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 would probably expect some cost for the additional bedroom - especially if the rooms are similar. £375 per room to £470 for 1 and 4, and £560 for the larger family? I'm saying I'd be looking at some sort of compromise as I wouldnt expect family of 3 to pick up costs of an extra room - and grandparents would clearly depend on where they are in the income banding as to whether that works

If I was the family of 4 with that set up of pricing, I would get my own lodge.

Also consider that the family of 3 and the grandparents are getting the benefit of the space and comfort of a larger property without paying the premium that the family of 4 are. I also couldn’t be doing with quibbling with family over this, for the same reason I won’t tot up who had what at a group dinner. In a family, it all evens out eventually usually over the years.

It may well be cheaper to have seperate accommodation and pay to choose which area so you’re near each other. Then everyone can be happy they’re paying for what is fair.

I think per room is the only fair way to do it.

When we shared villas with friends we split by room despite the fact I had one DS to their two DCs each and often DS got a really crappy room.

But here I can't see what the issue is. The couple with one DC are having to share a room altogether whereas DPs in room 2 get their own space at night.

Half of 9 isn't 4 though, and the 18 month old will probably have a bath every evening while everyone else might shower - though of course that's speculation it's no more so than any other guessing about bathroom time, which varies massively by individual.

Divide by number of adults

If I was family 2, I'd ask for one room and 4 of us can sleep there. No way would I pay that for CP.

I’d split it 3 ways, yes the family of 4 get a bit more bedroom space but it’s not like a hotel, you’re not just getting the room. I’d probably give the family of 4 the ‘lesser’ two room and the grandparents the best room.

Yes that fair.
You can’t expect other adults to pay for your child.

They're not. It's pay per room. Presumably the group could book accommodation with one less room and the family share with the extra child.

Grandparent genuinely want to spend time together.

family 1 includes a teacher, so term time is not an option (even more so).

So one extra bedroom adds £150 to the total price, not £375

If family 1 are getting the bigger room for the cot then they should pay more than the ILs paying for room 4. I wouldn't be happy if I was family 2, they are paying double what family 1 is paying for a six year old.

Are you family 1 OP?

If I was paying half the cost & the other couples only a quarter each, I would expect one of the bathrooms to ourselves & the other couples share the other. I would then be happy with that.

I think it’s reasonable

it’s based on No of rooms not no of people if you wanted to
room 1 and 4 pay 400 and 2&3 pay 700 but I think what you have is fair

Split it in 3 or 30/40/30, I’d give the family sharing with baby the biggest room as they’ll need space for cot.

CP will not allow that unfortunately. They will count everyone in at check in.

I don’t understand the argument that you are not just paying for the lodge, but all of the other facilities. The family of 4 have 4 people getting the benefit of all of those facilities. The parents only have 2 people using the facilities, in just the same way they are taking up 1 room rather than 2.

I think the paying per person approach with children over 2 as 0.5 of a person works well. It would be unfair to count the 18 month old if Centre Parcs don’t charge for under 2s. But, with all that said, in my family we’d end up just splitting it between the adults despite it not being very fair.

This is a good point.

so family 1 can expect the other adults to pay for their child but family 2 can't?

You could put the toddler in with the kids. Then the two families would pay 3/4 (equally between them) and the parents/in-laws pay 1/4.

whatever you do, I don’t think your calcs are fair. Should be the difference between 3 and 4 bed accommodation that the big family pay

It would just be a 3 way split in my family. Bit of to and fro about bathrooms probably, but that's normal with us

Family 1 isn’t costing anyone extra by having an 18 month old there. It’s sharing the parents room.

Put family 2 all in one room and you have an almost fair “what about”

If the rooms are all the same then you split it evenly three ways. When I have gone away with friends with no kids they have always insisted in splitting the costs evenly even though we got an extra room for the kids.

How do the couple who have 1 extra child have to pay double what family 1 have to pay? Sorry I'm confused and it looks unfair. I would do it PP