To not expect to pay excessive amount as we're family.

[Boop1e]

In laws brought themselves a caravan on a haven site a year ago. Decided to spend some pension money on it.
the site fees have renewed and have gone up just like everything else in life.
They don't rent it out and we only use it as family.
Anyway father in law has just charged his own son £75 for 3 nights to use it. He owed me money for ordering him a new tablet and doing him a favour so took the money out of that which I couldn't afford to lose.

Before the season started he mentioned charging £25 a day but nothing else happened and no mention of it again before we went.

He's also charged brother in law £150 to use but they paid upfront.

Am i being unreasonable to feel this is a lot to charge your own children and £10 or so a day would be sufficient. I'm not convinced I spend £25 a day heating and lighting my 3 bed home. They get their passes included with the caravan for 10 people.

Husband won't challenge it because it won't make any difference.

@MyFaceIsAnAONB some people who didn't need to penny pinch a couple of years may now be having to with rising costs. A holiday home bought a few years ago will be a lot more expensive to run now.

I wouldn't charge my dc.
However if your fil wanted to charge he should have been upfront about it.

Anyway father in law has just charged his own son £75 for 3 nights to use it. He owed me money for ordering him a new tablet and doing him a favour so took the money out of that which I couldn't afford to lose
You couldn't afford to lose £75, yet you thought you could afford to go on holiday?
Where else would you get a three day holiday for 75 quid?!
Please don't embarrass your husband by trying to force him to "challenge" it.

@Collaborate if I was staying with family I would bring wine etc, if staying a few days I would offer to take them out for a meal

FIL was upfront.

The easiest thing to do is to stay elsewhere in future
She'll have to pay for that...

He doesn't need to which is my point

I mean, “I plan to charge £25 a night for the upcoming season” … how much more upfront can you get?!

The AIBU voting is 90:10 in favour of the OP and family being charged a fee; that says it all really. I cannot imagine anyone being so entitled that they think they should have free holidays at their IL’s expense? Discounted of course and clearly this is, heavily; but free absolutely not.

@Boop1e can you afford full-rate holidays?

Might be best to stop b itching about 25 a night because if the in laws get wind of it they may withdraw the offer altogether.

thats what he wants to do take it or leave it? Loads of randoms wont change the situation.

As for the poster who put crappy caravan thats horrible. Its not crappy to the dad.

But not doesn’t occur to you as a bit strange that 3x previously he didn’t charge and now he is?

in short - how the fig can you be sure he doesn’t need to?

How do you know? His costs at home (utilities etc) will have gone up since the caravan was bought.

Honestly, he's got £75 from you and £150 from BIL - hardly making a dent in the site fees.

My family don't have a caravan but do take us away at other times

£25 a night is a bargain for what you get.

We have a static caravan. Annual costs are massive. Site fees are over £5,000 (and Haven charge more), insurance is £300, gas and electricity is £500+, the gas check and boiler maintenance are another £300 a year. So before repairs we pay more than £6000 a year.

The caravan itself cost more than £50,000 and we will have to replace it or give it up after we have had it for 10 years so the caravan itself costs £5,000 a year. That's more than £11,000 a year in costs. I don't think your father in law is making a profit when he charges you £25 a night. If you use it and your BIL and SIL and others use it that's less time your FIL and MIL can use it. They are paying a huge amount a year and are very kind to let you stay.

I hope you will tell them no from now on?

*to giving them money to take your children out

Maybe he thinks your fourth free holiday would be one too many and who could blame him.

When do you start to be an adult and pay your own way?

You either choose to use the caravan and pay it or don't use it. They are your choices. He's charging you hardly anything to use it, you're being very ungrateful. He's already let you use it several times for no charge.

You keep saying your parents wouldn't charge but they're not your parents. Stop being a freeloader.

You don't get wealthy without making money.

YABVU. It’s his caravan, he bought it, he can charge what he likes and at £25 a night he definitely isn’t making a profit. If you don’t want to pay it, don’t go. But, good luck with finding a 3 night holiday next Easter for £75!!

Yes but wouldn't go as often. I've not got a problem with a contribution, I'm just from a different background where family don't do things like that. I'll got caravan as a choice and we were offered it and didn't ask