What's the fairest way to split cost of this holiday?

[Theknittinggorilla]

Three families hiring a country cottage for a week:

Family 1: couple, no kids, 2 dogs
Family 2: couple, one baby under 6 months old
Family 3: couple, three kids (4, 2 and baby under 6 months old)

Cottage will need 4 bedrooms, one for each couple and one for the 4 and 2 year old to share. Babies will be in cots in parents rooms.

If cottage is say £3k for the week, how much should each family pay?

He's taking the piss.

I would do pay per bedroom, but think your family slightly hard done by, so would then have a kitty for food spilt 3 ways equally to address the balance a bit.

I'm definitely going to show him this thread 😆

I would just split it 3 ways

Well DH can just say "how do you want to split it mum, sis? Per room or per family?"

Doesn't need to be a drama :-)

Split three ways, it seems a bit petty to start divining it exactly by room or working out how much extra space dogs or kids will take up especially with family so im with dh!

I would go with 1/3rds for family (with any extra deposit/cleaning costs paid for by dog owners) and agree the larger communal spaces benefit all. Difficult paying per room as room sizes / amenities could well be very different - nice master suite vs small kids room, for example.

Per bedroom is fairest. Esp. as rest of adults will have to put up with 2 young children! They take up a lot more space really than 2 adults so I think its fair they're room costs the same.

Wow! It's family - assuming PIL like their children and grandchildren

It should be 1/3 each between the adults

Per bedroom but family with dog pays dog bits and family with baby pays baby bits

Just seen.".family. Talk to them. Ask split by bedroom or by cost of holiday, in family situation 1/3 more understandable despite it really being fairer by bedroom.

I think it should be in thirds if you are family. Totally mean spirited to expect the cost of the children to be the same as the adults. I would not go on holiday with family if I was expected to pay the same for children as adults are paying for themselves.

We are going on a family holiday later this years. Me, dh, our da, brother and his gf, other brother and his gf, mum and her partner. 6 bedrooms, one per couple, one for da, one spare for anyone who wants to sleep on their own or if anyone wants to invite a friend to stay for a night. We will split the cost 4 ways between the 4 adult couples.

Bigger communal space is needed because there are more people though. So that argument falls flat!

3/7, 3/7, 4/7.....ie the family with the kids needing separate room pay a little more but not a whole 'roomsworth ' seeing as it's family.

Don't mean to hijack thread... What would people do if, instead of one of the couples, there was a single person? Would the single person still be expected to pay on a per-bedroom basis, even though their occupancy was effectively half in all the communal rooms?

3/7, 3/7, 4/7...

Grand
I think that would be different, depends on if they had children, if they were given smaller room and who they are going with.

We have always divided this up per family - the babies will be bigger kids one day and you'll need bigger houses. If you're the ones with 2 rooms you might be best to ask the others to decide the costs.

Kids' room charged at half rate of adults' rooms, so 2/7, 2/7, 3/7, or something that rounds approximately to that.

grand, yes, the single person still needs a room therefore they should pay the same amount. Hotels don't charge per person, it's the rate of the room.

OP, I'd say per bedroom too but as it's family, they may be happy to go 1/3s. But you paying for 2 bedrooms, as that's what you need, is the fairest way. Your DH is taking this piss.

If it's family, definitely 1/3 each.

chocotoo

Surely the fact they are taking up a whole room means they are a full "roomsworth. Add to that they will probably be using more communal apace, running around toys everywhere etc. than adults.

Couple 3 = 50%
Couple 1 and 2 = 25% each

It's family. I definitely think it should be thirds. I think you need a certain attitude with a shared holiday like this - noone nitpicking about costs.

850:850:1300 seems a bit fairer