How would you split this holiday rental?

[TheTwirlyPoos]

2 families away for a week. 4 bedrooms one of which is downstairs. All rooms have one double bed in.

Family one - DH, DW, 6 year old, 3 year old.

Family two - DH, DW, 15 month old.

We are interested in your thoughts!

50/50 with the two siblings sleeping in the room downstairs so they don’t disturb the other family sleeping upstairs.

I'd have the downstairs bedroom as a play room and afternoon snooze room for anyone, and the bedrooms upstairs two bedrooms for the couples, older kids in the third and the toddler in with their parents. Then the downstairs one will still be free if a parent has to use it for the toddler at night.

Tricky. Usually I would split per room. If the family with 2 kids want 3 rooms so their kids don't share then they should pay 75%. (we often end up paying 50% of a family holiday between 3 parties because of having more kids and needing more rooms, it seems fair)

But if both couples will have a child sharing with them and there's going to be an empty room downstairs I think maybe the bigger family should pay a little less, 66%.

But to be fair, was I the smaller family I would just offer half.

If I was the family with the toddler I’d want the ground floor room, let the other family have the 3 rooms. I’d be happy with a 50/50 split but would be nice for the other family to offer 60/40 65/35

I guess the easiest is both of you say which rooms you’d want in an ideal world and go from there? We always decide upon booking which solves this drama

If you know someone well enough to go on holiday with them then don’t get pretty with the cost of rooms vs usage. Split the bill 50/50 regardless of who gets what room.

My suggestion: parents of the 14month old get the downstairs bedroom.

If there are two beds in one room then the two other children can share. If it’s only double beds then I would not put a 3 and 6 year old in the same bed if I didn’t have to. Give them their own rooms.

Be flexible. If that arrangement doesn’t work then change it.

I don’t see the sense in giving the family of the baby a spare room just in case they need it. Surely if one parent is up at 4am, there other can lie in. Especially if the 6 year old is going to disturb the 3 year old sleep.

The fact that your asking leads me to assume that family 1 want the 3 upstairs bedrooms so that their children can have separate rooms, whilst family 2 share the downstairs bedroom.

This is totally unfair and it needs to be 2 rooms each.

Depends how the rooms are being split.

Based on what you have said it sounds like you need 5 bedrooms or one DC shares with DPs, or the two DCs that aren't used to sharing share.

The question being asked is how should the rooms be split!

Depends on requirements really and what the suggestion is cost wise.

If family 1 are wanting 3 rooms then they pay for 3 rooms and family 2 pay for 1 with a travel cot.

Otherwise it's both families get 2 rooms each and the 2 siblings share regardless of who is an early risers etc

I’d just split it 50:50 and 2 bedrooms per family. If it’s getting petty because the parents of the 3YO and the 6YO think their kids should have separate rooms, whilst the 15MO shares, but that they should only pay half then if I were the other family then I’d probably rethink going away with them because they sound a bit selfish!

At 15 months, in a new place, we’d have had our child in the same room as us, so we’d take the downstairs room and leave the other family to do what they like with the 3 upstairs rooms.

60/40 split with one family upstairs and the one with only toddler down

Split by number of adults so 50/50

@OhpoorMe I read it as how should they split costs rather than rooms.
As the DPs of an only- not through choice - it's a bit wearing to constantly be subsidising bigger families. Therefore fairest option is 50/50 and each family gets 2 rooms.

I think the DPs of 16 month old should be on same floor as their baby, so possibly other DCs upstairs and DPs downstairs.

Or those with 16 month old share one room downstairs and the cost split is 25/75.

It all depends on how many bedrooms the family with 2 children are expecting - if they only want to use 2 beds then I think the split should be 50/50 but if they are wanting to use 3 then they need to pay more.

If all bedrooms are being used I’d suggest the downstairs room be used by the parents of the child likely to wake up first.

2 families 50/50 split. Too petty to start paying more fir an extra kid..

50/50

Personally I would share with my 15mo & the family with older kids have the other rooms.

Another vote for 50/50 and the family with 15 month old have the downstairs room, the rest upstairs. Come on OP, how are you doing it?

Money wise if unequal split the fair way by usage is.

Family 1 - 1 bed + lounge (2 room)
Family 2 - 3 bed + lounge (4 rooms)

Family 2 has double the space so should pay double what Family 1 pays.

Family 1 pay 33.3%, Family 2 66.6%

That would be fine if they were paying 25%.

50/50 regardless of how the rooms are split. There is enough room for everyone, use them in a way that's most comfortable for everyone. Being petty with cost will only make things awkward and spoil your holiday and/ relationships

It's a 50 50 split and the 25mo go in with parents choose a nice room downstairs or up . If the downstairs one is nice that's ideal but otherwise sounds like 6yo and 3yo will have to share. We usually put one dc in our bed then moved them when they went to sleep to get 2 dc to sleep in a shared room.

I always find my two sharing a double bed a nightmare.

If the downstairs room isn't nice then it probably won't get used but might be useful to put 15mo to sleep and keep an ear out before taking them upstairs to bed.

Thanks everyone.

To be clear there is absolutely no animosity or stress here. When we booked it we said two each (5 rooms were really hard to find and way too dear). We didn't clock that one was downstairs and the baby wasn't waking as early.

We are the bigger family, I wondered if we would be out of order to suggest one room for them (obviously would expect to pay more than half). If not we will either sleep downstairs with our 6 year old or sleep with one child each (which would be a pity but hey ho).

Were you hoping for the 3 rooms upstairs for you and your kids, so they have a room each, and them downstairs sharing with the toddler? Fair enough if they want the toddler in with them and you pay a bit extra. Otherwise you and husband downstairs, your 2 sharing upstairs as they're old enough to be on a different floor, and them and toddler upstairs in a room each.