Boyfriend booked a cheaper room ...aibu?

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Going on holiday in a week
Me and boyfriend said to make it special we will stay in hotel night before and night we arrive home (due to late arrival )
Anyway we decided to stay in double tree and I said I would book going and he would book coming back (we both agreed )
So I book and pay £115
He then tells me last night for the hotel home he has booked premier in £49

Am I being a mug here ?
I said you said to stay at double tree ?
He says I know but this was cheaper

Now I have only booked and pay on arrival
Do I cancel and book a premier inn for night before too?
But I love the room we have it's a runway view and it will be lovely

Aibu ? What do I do ?

Tell him he can pay for an evening meal to make up his low costs.

Premier inn breakfast though! Yummy

This.
For an overnight stay with late arrival, all you need is a comfortable bed and a decent breakfast. Personally, I'd just drive home and sleep late, but if it's just sleeping in the hotel for a night, Premier Inn is fine.

If you are arriving back late at night, will the view really matter? There is a reasonable chance that with travel delays , you may return even later than expected. A clean room with a comfortable bed will probably suffice. He is not being unreasonable to think that there might be better ways to spend the money. Why not use it to go and have a nice dinner out when you actually arrive home?

Tell him either he splits the cost of both rooms with you, or you will cancel and book Premier Inn.

I’d also cancel and book a PI , my sister stayed in a Double tree at Luton airport and it was awful .

He should have told you that he’s booked the cheaper hotel, especially knowing you were booking a night too.

I don’t blame him for booking the cheaper one though, especially as you’re going on holiday in between and it sounds like this was booked for convenience, rather than as part of the holiday so it seems silly to pay a lot for it.

I personally would cancel and get a cheaper one but if this is somewhere you want to stay then that’s your choice and I don’t think you should cut your nose off to spite your face over it.

Given that your arrival back here is late, there's not much point in going for an expensive hotel room because you wouldn't get value from it - you will almost certainly be falling straight into bed and won't be watching the runway or anything else. Whether it's worth going for something expensive the night before depends really on whether you will have time to enjoy it.

Why is everyone debating the value of Doubletree and whether they would pay the extra or whether they'd even bother staying over etc? It's completely irrelevant.

OP and her boyfriend both agreed a plan which they would be paying equally towards. In fact it was the boyfriend's idea. Now the boyfriend has decided it's not worth his money to stay at the Doubletree but he's very happy to experience it on OP's dime, without actually bothering to involve her in that decision. He's tight, a complete cheeky fucker and sneaky.

This would have totally put me off a boyfriend when I was younger.

@iRun2eatCake then I presume you book in hostels not hotels??

Just book the Premier Inn and stay there on your night, too.

Premier Inn is fine. He's saved you both some money so you can spend on something else - a nice meal out? Day trip somewhere? Doubletree will be full of folk on business trips (boring!!)

If planes are your thing and adds something to your holiday then go with the Doubletree (and take both of the free warm cookies at check in - you skinflint partner doesn’t deserve it!)

Seriously though book it and then split the overall price of both rooms between the two of you. That sounds like the best compromise

Good on him for checking prices and deciding double the price for a crappy doubletree isn't worth it.
It's not like he's hid it from you, he's told you, so either change yours if you want to or dont, can't see what's to get worked up over.

I would just say ok let's go halves on the rooms, you owe me £33 you tight git, I'm not subsidising you.

He changed his mind. LTB. It’s the only solution.

This.

Why didn't he check the prices before agreeing to plan A? Why didn't he tell her he found a better option and suggest to her she switch her booking too? He was perfectly happy letting her pay...

No, he saved himself money. He didn't offer to split the difference between the two bookings, has he?

If you are flying from Newcastle the premier Inn is a bit of a hike from terminal. Food is awful as well

Hostel?? I have never seen an ensuite in a hostel

Apologies, phone mad! Wrong thread.

If you’re a hotel snob you wouldn’t stay at Hilton properties. They’re just a regular 4-star chain. Nothing remotely special about them.

Agree with this.