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?

Rent somewhere with three doubles?

All my adult life (until 7 months ago) I've shared a double. They don't even sell a size called queen in the U.K. (its an American size)

We do have 'small doubles' in the UK; they are 4' compared to a standard double which is 4'6".

I think queen/king/superking mean different things in the UK and US.

The accommodation isn't just the bedrooms. You are paying for the living space and kitchen and the location which is presumably somewhere you want to go. Trying to pay less for a differently sized bed is really splitting hairs.

*Before deciding who sleeps where, you should together decide whether there is enough difference (in terms of the whole holiday experience) for the couple in the smaller room to pay less, and if so what the differential should be.

THEN draw straws to see who gets the smaller room (with the agreed discount.

If you all feel no discount is really required, you'd still of course draw straws to allocate rooms.*

This. Or, as Ruby says, rent somewhere with three doubles!

Each person in the single bed will have the same if not more space than a those sharing a double. Most places you can shove them together anyway and have a super king. No way would I expect to pay less because I was 'cramped' in a double. Only time we've done someone pay less was when they were on a pull out sofa bed in the lounge

@NearlyGranny
ONLY if the rooms are allocated randomly on arrival by coloured sweeties. One woman pops a smartie at each threshold, three men take turns picking a smartie blind from inside a bag. Woman 1 photographs sweetie setup to ensure no cheating!
Who says all the couples are straight?

To answer the OP with the added info re the bathrooms if I ended up with the twin room I'd want the family bathroom to be exclusively for our use. I'd prefer an ensuite on holiday but if that meant having a double bed I'd rather have the twin room.
Have a superking at home which is the same width as 2 singles but also 10cm longer than a standard single.

They're not all the same though are they if two bedrooms have nice comfortable double beds and one bedroom

I love how the word 'comfy' is used for the double but not for the singles. Are they not also comfy?!

Me and my DH would be wanting the two singles beds....just throw them together....SUPER KING HELLOOOOOOOO!

If you are arguing about this non issue, then I don't think it is going to be a good idea to spend a week's holiday together with the other people.

Of course I'd expect each couple to pay for 1/3 of the accommodation. Can't think why anyone would think otherwise.
Even with your drip feed about the en-suites, presumably the main bathroom will then be exclusively used by the people with the single beds, so they, in fact, will have a larger room, so a bonus.

two bedrooms have nice comfortable double beds and one bedroom has two single beds.

Presumably they're nice comfortable single beds.

How do you know the double ones are nice and comfortable if you didn't sleep in them?

No no, the singles are made of barbed wire and straw and the room is filled with used syringes and faeces.

Shove the singles together and if both en-suites have showers you get the main bathroom as your en-suite.. if it’s just a sink n loo en-suite they’ll only really use them over night/first thing anyway so during that time you’d still have free run of the main loo.

Suggest you all draw straws for the rooms. Use a random number generator number them 1-3 n then randomly draw a room each. Or have numbers in a bowl n pull one out. It’s not as if the two singles are in different rooms.

The lack of en suite is the issue really. Two single beds is far more comfortable than being squashed up in a double IMO.

They're not all the same though are they if two bedrooms have nice comfortable double beds and one bedroom has two single beds.

Not necessarily. King size double beds against 2'6" singles, you're right. Ordinary 4'6" double against 3' single, the single might well be a better option, particularly if one of you is a restless sleeper or particularly tall or similar. Last year we were in a rented cottage with a 4'6" bed with a soft mattress where each of us couldn't help but roll towards the middle - if someone had offered me a single, I'd have cried with gratitude.

Have you been on holiday with friends before? If things not being 100% fair is that important you might find it a little difficult.

I think I read somewhere that a standard double gives each adult the width of a cot mattress.

I'd quite like the singles, but only if they were just as comfortable. Unfortunately I've had this happen before and usually singles are inferior beds - what with being usually 'for children'.

Note to self if ever lucky enough to have a holiday rental - make single beds same brand as doubles

One couple shouldn’t pay less, but you either find somewhere else, or draw straws for rooms. Why have you been allocated the worst room?

2 single beds are the size of a super king

Draw straws then no one can complain, or better yet if it means that much to get a hotel room near the other couples. If you are all ready casting up and wanting discounts I wouldn’t want to go on holiday with you tbh. Are you the type to get out your calculator in restaurants so someone doesn’t get an extra glass of wine past you?

I’d prefer two singles 😂 the price should be shared equally but lots drawn for the rooms.

I think it would depend on the exact nature of the relationships among the three couples (and how it was determined who went where).

It does seem unfair that one couple gets no en suite and separate, smaller beds. For actual sleeping, though, I'd much prefer a single each to being crammed with another adult into a meager double.

If you think it's unfair, I'd bring it up with the others. If no-one wants to volunteer to take the room with two singles, that's as good as admitting that it's inferior, and there should be no objection to the couple stuck with that room paying less. The issue would be deciding exactly how much less they should pay... Could get complicated and frustrating.

The people insisting they would LOVE the kiddie room... Yeah, okay

I wouldn't want the double! DH and I have a superking at home - and can't bear sharing a double bed together. Far too small!

I'd rather have the 2 singles.

Tbh I wouldn't book a place with such unequal bedrooms for three couples. Might be fine for a family with kids but why should one couple have a super king en-suite while another has two singles and no en-suite? I'd just look for some other accommodation.

I'd rather have the two singles than the double. But I'd rather have the super king than the singles! We struggle to sleep in normal doubles these days, but we have a super king at home so are spoilt! Double room is the worst option in this scenario (for us anyway).