Division of accommodation rental cost

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I've rented a villa in France for a fortnight for me, my parents, my brother/sister-in-law and niece (8). There are three bedrooms; my parents will share as will my brother's family (so three of them in the largest room with en suite). I will have the third bedroom, presumably the smallest. There are two bathrooms, one of which is the en suite. The villa also has a large living area, kitchen, terrace, garden, swimming pool.

Not sure whether it's relevant, but I've done all the research and booking, negotiated a discount and put the deposit on my credit card.

What is a fair division of the cost? I think per person (although happy to discount niece, so divide by five rather than six or 5.5), my brother thinks per bedroom.

But I'd expect other costs to be split per person.
You'd pay for your own room in a hotel. Maybe they should chip a bit more than their share into the food kitty but three of them to a room is a bit much to pay exactly the same as you each.

Divide by the 5 adults is fairest.

You'd pay for your own room in a hotel.

Indeed, but I would book a single and my brother would have to book a family room. Plus there isn't usually a private pool, kitchen, living room, garden and terrace in a hotel room.

Split the overall cost in two, apportioned between private and shared space according to the floor area.

The private spaces can be charger per room, with charge proportional to the size of the room.

The shared space to be apportioned per person.

This is probably still not quite right, as the en-suite is probably worth more than its size would suggest. But it's a start...

Per adult, ignore niece if she's little. Same for food. You don't get to go on holiday as a family of 3 for the same price as a single adult.

Yes, definitely per adult person.

Split 5 ways, niece goes free.

Unless your brother really pisses you off, in which case per person, and his family pay half.

I would just pay for everyone- sorry!

Indeed, but I would book a single and my brother would have to book a family room. Hotel with a single room? In many hotels you can have 4 in a room or the same price as 1.

I think it's a trifle unfair to call your DB a CF as some posters have but then I'm finding that the term CF is being a tad overused by folks here atm

If anything it's you who has now got the extremely good deal. Let's say the villa costs £3000 for the fortnight. You've now got use of a large villa and all the facilities for £600 whereas your DB and family are paying £1200 for it.

I can see that a straight 1/3 each split wasn't fair either but I do think that something like £800 for you and £1100 each for the others is more equitable.

Oh and as the organiser and boomer of many group trips, there is no financial reward or benefit to doing it, it would be weird to profit in that way from family or friends.

Sorry i accidentally hit the wrong button.

You are not unreasonable.

Oh and as the organiser and boomer of many group trips, there is no financial reward or benefit to doing it, it would be weird to profit in that way from family or friends.

There are some benefits, but not specifically to me:

1. Knowing my family, if I hadn't sorted this out it either wouldn't have happened, or would have been organised at the last minute with lots of compromises (i.e. only a few villas left to choose from, high flight prices, etc.);
2. By booking this far in advance I negotiated a reduction of £200;
3. I'm temporarily lending my brother his portion of the costs until they can afford to pay me back.

Btw, what's a "boomer"?

Sorry OP I meant to type booker, not boomer .

Yes I'm the one who organises things too, or they tend not to happen. Is your DBs shortfall of cash a temporary thing ?

Are you confident that your brother will pay you the full amount back once he has had his holiday.

Are you confident that your brother will pay you the full amount back once he has had his holiday.

Yes, in fact he'll pay me before we go. (I wouldn't have offered if I wasn't confident of getting it back!)

The sound of the toilet flushing.

Oops wrong thread...

Weird to split per person. I have always gone on holidays with my family and my partners family and we always pay for the number of bedrooms we have. You’ve booked a 3 bedroom property because you need 3 bedrooms. Your parents share a room, you have a room, your brother and family have a room. Why should they subsidise your holiday by paying more than you when they’re still only getting one bedroom? Having them go on holiday with you isn’t making the holiday any more expensive for you. If you went on your own you would still need to pay for one bedroom.

If they’ve agreed to splitting per person they’re probably doing it just to avoid conflict.

It’s not weird. You’re not just staying in
A room in a hotel you’re enjoying a whole villa with all the facilities. Why should a single person subsidise a family of three? Particularly if their bedroom is a single with no en suite.

All 3 may be sharing one room but they're getting 3x use of pool and all the facilities. I'm not sure comparison with a hotel room is helpful because a villa with a pool is so much more than that.

Per adult. When we've booked holidays & weekends away, it's always per adult if shared Accomodation and a reasonable % for DCs .

And if lots of DC, a proportion for them depending on age (for e.g. I have 3DC, so me + DC take up 2 bedrooms, my DSis was single no DC, so i'd pay 3x amount as my one adult Dsis -as only one of my DC was under 10- I didn't mind that as she would help with DC)

I'm hoping it's not a moot point anyway since OP is paying for her brother to start with. I hope he does the right thing and pays her the full amount back.