Costly mistake....WWYD?

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Group of 6 friends going away on a city break. One friend offered to book the hotel. All done- everyone transferred their share. Met up with this friend as sharing kid's lifts last week...seemed very upset and distracted, when asked what was up said ‘ don’t worry I've just made a stupid mistake!’. Continued to say, ‘I’m only going to tell you so please don’t let on to the others, but just had an email welcoming us to the hotel tomorrow!’ She realised she'd booked for the wrong month and just before I saw her she had quickly rebooked for the correct dates. Original booking on a saver rate so she is out of pocket about £500.

Doesn't want me to share info with the other 4. I think she should tell everyone, yes it's another £80 each but I don’t think she should have to bear the brunt. Don't want to go behind her back as that may upset her but when I suggested on a message again that she let them know she says she just want to forget it. The problem is she and I won’t forget it, and it may affect the weekend i.e. costs whilst there etc. so WWYD?

If she sent you all a screenshot of the original booking didn't anyone notice the hotel was booked for the wrong date?

Presumably then none of you noticed the wrong date on the booking screenshot? Not that it would necessarily have made a difference, it was already too late by then, but if someone had mentioned it straight away the hotel might have been able to be more flexible as they'd have had more notice.

Its a difficult one, I would be pretty annoyed to find out someones mistake was going to cost me £80, especially if it was just meant to be a cheap weekend away. Can everyone afford the extra £80 or would it mean others in the group might think twice about going?

I am the type of person that if I had made the mistake I would suck up the additional cost so I can completely see where she is coming from as well.

Presumably there will be meals and nights out whilst away could you all pay for hers to soften the blow?

If I was one of the friends I wouldn't want to know as, whilst I would feel bad that she was out of pocket, I certainly couldn't afford and wouldn't want to pay all over again. It was totally her mistake. She should have kept it to herself and not put the guilt on anyone else. You should keep quiet about it.

Thanks -my mistake actually screenshot was re train booking that someone else did. We all knew it was saver rate so if we were unable to go wouldn't expect to be able to cancel. I'm going to keep quiet but pay my part... It sits best with me and I absolutely know there is no expectation for me to do this.

Those saver rates are a real curse the way that they lure you in! We couldn’t use our hotel in Gatwick in the way home from Honeymoon as DH was called back to work urgently (long story) As a goodwill gesture, they said they would change the date but ONLY if we could provide them with the exact date when we would be back 😡 We couldn’t and we also couldn’t transfer to another Ibis, annoying. Back to your question, i wouldn’t go behind her back but try to convince her that she should tell everyone. You could at least giver her something if you think £80 ‘isn’t too bad’

Would it have cost more per room if she'd booked the right dates in the first place? I.e. Dates in Feb are cheaper than dates in March? In which case the others should legitimately cough up at least what the difference would have been. Hard to know now though.

They aren't a curse, they are an offer. You get a cheaper rate for which you give up flexibility. It's all made clear at the time of booking , you chose it so have no room to criticise the company.