We have just returned from a holiday I arranged for eight of my family plus three friends. I booked five rooms. One was a triple room for son and his two small kids, one a double room for married friends, no problem with either of these. The remaining rooms were two doubles and a twin. I expected that DH and I would have one double, DS and his partner would have the other double, and single male friend would share the twin with my 19 year old grandson as agreed when I did the booking.
When we arrived the chalet staff had rather randomly assigned us otherwise, allocating the twin to DS and partner and large double which had an additional single bed to friend and grandson.
I was not pleased because while discussing rooms in advance friend had agreed to share a twin but by his sticking to the double it meant my DS and partner had the twin room - not very romantic.
Friend's line was the loo was separate fron the bathroom in the larger double and it was better for him and Gson for that reason.
The other double which he wanted DH and me to have was a lot smaller. I had to give my DS a lot of help with his two small kids, 7 and 9, plaits, bathing and general grannying which woud be a complete pain in this cramped room.
After a bit of argy bargy, friend agreed to relinquish prime room. Then he decided he did not want to share the twin and asked chalet host for a single room. This cost him 100 euros.
Should I have shared the cost of this, as my Gson ended up in a twin on his own? Or was friend being unreasonable not wanting to stay in the twin because the loo was in the en suite with the shower? Grown men surely usually manage in these circumstances. As we were a large party, we got a discount and I shared this out equally despite making all the arrangements, phone calls, paying deposits etc. Just to say our friend is normally very kind and helpful and I was really surprised at his initially claiming the posh room in the way he did. I am still wondering if IWBU.