Holiday situation - AIBU?

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6 adults go on holiday. 2 couples have nice double bedrooms. 1 couple has a twin room with two single beds and has to pay the same. Is this unfair or AIBU?

Push the two beds together. Toss a coin to see who gets them and forget about it. Only by raising it will it seem that the double-bedders have something to feel smug about. You won't be spending massive amounts of time in the beds anyway and is it worth risking an atmosphere over something to small and irrelevant?

Just push them together or book somewhere else. Talk about making a fuss over nothing

Why would you expect to pay less for the single beds? Are people that desperate to snuggle up to a partner that they'd pay more for a double? I'd happily take the twin room and pay the same. You could always push them together if you couldn't stand being a couple of feet away from your oh for a few nights.

Can’t you move the two singles together

Also, even if you did agree that the twin room should be slightly cheaper, you'd have to weight it according the other rooms available - lounge, kitchen etc. And then take into account the amount of time spent in each. For example, if one couple chose to be out most of the day but another chose to spend it in the accommodation, would you charge the latter more? Can't wait to see the cleaning rota.... sounds a nightmare already.

I would expect each couple to pay the same.

I've just booked a holiday with 2 female friends. We'll have a 2 bedroom suite. One room has queensize bed the other twin beds. Me and one friend have already said we're happy to share whilst other friend has bigger bed/own room. Never occurred to any of us to do anything but split bill 3 ways. Just looking forward to the holiday and having a good time with friends. Alternative was single rooms each which was far more expensive.

I think you should book it - i doubt you'll find anything with 3 double rooms. Draw straws to see who gets the singles and just get on with enjoying your trip whichever room you get!

Cost should be split evenly. Rooms should be allocated randomly e.g. picking names out of a hat unless 1 couple would specifically prefer the single beds.

Finding accommodation with 3 doubles would obviously be best (presuming this is what you all want) but I don’t know how likely that is as a lot of places are set up for families who prefer twins for the children.

And if you friend is suggesting this place and already hypothetically allocating you the worst room then this holiday is probably doomed and I would rethink your plans altogether.

Everyone pays the same! What if I get one of the doubles but want to pay a bit less because the floor space or arrangement of furniture isn't perfect, or the other room is closer to the bathroom? Every room has its disadvantages and my view of what is a reasonable thing to quibble about won't be the same as other people's....

Pay the same and draw straws

I feel like this holiday is already doomed though

Yup.

Who's decided the room allocation? It should be randomly drawn and everyone pays the same.

It wouldn’t bother me but if it bothers you don’t go or ask for one of the double bedrooms.

I feel like this holiday is already doomed though

Yep. At the point you're argusing about whether or not 2 x 1 = 1 x 2 then you're already on the highway to doomesville.

If you actually mean a double and not at least a queen then I would refuse the double and ask for the twin room. Only one adult can sleep in a double really.

(as long as they aren't bunks -oi -dh -you get the top one! ) seriously are the same size rooms & do you all have bathrooms?

I don't get how a twin bedded room is in some way inferior to a double bedded room. It isn't! As long as both rooms have the facilities and are of similar size, what's the problem?

(You can occupy a twin bedded room and still have nookie - trust me.)

Even as a single person, I wouldn't want a single bed. I just about manage to not fall out of a double.
As a couple, I wouldn't want singles either. No saying the beds can be moved together. Could slide apart. The middle bit is uncomfortable so you find yourself curled up on the single. Not that there's anything wrong with sharing a single, just not every night.

If I'm paying the same as you then I want the same.

Just find another house with 3 doubles.

Surely the price is the price of the room?
I agree with other posters who have suggested this holiday is doomed before it's been booked.
From the sound of it a couple are going to end up with the twin room, so there will be friction. OP I think the answer is to either look for another hotel that can accommodate you all in double bedded rooms or holiday with just your partner elsewhere.

I'd much prefer a single bed to myself than half a double. I'm used to a king size at home with two single duvets on it. Doubles with a shared duvet feel too cramped.

I'm not saying this is the case here but often twin bedded rooms in holiday cottages are aimed at children - so they are much smaller, much more sparsely furnished and lack an en suite etc.

In that situation, I don't think it's fair to split costs evenly

Yab soooooo unreasonable expecting to pay less because you won't be in the same bed as your dh.

Echo what others have said. unless twins can be put together somehow I would veer clear. IMO twin rooms tend to be smaller and have fewer facilities - sometimes no hanging space for e.g. Think room allocation should be random or formula agreed re pricing of rooms based on size / facilities in them

Why don’t YOU offer to pay extra to have a double? You keep saying the couple with the single beds should pay less - therefore by definition you’re expecting the couples with doubles to pay more. Why not be proactive and offer to do that? Or is it that you actually want to pay less if possible, so are hoping you can take the room with the singles and pay less on that basis?

Just looked at the listing again, hadnt looked at all the details. One Has a super king-size, one a double. Both have ensuites. Sorry should have said that in the first place.