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?

I'm definitely coming round to the idea of charging half for the kids. It's either that or a straight 3 way split.

Family 2 should not be paying double the other families so they can all holiday together.

I don't think Op is coming back, but I'd also ask have they holidayed like this before? If so how did they split the bill? And how did they get on with different kids having different routines.

I've been Family 2, getting stung paying per room and got the two smallest rooms. It really ground my gears that everything seemed to revolve rounds baby cousins routine, Inc having dinner late (far too late for our 3 yo)so baby could be in bed first. Then 3yo was being told to be quite in the evening, but no consideration in the morning that 3yo was still sleeping after another late night.
Honestly never ever again, 3yo is now 12 and has a sibling and Id still say no.

Usually when we go with my in-laws they pay half and we pay half. My dad gets a free room because he doesn’t have any spare money - another story! We have two rooms though as we have two kids. We have offered in-laws more money but they are happy to pay half.

I'm getting confused here. Family 2 take up half the lodge, why should they not pay for half the lodge?

If I was family one and paying for a bedroom and a half if there was an even split, I'd maybe suggest that the cot goes in the DCs room.

It's rubbish having to share a room with a lively 18 month old if you don't normally do it, and I'd resent having to pay over the odds for it.

Especially given centre parcs don't even charge a penny for an 18mo.

One family is taking up 2 rooms!

Of course it’s fair

I’m genuinely confused by these comments and the vote

One family is taking up half the space, why would they not pay for half the cost?

They are taking up 2 bedrooms, so should cover half the cost of a 4 bed. If they weren’t coming you could half the costs with a 2 bed!

Thanks again for all the replies!

Im really just thinking of the fairest way to share the cost, there is quite a divide of opinion! Have been several times before but with another family with 2 DC that have also used 2 rooms so cost has always been an easy 50/50. I think I’m mainly torn on whether family 1 should pay anything for their DS (our nephew), given CP are not charging for him.

for those asking we won’t be splitting hairs on any of the other stuff.
E.g. For food we will have 3 meals out and each family will pay for 1 meal. We (Family 2) will pay the £5 pp deposit for each restaurant booking which effectively covers the kids food.

The other stuff we try to take turns, e.g. family 1 will do a Starbucks order in morning, then family 2 will buy drinks/pool snacks, then family 3 ice creams. just trying to have a rough feel that no one is buying too much.

Breakfast and lunch stuff Family 2 will bring most of it. Family 1 will bring beer, wine (not a massive amount) and soft drinks. Family 3 will buy the parc-market fresh stuff/top ups when we are there (milk, bread etc).

I would split by room and then next time when nephew needs his own room, they pay for 2 rooms just like yourselves are now.

Split by 3!

CP charges based on rooms in the accommodation though.

So it doesn’t matter the number of people, the split should be room take up

personally, if it was me, I would split it equally three ways.

yabu to have family 2 paying twice the cost of the other 2. they are only 1 more person than family 1 and they aren't getting twice as much holiday enjoyment per head as everyone else.

use this formula for all future holidays too.
you only spend a third of the time in your bedrooms, the rest of the time you are in the shared areas together so per-head makes more sense.
£1000 is split per-head with under 2yo =0.25 head and 3-12yo 0.5head, 13-18yo 0.75 head.
total currently 7.25 head
family1= 310
family2=414
family3=276
PLUS remaining £500 split per room
family1=125
family2=250
family3=125

total
family1= 435
family2= 664
family3= 401

Because they’re taking up 2 rooms

Pricing is based on number of rooms in the accommodation!

Rather than all this faff, can't you just have a Kitty? Everyone chuck 100pp (then 50 per child) into a shared account and use that for all meals?

no they aren't

CP does not charge per room. A 2 bed lodge does not cost half the price of a 4 bed lodge.

I don't know what week or location or lodge type tge OP has booked but checking just now for prices in a random week, a 2 bed lodge was £679 and a 4 bed lodge of the same quality and same week was £849.
so in that case the incremental cost per extra room is £85 per extra room.

using the same ratios on a £1500 total cost for 4 bedrooms, the incremental cost for each bedroom would be about £150 so family 2 should be paying no more than £150 more than family 1

my formula has them paying about £230 more so family 1 are still massively quids-in.

don't know what week or location or lodge type tge OP has booked but checking just now for prices in a random week, a 2 bed lodge was £679 and a 4 bed lodge of the same quality and same week was £849.
so in that case the incremental cost per extra room is £85 per extra room

you would know if you’d read the thread.

We go to centre parcs with 4 families needing 2 rooms each (so 2 lodges) and 1 singleton who stays in an apartment. We split by rooms because that’s how Center parcs does it. If you only need a 3 bed it’s x amount, if you need a 4 it’s y amount.

But you can't work it out fairly like that.
You could argue that family 2 would need a 2 bed for themselves, costing £1000. It's only £500 more for the 2 extra bedrooms for family 1 and for family 3. So should family 1 and 3 only pay that extra £500 between them? Of course not.

It only really works fairly if you split it per room and everyone pays £375 for the rooms they have. Or if you split is evenly 3 ways and family 1 and 3 are happy to subsidise the cost of family 2.

But given family 3 have already said they think it should be split by room, they seem not to be that happy to subsidise the larger family.

We have stayed before with

room 1: me and husband
room 2: our two children
room 3: grandparents

there is no way the grandparents would pay a 1/3 they just wouldn’t have it. I think maybe not financially fair but much nicer to each pay £500. An additional £125 per couple isn’t too much but an additional £375 seems a lot for one family

I'd definitely agree kitty up for food, meals out and food in the lodge.

Don't get into the faff of 3 lots of butter and milk in the fridge etc
Eh who's jams that? Oh that bread looks nice can I have a bit? You can tell our big family holidays was really successful.

I think part of my argument for not splitting per room is £375 seems a heck of a lot extra for one family and they aren't going to enjoy it twice as much as the family of 3.

Think the 2 adults / in-laws is right… but not fair for the couple with 2 children to pay double the family with 1 child!
mum assuming you’re the couple with 1 child so doing well from this arrangement?!

personally I think price should be agreed with the other families … before booking!

Also who is getting the room with an en-suite bathroom?? If the family of 4 are paying double then they should Atleast get the best room & ensuite!

m Also this depends hugely how other bills are being split!… who will pay for food? Will that be split equally 3 ways?? If so then the house cost seems fairer and you can sell it as
‘youre paying double as have 2 rooms but will have room with the en-suite… and food is being split 3 ways despite there being 2 more of you.. is that ok?

they are all subsidising each other by sharing a 4 bed lodge.

if you charge per-room then family 2 are paying for 50% of the shared communal facilities (living room, kitchen, bathrooms) whilst getting significantly less than 50% of the benefits, so they are subsidising the other two families.

what a nasty bullying lot. If I was family 2 this would be the last time I agreed to go on a joint holiday.

Unless you're Family 2 and have voluntarily chosen to pay double the others I think you're BVU.

If you're not Family 2 I can't see they'd ever want to come on holiday with you again.

Oh ignore me. I just read it again properly and realised Family 2 will have 2 rooms.