Split by room or person for Airbnb

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Hello,

Airbnb booking for two rooms, I'm going with DH in one room and SIL in the second room (just her in the second room). Would you split the total bill 3 ways or per room?

@Epicaricacy my point is that you’re not paying just for the room - you’re paying to use all the facilities.

couples who don’t pay per person when they holiday with singles are a certain type of person in my experience. And not a positive type of person.

they’re also often to be seen being one person when it comes to rounds…

it’s just shitty to go one a holiday with a friend or family member and pay less for it than they are.

the question was about accommodation, which should be paid BY ROOM fairly.

Again, it makes no difference in cost if one half of the couple doesn't go. Bit cheeky to someone single to expect to pay a third instead of half.

pay less for it than they are. you are not paying less, you are all paying the same for your room.

If the booking is more expensive for 3 people than 2, easily checked, yes you adjust accordingly.

The question was not about food and so on, where it's clearly per person.

Per person seems fairest. That's what we've always done.

@cariadlet you think it’s fair that the single person should pay more than someone who is in a couple for the same holiday?

It’s generally cheaper to share a room though. I have slept with many a random stranger to bring down the cost of my sleeper bed on the train of bunked in a hostel rather than a hotel. If they weren’t willing to share they’d have to book a 3 bed which would cost more. I’d say 40:30:30 seems fair.

How does a single person pay more than someone who is in a couple if you split per person?
Each person going on the holiday literally pays the same as everyone else on the holiday. That's what splitting per person means.

I've gone on a few holidays with a group of friends, a mix of couples and single people. We've mostly stayed in hostels but have also booked cottages.

We have always split per person.

@cariadlet sorry was responding to @Epicaricacy !

@2024onwardsandup No problem!

@Lovelysummerdays but you’re not sharing with a random stranger! You’re sharing with someone who you want to share with. It’s hardly comprable.

@Epicaricacy

But there are 3 people sharing the accommodation? 2 people are choosing to share a room. If they don't want to share they should get a 3 bedroom place. That mentality very mean spirited.

you are contradicting yourself.

You book 2 bedrooms, you pay per room
You book 3 bedrooms, you pay per room just the same.

If you follow some reasoning on here, you could argue that people who have to share should pay less than someone who has the benefit of private accommodation😂

If it was friends or siblings having to share one bedroom, do you still think they should pay the same as someone having a private room?

If the couple gets a big en-suite master bedroom and the other person is in a small single no bathroom, it's different. In this case here, rooms are similar. You want a couple to pay double for a bedroom than what the other is paying for the exact same.

It is mean, but not in the sense you think.

Put it another way, and compare with booking a hotel.

A single room is marginally cheaper, but a double room for a couple is not double the price.

I’m the single person in this scenario and I think there is value to having your own space soId offer to kick in a bit extra and if politely declined would bring wine / nibbles for sharing. I suppose plan B is suggest she invites a friend and everyone splits 25%

I've been both the single person in a hotel single room and half of a couple in a hotel double room.

I've always thought that it's unfair that a double room doesn't cost twice the price of a single.

Just because hotels penalise single people, that doesn't make it fair for friends to do the same.

3 ways.

why unfair? No one is penalised. Single rooms are rarely half the size, they might be slightly smaller and have single bed or queen bed. Again, you pay for the ROOM, not the number of people in it.

I always book a double room even when I am alone 😂

50/50 doesn’t seem fair for a a cottage for 3 people. If it cost £500 doesn’t seem fair for SIL to pay £250 then the others £125 each.
Fairest way is split it into 3

You can’t compare it to a hotel because the cottage will (presumably) have at least some shared space - kitchen, lounge, bathroom etc. So it’s unfair to split it just by bedrooms.

60/40 rather than 67/33 might be a fair balance.

I've always thought that it's unfair that a double room doesn't cost twice the price of a single.

A hotel’s main cost is space - the finance to build, fit out and maintain rooms. A single is rarely half the size of a double - but smaller rooms usually cost a bit less (and a deluxe double or whatever costs more if it is bigger).

Cleaning and linen changing doesn’t take twice as long for a double either.

If I were you I'd offer to do 1/3s but if I was your sister in law and you told me you were going to split in thirds I'd suggest 50/50, then, if I was the OP I'd suggest 60/40.

I think 60/40 sounds good.

3 ways
Why should she pay 50% of it when there is 3 of you?

You and dh would be sharing a room anyway, so it’s not like 3 friends where one friend gets more space than the other two. Split it 3 ways.

I'd personally split 3 ways but I have always split everything per person, even in college when one person got a massive room with an ensuite we all just paid the same rent 😅

3 ways.

She's probably love to have a partner to share the bed and the costs with. This is the single tax. I think they should extend the gesture to her as most couples don't and it would be appreciated. I remember being single and a couple 'split' and expensive taxi fare with me half half and I was (silently) fuming as why on earth do they get to share the cost with each other but not with me when we all did the same journey