To think this is the fairest way to share center parcs cost?

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Am I right that this is the best way to split the cost of £1500 for a 4 bed lodge:

Room 1 - family 1: 2 adults and 1 DC (18 months) pays £375
Room 2 and 3 - family 2: 2 adults and 2 DC (age 4 and 6) pays £750
Room 4 - family 3 (parents/in-laws of adults and grandparents of all DC) pays £375

please let me know if you’d split differently?

@BernadetteRostankowskiWolowitz you've created prices that are. Or what the OP stated. It's 1000 and 1150.

That makes no sense… they can’t fit in a 3 bed

We went at Christmas as we wanted to pay more as we were taking two bedrooms, one for my 7 year old and baby in with us, didn't feel it was fair on the others for us to split three ways

And we wanted to pay more that was meant to say

I'd go for an equal split between the 3 couples.

So many activities as CP are pricey too it becomes very costly for the family of 4.

Split by three or charge by person.

Years ago when younger we used to go on group holidays (even to CP when it first opened in the UK). There were usually between 5 and 8 of us who went. We all used to split the cost equally regardless of who was sharing rooms. Likewise I've been on holiday with two friends recently and two if us shared a room but split the cost evenly.

I wouldn't think that kids would pay....

This seems fair.

But unlike hotel rooms, at Centre Parcs, the cost also includes the park and all the amenities, including swimming and playgrounds etc. And obviously the rest of the lodge! It's not fair to pay double just for one extra (small!) child. The rooms are literally just so every one gets a good night's sleep!

YABU OP.

But it's not a hotel booking - the costs are not really for the bedrooms, which are just a place to sleep, but the rest of the lodge, the park and all the facilities, including swimming, walks and playgrounds.

I think the people who are saying YANBU haven't actually been to Centre Parcs before...

Seeing as the fourth room is costing £350, I think it's fair the family using it pay for it.

How did you work that out?

I think that's a good point. If you've been to CP, you know what a tiny bit of the holiday the bedrooms are. They're literally to sleep in - no one's going to relaxing before evening drinks in their luxury suite

Because in her very first post OP said the 4 bed cost £1500 and she later clarified a 3 bed cost £1150

They accomodation is £350 more expensive for that room.

Horrendous maths

Ah sorry just read your other post and thought you were talking about the difference between the 2 and 3 bed 😅

To add a spanner in the works though the actual living space difference between the three and four bed is siginificant. And everyone will benefit from that.

The family of 4 will still be getting double the use of the facilities / communal space / bathrooms than the couple, so I really can't understand why people are suggesting a 3 way split!

I do agree with the arguments for paying per person, but would need to include kids (or at least half per kids as a minimum) as kids will get more out of CP activities and despite being smaller generally somehow use up more space in communal areas than adults! I think those saying only count adults to pay are being ridiculous!

That’s really interesting that you see it as the smaller family and Grandparents would be subsidising family 2 if it was a 33% cost split. As I see it that if family 2 paid 50% of the cost then they would be heavily subsidising the smaller family and Grandparents access to the swimming pool, playground, access to CP open areas, communal areas in the lodge etc.

I wonder if people who think it should be split by rooms have been to CP personally and experienced all the facilities on offer?

But a 4 bed will have bigger kitchen and a bigger living area. Everyone sharing will benefit from that extra space.

Paying per room is very unfair, when you consider the children are non-earners. It's also setting the precident what happens in 6 mths time when the baby is now 2 and a bigger lodge is required? Do they pay for an extra full room or half room?

I have been to CP and still think the fairest way is to split cost by rooms.
I loved CP when DS was younger, but not sure the great attraction with a baby or without DC. The family with 2 DC will get most use and enjoyment out of the facilities so should pay for the bedrooms they use.

But generally children are charged less eg. Swimming, theme park, cinema etc. I can't think of many day activities that adults and children do that charge the same for children even though they take up the same amount of space (eg. A whole seat at a cinema etc).

We go on group holidays and just split between how many bedrooms there are and each family pay by how many they want to use. Those saying ‘yes but those with more children end up paying more’ - yes, that’s the thing when you have bigger families 🤷‍♀️ they are more expensive in all aspects. If you don’t want to pay as much for your holidays you wouldn’t have had more children than you can afford!!
And I say this as the family who has the most children in our get togethers.

@Nixynic
We had a similar holiday with DHs family, they thought it should be split per room, at the time our DC was 3.
It pissed me off no end how much we were paying for our 3yo to have a bed. He cost the same as two adults.

Never done that again.

Oh and I never get this argument about having more shared space with a bigger lodge that everyone benefits from. You get more space because it's needed for more people.

I say make a fair split by bedrooms now or it will get increasingly complex as DCs get older. We had to stop the extended family holiday this year as we were ok paying a disproportionate amount when everyones DCs were younger, but less amusing now they are earning adults.

What's earning got to do with it? If one parent is a stay at home parent, but in the other couple both work, would that affect how much they should pay? Children don't get to go on holiday for free in any other situation because they don't earn. Their parents have to choose their holidays, including whether to go on group holidays based on whether they csn afford to take the whole family, not just the earners! (Unless someone has explicitly offered to treat them / given as a gift).

Yes I have been to center parcs. If the distribution of people in rooms was even I would say pay per room. As it's not, and the family of 3 will presumably use more then 1/4 of other facilities, then per person works I think.

The amount of people here who would happily expect a couple to pay the same as a family of 4 is ridiculous!