To good to be paid back straight away?

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I don't know if I am...
Agreed with three friends to go on a mini break. Very cheap - only £70 each! I have just booked and paid for everyone and emailed to say it is booked. We only see each other once a week as a rule. One person has messaged to say is it ok if she pays next week. It is, but it has meant that I have needed to transfer some money into my current account to make sure I have enough in it to see me through.
I don't know why I am asking really, it is just that I wouldn't want to owe someone £70 for longer than necessary.
Would you pay up immediately? No worries about anyone not paying, it just is a bit much for me to pay and not get the money straight away, everyone knew I was booking...

Did you make it obvious when you booked that you would need the money straight away as you can't afford it?

It is frustrating but you can't expect people to be mind readers.

I am sure you are right, I didnt say I wanted to be paid back straight away. I just assumed, I don't like owing money and it is over £200 for everyone.

Hope not good btw.

If I saw them every week I'd expect to get it when I next saw them... A week isn't a long time and I think most folk would think it could wait that long. You should have said if it couldn't.

It can wait, I tried to book a couple of days ago thinking that it would give them time to sort out the money but the website wouldn't accept my booking and they didn't respond to an email do I ended up phoning today. I see I am being u, I will be clear and ask for the money sooner next time. I wouldn't want to take it before in case something went wrong.
Thanks

Yup, I always go by "No money? No booking."

Maybe say to your friend "I know I said I can wait till next week but I've checked my bank and I really can't. Can we even 50/50 until next week? Sorry but I am stuck."

i will learn by my mistakes. One person is fine but I just didn't think about having to wait for a couple of hundred pounds not people - I haven't got that many friends!
I haven't heard from the other two people yet.

I would probably have assumed that the person booking had done so using a credit card, giving a month's grace at least on payment having to be made. Having said that, though, I'm always keen to pay up asap.

I'm with scholes, I too would have assumed credit card but I think your mistake is your assumptions and not having the payment details ironed out first .

Often it depends on experience and your knowledge of the person in question. I would bet now that if you booked anything for this person again you'd get the money up front. Whereas for someone who you knew always transferred the money straightaway, you'd be less stringent. Learn from this.

I don't use credit cards for this sort of thing anymore (voice of experience! ) as it is all too easy to forget to move amounts back at the right time and end up paying interest. Plus it encourages some people, who are less considerate than the posters here, to take it as carte blanche to pay you back 27 days and 59 minutes later and not before.

I have learnt from previous mistakes and now never volunteer to be the person to book and collect money. People become surprisingly forgetful when it's time to cough up and it's really annoying. Personally, I hate owing money and always pay ASAP.

One other has asked for my bank details. I suppose I would have expected this or a cheque or cash within a couple of days. I am not at all worried about getting the money, it just surprised me that the assumption was that it would be ok to pay next week. I did explain tonight (the girl who asked to pay next week was there) that there was a 2% surcharge on credit cards so I paid on my debit card.
I really should have known about the because in the past I have paid for crafty workshop type things for me and another girl in the group as I booked online. She would pay me on the day, even if I had booked and paid weeks before! My own fault and even more so because I have assumed and not learned.