How should this be divided up?

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— One family of four (2 adults and 2 kids)
— one couple
— one dad and daughter

£2000 for the holiday home

kids are all teens, not working

I think it depends on the necessary room allocation actually.

Assuming this is family, we always just divide it by number of adults (not dc still at uni though).

Our family holidays (working adults and teens) is paid for accommodation per adult and the dps pay for their own dc's food contributions..
So divide the house by 5 adults and food with dc's share paid by their dps...

This, if the family of 4 are using 2 rooms, and the dad and daughter are sharing or separate? The couple shouldn't be paying for other people!

I’d divide the cost by the bedrooms that were being occupied by each family group.

Pay per room.

Agreed. Surely the family of 4 and dad and daughter are using more rooms than the couple?

Divided by rooms. First family presumably uses 2 bedrooms and pays half. The other couples pay one quarter each.

£1000 for couple and 2 kids (4 people)
£500 for couple (2 people)
£500 for Dad and daughter (2 people)

rooms wise - depends if 4/5/6 rooms
4 rooms - 2 couples then split between men/women (if even split)

5 rooms - 2 couples, 1 dad, 1 daughter, 2 kids (if same sex), if not can girl share with daughter

6 rooms - 2 couples, everyone else gets their own room

Family of four is two rooms. Dad and daughter two rooms and the couple have one room.
currently it’s being divided per person but I don’t think that is fair

I mean depends on the child’s age. It’s all a bit unclear from the post.
a 4-5 bedroom home for 2k seems a good deal to me!

If I was the couple, I'd day divide by three. If I was the family I'd say divide by room.

If the conversation will be anything other than easy, you shouldn't be going on holiday together.

5 rooms

£400 per room then

It's not fair to pay per person if the dad and daughter are getting two room but paying the same as the couple who only have one. By room is the fairest split.

Divide per room

We go away on big family holidays and discuss before we book how many rooms each of us require. Then we pay based on how many rooms we each need.

By bedroom AND by person so that it's weighted more evenly and fairly.
So 8 people, and assuming 4 bedrooms so 12 in total.
The couple sharing a room pay 3/12
The family of four in 2 rooms pays 6/12
The father/daughter in one room pays 3/12
Or if father/daughter are in two rooms, so 5 rooms in total, divide by 13
so father and daughter pay 4/13ths
You could "tweak" it further by allocating different room sizes, i.e. 1 for a single room or 1.5/2 for a double room.

Not all rooms are created equal - are there single bed rooms, ensuite rooms etc?

Because in my £500 calculation for Dad and daughter it's on the premise that they get the single room/ daughter shares if another girl about or gets the smallest room if not

The late teens class as adults so parents should pay for each of them as such. Presumably the smaller children are sharing rooms with their parents? Either way the cost of the children shouldn't be divided across the whole group. As some don't have any!

You are all making this so complicated. Presumably they all like each other, £400 per room per week in a holiday villa is a good deal. £800 for a family with teens for a week is great. So what if the rooms are not all the same size, surely they are only there for sleeping, and are spending the day doing fun activities together.

£800 for the family of four (two rooms)
£800 for the dad and daughter (two rooms)
£400 for the couple (one room).

Seems fairest to me.

I appreciate what those arguing all rooms aren't equal are saying but that shouldn't mean the couple are paying more when they will only have one room.

Divide cost in half. Half cost is for “communal area” and half for bedrooms.

Communal costs are divided by person and bedrooms by room.

So 8 people and 5 bedrooms.

£125 per person plus £200 per bedroom.

So couple pays £450.
Dad and daughter pays £650.
Family pays £900.

850 for family, 475 for couple, 675 for daughter & father. As family will have more people using living space, kitchen , bathrooms etc.