Aibu to think some should pay more?

[Ohfurflipsake]

Going on holiday next summer. Group of us. 4 adults 4 kids. Kids will share rooms in 2s. Adults all need own rooms, all single women.

How do you divide the cost? Total price divided by 8 so price pp? Or should it be price per room? Rooms vary massively.... One has four poster and an en suite and another is tiny with two little single beds.

I just want it to be fair. What would be reasonable?

Is it one child per adult?

Total price divided by 8. So adults with children pay for themselves and kids, singles pay for themselves.

We have always worked it as a kids price is 50% of the adult price. Its not really about the room size as long as everyone has a bed its inevitable the rooms may be different sizes.

Why are the rooms so vastly different and do all adults have one child each?

Surely each adult pays for the room they're using plus half of their child's room (if they've got one each), or is it a villa?

What do the adults want to do? If it was me and my sisters, we’d just spilt the total cost three ways.

I organise our family holidays. I do all the shopping (they provide a fair share of ££ though I pay more as dc are mine). Me and dh get the choice of room - not always the biggest - this year we chose one furthest from dc!!
Whoever does the organising get the pick ime!!

Does anyone want a large room and prepared to pay extra? If not surely it's names in a hat and pot luck.

I wouldn't charge more for a bigger room unless someone really wants it and is prepared to pay more. Otherwise it's the same amount per adult and half that amount for each child.

I go away with a big group every year and we always split evenly irrespective of sharing/own rooms. But that’s all adults. I would expect kids to pay 50% of adult price in the smaller shared rooms. The person who does all the donkey work with booking, paying deposit etc gets first choice of room.

Forgot to add that all working adults split cost of accommodation equally.

Kids should pay half adult rate. Names in a hat for big bedroom. Adults pay a sixth kids a twelfth.

Divide by 8. Parents pay their children's share.

@Woeismethischristmas

Kids should pay half adult rate. Names in a hat for big bedroom. Adults pay a sixth kids a twelfth.

If they're paying in 6ths a 3rd won't be paid for, will it?

Or am I missing something...

Divide the cost into 6. Adults pay full price each, kids are half adult price each. Draw straws for the rooms.

Given that adults are having a room to themselves, and kids are sharing 2 to a room, I'd say that kids pay half the adult rate.

So split it into sixths, 4 adults pay one sixth each. Parents of the 4 kids pay one 12th per child to make up the last two sixths. (so six sixths are paid!)

Kids take the obviously kiddy rooms (ie bunks or 2 singles etc). Otherwise names drawn out of a hat for the other rooms.

What most people said. Half price for kids and draw straws for room choice, or just whoever gets there first chooses first (obviously making sure that kids get twin beds).

Or if someone is having a particularly tough time I might offer them the nicest room as a treat. Or suggest the organizer takes it if they have put in a lot of work.

The one thing I wouldn't do is charge different amounts for different rooms, because there is no way to do this perfectly.

@girlmom21

If they're paying in 6ths a 3rd won't be paid for, will it?

Or am I missing something...

Are you missing the fact that the kids pay a twelfth? 4/6 plus 4/12 equals 1.

@HarrietsChariot

Divide by 8. Parents pay their children's share.

^this.

Also, anyone without kids should get the room(s) with the ensuite so they're not accidentally barging in on kids/being barged in on IYSWIM.

Whose kids are they?

Cost of stay divided by how many adults and children. Pick names out of a hat as a lucky dip who gets the nicest rooms.

@ElftonWednesday

Total price divided by 8. So adults with children pay for themselves and kids, singles pay for themselves.

This would be very unfair as the children are sharing rooms so if it was price per person, the singles would be heavily subsidised by the adults with children.

I wouldn't expect bigger bedrooms to pay more, either the organiser gets first pick or you draw lots .each adult pays the same and each child is half an adult.my experience is that dividing up each little thing adds to everyone's stress .

If the children are sharing ths tiny room with 2 single beds do not charge them the same price as the person who gets best room.

Per room is much fairer.

Just ask people how they want to do it.

2 adults both have 2 kids. Other two adults have no kids.

So most people think kids pay 50% adult price and names in hat for the big room unless someone wants to pay extra for it?

I think this seems fair too.