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 think it's fair to split by no of beds. Baby in travel cot doesnt count.

Absolutely, each family should pay for the number of rooms they have taken

The price isn't based in bedrooms though is it. If it was, then a 3 bed would be exactly 50% more than a 2. And a 3 bed is only £150 more than a 2.

I would expect Family 1 and GPs to suggest splitting by 3. I would then expect Family 2 to suggest they pay a little more as they have two rooms (eg 400, 600, 400). I would then expect Family 1 to say - oh no because we also have a child - it should be 450, 600, 350. Then my Mum and Dad would say but we just want to see you all - lets do 450, 550, 450. That is what would happen in my family anyway.

With family one needing non term time they are also adding an expense and expecting family 2 to subsidise them.

i would probs have grandparents pay £375 and both family’s with a kids pay £562.50 as you are both making the Holliday more expensive with needs of each family ie more rooms and time of booking

Also calling an 18 month old a baby. They are a toddler and will need more of an eye keeping on them it’s not like a 4 month old baby

Does it cost more to have 4 rooms as opposed to 3? If so then the family requiring 2 rooms should pay more. If not, it should be split across the 3 couples.

What about it being more expensive due to needing to go in school holidays for family 1?

Exactly! The family with 1 kid and the grandparents couldn’t get a 2 bed lodge for £750 (£375 each) so you could argue family with 2 kids are subsidizing family with 1 kid and grandparents holiday.

We had this a couple of years ago, similar set up we just split it equally between the adults and didn't count the kids.

2 bed lodge is £1000 so if family 1&3 shared it would be £500 each, you are all making a big saving by sharing so either split it equally or book separately is what I would do.

I agree with this, or go with the split of adults as 1 and kids as a half otherwise it feels like a piss take for family 2. I think if i was family 2 I'd just sack it off and get my own cabin for the extra 250 and enjoy the privacy.

So based on what you have said about the 2 bed pricing and term time I think

2 rooms 650
1 room 425 each (unless you split it 450 for bigger double and 400 for twin)

You don't know whether one of the members of family one or three work in a school or not 😁

Long and short of it - who isn't happy with the set up??

so we are family 2….my calculation was based on per room, grandparents definitely agree this is the best way to split it, and family 1 will just accept whatever we suggest. I’m not sure if we’d be CF if we tried to suggest a different split, but don’t want to pay disproportionately more if it’s not the consensus.

Do people really consider it being term time etc when doing this?
What if both GPs are avid swimmers and walkers and use the facilities loads more? Where does it end? Just split it by family and be done with it.

The OP said in her opening post that the 4bed was 1500.

She then dropped in 2bed and 3bed prices further down. 3bed is 1150. 2bed is 1000.

In a hotel, they'd likely have the family of 4 in one room. That costs less than 2 rooms. I don't think CP is set up for 4 people in a room so it's not that the parents don't want to share with the kids, the beds don't work that way.

I'd be annoyed if I was the family of 4 paying double. It would make the holiday less affordable and so even if we agreed this time, probably wouldn't do it again.

I agree family of 4 should pay more, but not double. Counting kids as "half" shares would seem more fair. Possibly excluding the 18 month old from the count too.

Something like £430 for you and the grandparents and £645 for them.

I think it's fair because it's in line with Centre PARC's policy.

Children under 2 are not counted but as soon as they are over two they need their own room so the cost increases.

The other two families could split a two bed lodge between them but the middle family would need that lodge to themselves

I wouldn't usually, but go google the price difference term time to holiday - one requires a second mortgage!

I don’t think you should go.
If you’re already quibbling about costs and fairness, this will end in disaster if you’re sharing accommodation, food, bathrooms etc.

Maybe suggest everyone gets their own lodge.

I agree. Plus it's not JUST about bedrooms. It's the whole thing. Everyone is sharing the house facilities. IME at CP, you spend so little time in the bedrooms - the kids just want to get to /stay in the pool and do activities, and then the evening is cooking/eating and chatting etc. that it seems a bit mad to obsess too much about it.

I vote 3 way split. Nitpicking about money before going away doesn't bode well for me. I'd feel anxious that people might start leaving notes on slices of bread and things.

The maths and comprehension skills of the users on this site are very variable.

So family with 1 kid paying under £400 get a large double.
Presumably grandparents paying under £400 get the second double.
Family with two kids paying twice as much get shoved in the two small twins?

Someone is going to feel stuffed which ever way it’s done.
Just don’t bloody go

It is really even worth going for £750 when you don’t get your own living space and probably end up stuck with a twin room? If atleast want an en suite.

Yes basically something like this. You aren't using the bathroom twice as much as Family 1, you aren't using twice as much space in the kitchen, living room, hot tub as family 1, you just can't squeeze them into cot beds anymore.