Would I be unreasonable to charge my friend for a Tesco days out voucher?

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I am going to Thorpe Park with my friend in a few weeks and I have ordered Tesco days out vouchers for us both as she doesn't have any clubcard points to use. She has offered to pay me for the voucher but I am not sure whether to accept or not, after all the voucher hasn't cost me any money! However, it 'cost' £10 worth of clubcard points and for this I could have got £40 worth of restaurant vouchers - so is it reasonable to ask her to pay? Or should I ask her to pay half? Or not at all?

If it makes any difference we don't have much money at the moment so the £10 would come in handy, whereas she and her husband earn quite a lot. If we had plenty I wouldn't consider asking her to pay.

This is not a big issue for me at all so if the consensus is that I shouldn't charge her then I won't - it's just the principle of the thing really and I'm interested in what other people think!

Sometimes people offer to pay without expecting to be taken up on it. So people on here saying "She offered to pay" ...its usually only manners...a little habit....for such a thing I would be shocked if my friend sked me for money.

I wouldn't dream of charging someone in this situation. If your finances are so tight than £10 would make a difference then honestly even if you get in for free, can you really afford to go to Thorpe Park?

If your friend is driving and it is a long way like you say then I wouldn't charge her. It is tiring driving and I presume she is using her own car too.

Wouldn't charge her myself. Would say she could buy me coffee and cake on the day.
Love Tesco vouchers (in the good old days when you got lots of them). I bought my Dyson with them, saved me a fortune.

If she's driving then I'd say you're probably all square. If you were going by public transport together, or each in your own car then I think you wouldn't be unreasonable to ask her for the tenner especially since you're harder up than she is (I'm sure she wouldn't want to accept for free the vouchers that you could have bought 10 quid of food with, I know I wouldn't).

don't charge her. It's petty

I don't think you would be being unreasonable to charge the 10 pound of Tesco vouchers it costs you, especially as she has offered anyway. In my mind clubcard vouchers aren't really any different to cash. Buy one get one free vouchers or similar would be a different story.

No, don't charge her. If you invite someone on a day out it's your treat. Then next time she invites you on a day out, it's her treat :)

Petrol is so expensive that it is a real part of a day out now. Google directions the route- you'll be surprised.

If I was your friend I would give you the full cost of the entry ticket - I wouldn't dream of expecting a friend to pay me into a theme park which is what you would be doing - albeit in vouchers (which incidentally aren't free, you have to spend quite a lot to get them!).

No, don't charge her, that is so mean.

No way would I charge for a tesco voucher, especially as she is driving. Yes you could have got £10 off your tesco shopping, but google how far away Thorpe Park is (return) and see how much petrol money she is spending. If she asks, just say "my treat for entry, perhaps you can treat me to a coffee/lunch when we get there".

The op has chosen to go to Tesco to get her groceries and thus has got some vouchers as a result. I agree with some that if you really need that £10 you really can't afford to go to Thorpe Park! She is driving too, so wear and tear on her car, petrol etc. It would cost you far more I think to go by train so she is saving you money by driving, the fair thing to do is offer the voucher as a gift.

I wouldnt mention coffee or cake if she has driving in her car!! You are even, surely.

My friend just drove me from Italy and wouldn't take a penny. That was annoying. I paid the tolls and bought her food and coffee but she would not take cash, said she enjoyed my company. It all evens out in the end.