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?

If you rented 2 x 2-beds, which would be the alternative option, you'd be paying 2x£1,000 so £500 per bedroom.

By renting 1x4 bed , which is £1,500, you are saving £500. Take this saving and split it evenly between rooms, that means -£125 per room, so £375.

You wouldn't be a CF to suggest a different split, as pp have said they would be spending 500 each in a 2 bed so you would be subsidising them to pay double. You are also paying for communal areas and activities as part of the price. Perhaps go with the adult as 1 and kids as 0.5 suggestion as then grandparents still not paying more for the kids being there

I think this is harsh to family 2. Although, family one only get to squeeze into one room for another 6 months - will they be so keen to split this way if you all go next year and they also need 2 rooms?!

As can be seen from the responses, there's no one definite fair way -some think per room, some think per adult, some think per family, etc etc
If you're happy with per room, and you're family 2, I'd go with that.

Are the children going to pay for themselves? The only fair way is to pay per adult

We are CP regulars and have a similar set up where we are Family 2 - I always offer to split as you suggest but have never been taken up on it, my sister (family 1) and parents (family 3) value spending that time with us and love their niece/nephew/grandkids plus recognise that the extra room is 'just' for sleeping in, it's not really like we get half the whole lodge to ourselves.

I would pay the full half (and always) offer but would feel a touch hard done by no doubt. If you don't think thirds is fair how about suggesting £425/£550/£425 which is based on convoluted logic that I can explain if asked 😅😅😅

Op are you normally a bit of a people pleaser? You're offering to take on 5o% of the costs and then take the worst rooms for the sake of one bedroom

3 x families = split 3 ways

Regardless of the size of the families in question? and the age of the children?

Sorry my maths above is based on total cost being £1400 but you get the idea 😅

That's patently absurd. If two families go on holiday together and need a 5 bedroom house because one family have 7children so are using 4 bedrooms and the one family has a baby who Co sleeps, then of course they shouldn't split the cost down the middle

I understand the reasoning. Could be perceived as fair but also seems potentially a bit harsh on the family of 4. Depends on everyone’s financial situation a bit well…

You wouldn't be a CF to suggest a different split, as pp have said they would be spending 500 each in a 2 bed

And the OP would be paying 1000 for a 2 bed instead of 750

FFS just split it 3 ways. I think paying by room in this circumstances is stupid.

Why should you pay the increased cost of the 4th bedroom? That's nuts. You may as well charge family 1 the epically increased cost of going in school holidays. Everyone else can go in term time at reduced cost.

If you are family you share.

sorry did I misread the OP? Because I don’t recall seeing anything about 2 families, one with 7 children. Mumsnet really is a hell of a place, take 2+2 and end up with 9.

Family 2 has 2 school aged children

I've used maths to calculate it.

In most situations a child is charged half the rate of an adult.

There are 6 adults and 3 DCs.

So 7.5 adult equivalent.

£1500 divided by 7.5 is 200.

So £200 per adult and £100 per DC.

Family 1: £500
Family 2: £600
Family 3: £400

This seems fair.

The set up you’ve outline is what people normally suggest on MN - pay per room. Usually when the OP has suggested paying per person.

I can see why maybe £400 for each of family 1 and GPS 3, then £650 for family 2 might work out a bit better, as everyone has equal use of the “common parts”.

If family 1 has a teacher, they're (sadly) pushing the price up for everyone... so should they pay extra because of that?!

Well no, as family 2 has 2 school aged kids… so the only people who can go out in term time are the grandparents

We go to CP a lot and I think that’s a fair split.

Depends what you call fair really. Life isn't fair. Do you all have identical homes and incomes? No
I feel that the split per room is fair however if BIL/SIL don't want to pay for 2 rooms get a 3 bed and they can all share. Let them have first pic of rooms for themselves.
We're they expecting you all to subsidise them? If it came from me and I was feeling generous I might offer a 3 way split but if it wascassumed or requested I most definitely wouldn't.

You would have to pay more for a 2 bed.

I agree. And even as some posters on here act indignant that they have to pay more than everyone else. If you decide to have a bigger family requiring more rooms you pay more. Don't want to, don't have a bigger family or go with other similar sized families

No that seems unfair. Split it 3 ways. It seems unfair to the family with older children to have to pay so much more when presumably the idea is that you all want to have a holiday together and share the kitchen, living area of the lodge equally.
It's family 1 and 3 paying an extra £125 vs family 2 paying an extra £375.
As others have suggested, it would probably be more expensive for all of you if you booked 2 x 2 bed lodges instead so seems unfair to me that family 2 is subsidising the others holiday.

And once the baby hits 2, he/she will also require a second room.