Childfree couples - how do we split the AirBnb bill?

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Please could you help settle a family debate?

Four couples. Two couples are childfree. One couple has two teens and the other couple has two younger children.

We are all going away for a week this summer and foolishly hadn't discussed how to split the accommodation bill before we agreed to it. The couples with children are proposing we split it 25% each... is this fair?

Of course it’s not fair. The couple with teens is basically like four adults! Unless they’re all sharing one room the same size as the other couples have.

Forgot to mention the bedroom situation.

The two teens are both girls so will be sharing a room. And the two younger children will be sharing a room.

So it's six rooms in total.

Split by room surely? So child free couple pays for one room, couple with teen pays for 2 or 3, depending on how many rooms they had.

Split per room possibly? How many bedrooms are there?

Then yes it’s split by room for the accommodation. So both couples with kids will pay for two rooms each and the other two couples just pay for their own room. Make sure you agree now not to share food bills equally or you will cry about the amount the teens and probably kids eat.

Split by room.

In this case split by rooms, unless the child free couples have huge luxurious suites and the other couples and their children have tiny little time with shared bathrooms, then it might be more equitable to split evenly (I realise the second scenario is highly unlikely)

Split by room. The couples with children are being CFs!

Split by bedrooms surely? Food will be interesting as agree with pp that some teens can easily eat more than adults!

I wouldn’t have said so, unless there are only 4 bedrooms. I’d be suggesting the split based on how many rooms are being used. The challenge in calculating a fair split might be if one group is having to sleep in a living area.

However, all of this goes out the window if it’s family and then you get into the realms of relative income etc, etc and not wanting to fall out.

I would split it per room used.

The families using the 2 rooms pay a third each, and the couples split the remaining third.

If the cost was 1200 dc - free couples pay 200 per couple for their 1 room . Couples with dc pay 400 each for the 2 rooms per family.

Per room.

We have two dc so always pay for two rooms in any shared accomodations. Food is usually split per person for those 12yo and up, and anyone under 12 chucks in a nominal amount each.

Split by room. Simple.

I’d rationally split per room. Otherwise, the two child free couples are paying for half the children’s costs.

If they didn’t have kids, you could have gone for a cheaper 4 bed rather than a 6 bed. Not fair to make you cover their kids.

in practice, this is why I don’t go away with people who have kids.

1/6 and 1/6 for the two childless couples. Then 1/3 for each of the couples with kids?? How much are we talking though? What is the cost of the accommodation? Then, the big question - what will you do about food??? Is there a kitty?

This! Of course it's unfair. Jeez.

I’ve just seen that this might be family? If I was doing this with my sister and she had kids, I’d probably split 50/50 to be nice (but then she’d probably offer to cover more 😂)

Yes, it is family.

Thank you all, DH and I think 1/6s is fairer.

The place is gorgeous, but expensive. Just over £1,000 a night (high season!). We would never go to that kind of place usually.

Oh crumbs, we haven't even thought about the food bill!

I'd be prepared to be more flexible with the food bill. But stand firm on the accommodation!

Well if you eat out just ask for separate bills!!

Split by room. Also split the food bill by person accordingly as well. Why should you have to subsidise a holiday for them?!

When we do things like this as group we split by bedroom now that the kids are bigger and need their own rooms.

Agree to divide by room. Also for food, usually we would do a kitty at beginning of hol and then use it to buy food, so say initially 20.00 per person and 10.00 for under 12s. Can top it up as needed.

i;d expect it split by room.

even if the child free people are say the grand parents, it should be a fair split then the GP could decide to be more generous (and would be same if say a couple chose not to share a room but needed/wanted bedroom each)