, if you do want to go OP, I'd suggest that every room is a names in the hat process, as otherwise there's likely to be falling out before you've even got there, and the cost of whatever the room you get, should be split between the number of people sharing.

Nine of us to celebrated a birthday and she booked the house. Three doubles one triple. The girls in the triple were not best pleased as they had bunk beds. I lucked out with the double with en suite! We all paid the same. I think I’d be a bit miffed if I had a bunk bed, but they all knew each other and I didn’t know my roomie (poor girl had to put up with my snoring). She who booked it assigned the rooms. It’s a tricky one.

I just couldn’t cope with 4 people pooing in the same bathroom for a weekend.
Especially if there is drink involved.
I would book my own room or not go but I just couldn’t cope with that.
My rule is - if I’m not as comfortable as I am at home I’m not going.
.i will only share A room with my daughter and at a push my husband (needs his own room for a multitude of reasons).
It’s my idea of hell.

How old are they? Where are they going and for how long?

That all sounds like my worst nightmare

People with complaints like this have never actually organised something similar so just have no concept of how impossible splitting things like this any other way. At best, push back on how the rooms have been divvied but don't start quibbling over fractions of bed space.

4 people getting ready together for a night out will be a nightmare

Hotel rooms aren’t just the beds. Imagine there’s four of you in the room, you’ve all returned after you’ve had a few drinks, you all need a wee, desperately; who goes first?

You're getting ready to go out, four of you need a shower and need to wash their hair and need to dry their hair (with the hairdryer that’s attached to the wall in the bathroom) and one of you needs to empty their bowels, one is having a heavy period and needs to change their tampax and you’re due to meet in the lobby in an hour.

Yes, that’s an extreme circumstance and one may have brought their own hairdryer, and the person who needs a dump may leave the room and go to the communal toilets near the bar downstairs and maybe not everyone needs to wash and dry their hair, but it would certainly be easier for only two to have to share the room and bathroom, so why should the room of four pay the same?

Everyone gets half a double bed so I don’t see why everyone shouldn’t pay the same tbh.

You must have agreed to this room arrangement when the booking was made so at this point I think you either go along with it or don’t go.

Well more fool you other 12 for letting this happen. I wouldn't agree to anyone booking anything until I knew what they were booking!

I also wouldn’t go. If there will be drinking going on you’ll get snoring or worse. Absolute hell.

I just wouldnt be going

Honestly, splitting by room sounds a pain to sort out. Everyone is sharing a double bed, so not loads of difference imo. I guess you can volunteer to organize next time and do it differently if you like?

ohh no YANBU if you’re sharing a bed you pay half surely!! Pay per bed, not per person

It depends on ages I think. You use the term girls so I'm thinking it's a young group. As a youngster 18 into mid 20's I wouldn't have cared less about the sleeping arrangements !! Now at 55 I'd probably have a different attitude !!

Sounds awful. Definitely not for me

But... Sounds like this the start of it, so decide on your boundaries now as there will be more issues to come

me too

Some people are very extroverted and really don’t mind being constantly in the company of others, sharing rooms and even beds, without a second to themselves all holiday. I think some even consider it part of the fun.

Hell on earth for me too though! I’m like a dog that needs its retreat to go back to 😄

Interesting how many people won't share a bed with a friend. I go away for a girls weekend every year and we always share.

Can you do a dummy booking on the hotel website and see what the difference is between a 2 person and 4 person room?

If everyone in whatever sized room is sharing beds then I think the split per person is reasonable.

What is not reasonable is expecting people to share beds in the first place! Had you all agreed you were OK with that before it was booked?!

I wouldn't share a bed with someone other than DP or DD if I was being paid to - I certainly wouldn't be paying for the privilege!!

Is it a package holiday? If so splitting out room costs from transfers and flights will be a nightmare.
I think this is the holiday either embrace it or not - the majority don’t seem to have an issue.

Screw the room for 2 if its a double bed.

I'd bag the single bed in the room of 3 or refuse to go.

There is no way I'd want to share a double bed.

I went on a hen party and they were sharing doubles so I just paid for my own room!

I would ask that rooms are drawn by lots to keep it fair rather than people bagsying otherwise, I would not agree to pay the same as 2 sharing and 4 sharing.

If it's a hotel booking you actually know the cost per room, so each room should be paid for by its occupants. If that means the people in the double object you can offer to swap!