Family holiday

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Going away with my dp, sister and her dh with their 2 kids, and my brother, his wife and their three kids. We are hiring a big cottage to stay in and they are both wanting to split the cost 3 ways. AIBU in standing my ground that me and dp shouldn’t be paying as much as they are considering it’s just us?

How many rooms?
I think each family should pay for the rooms they’ll use so If it’s 3 rooms then a 3 way split.

I’d just split it 3 ways personally. What’s the price difference?

Yes, pay by room

Split cost by bedrooms. Or you pay 1/5 and they each pay 2/5.

I think the best way with these things is to divide it up by bedroom

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Though if I could afford it I’d split three ways

But if paying by room do you charge differently for a king size than a single room? What about en suite? Sounds like a faff

Yes to by bedroom.

I am suprised people are saying split it equally three ways, I don’t see how it’s fair the family of five pay the same a couple.

Great start to a family holiday.

Your next thread will be whilst you’re away and there will be some kind of showdown about some issue or another

I don’t get these family holidays where no one seems to really like one another let alone love!

In my family the disagreement would be because my sister would want to pay much more than her share and I would want to pay much more than my share!

Why would you want to start off quibbling? Are the kids having their own bedrooms? If so split by the number of bedrooms. I can see if you're paying for a five or six bedroom place that you'd be reluctant to pay a third.

Divide by bedrooms.

Best way to sort this is to get your own accommodation. Seriously, I just cannot fathom how child free people would voluntarily choose to share with four parents and five kids.

Having your own hotel room/Air b means you can escape! Think about it a bit more. You will still see them all day and evenings if you want.

Just my preference I suppose, others may love the rough and tumble. And it's probably already booked. Oh well. Not much good will come out of having a barney about costs. Just split it three ways and stay united.

Do you have children?

Split it 3 ways don't be mean. Have a great holiday

I get what people say about paying per bedroom, but realistically as long as you have your own bedroom to yourselves i'd just split it 3 ways.

You are paying for the cottage as a whole and will spend most the time all together in the living room/kitchen/dining room anyway not the bedrooms.

If they pay more will get first dibs on the bathroom in the morning etc ?

These kids are your nephews and nieces tho right?

Just split it 3 ways and stop quibbling.

we take a similar holiday and split it by the number of bedrooms used. My family always needed 3 and my sister and her husband needed 1, my niece and her family 2. If lodging was $1,000/week for a 6 bedroom we would pay $500.

Its when you do these trip and there are 6 bedrooms, 4 with ensuite, and the people who are without ensuite feel they should pay less. Blows my mind how people can think like this when presumably you've done the trip to spend time together not argue over the pennies or any type of perceived injustice

Split 3 ways but you get first pick of bedrooms

all the best op

I would say as there’s three couples then do a three way split, but I’m not one to penny pinch especially with family and friends.

Three way split, unless money is exceptionally tight.