Air BnB CF?

[Jbrown76]

Air BnB (sleeps 10) has been booked for £600, and has asked for £120 towards the cost as there are 5 adults who agreed to the price and number of people going (600 divided by 5 is 120).

The organiser has then invited his 2 adult children without asking anyone. The adult children both work full time, and they aren't being asked to pay or contribute their fair share.

£600 divided by 7 (7 adults including the 2 additional host children is £85.71).

The host is still asking for £120, so the remaining 5 adults are expected to cover the contribution of the organiser's children.

Is the host being a CF?

Total CF! I'd either withdraw, not going at all, as that would irritate me for the whole break, or like others have said, just pay the reduced amount. They can be as fecking prickly as they like, this wasn't the agreement when it was first booked!

Well it does seem pretty certain that the organiser is taking the piss, but this is relevant info.

If sleeps 10 means 5 rooms of 2, and he’s putting 3 into one room, then he may be paying the same price per room as others.

I just wouldn't go as the adult children are probably going to be pandered to by the organiser and it will be fraught with squabbles and tears.

Fuck 'em.

It wasn't price per room,.it was the overall price divided by all adults who are going (only 7 in total).

Are you bringing child-aged children?

No children

How do you know though if you don’t know how many rooms there are ?

I wouldn't go. CF has totally ruined the vibe.

You are deliberately being vague here.
Are you seriously expecting us to believe you dont have a link to the AirBNB?
The number of rooms is very important as are the number of people sharing each room.

Prior to the adult children being invited, the organiser said the amount/contribution was £600 divided by how many adults (5),so £120 each, this is regardless of the amount of rooms etc

Why don’t you reply saying, ‘if 2 more are staying now, shall we split the cost by 7?’

How do you not know the number of rooms? Have you not seen the link before signing off? Wouldn’t you want to know sleeping arrangements before agreeing to the trip?

If the adult children are sleeping on sofa beds in the lounge or kipping on the floor of someone's bedroom, then I'd probably let it go, but if they're getting their own room/s, I'd be very pissed off.

I think this is a great idea.

Even if they’re sharing the parent’s room or sleeping on a sofa, it probably means more crowding in the lounge and a longer queue for the bathroom. They should still be paying their way.

when we asked the host, they confirmed their 2 adult children were invited and that there would be no more paying persons.

Of course that's CF. Tell the host directly that now that there are 7 persons going, you'll transfer your share as per the new calculation.

Okay, clearly YANBU, but what communication has there been since he announced the extra guests? Have you asked about sleeping arrangements / food / plans etc? Presumably, his two children will change the ‘vibe’ somewhat too?

Surely you didn’t agree to go somewhere without knowing how many bedrooms / bathrooms there are ? I would not be paying anything until I’d seen a link to the place !

Whats the occasion? Is it one night? What’s the plan for food etc ?

How many rooms? What are the sleeping arrangements? This might make a difference.

What an odd thread. I have never in my life stayed anywhere, even when someone else has booked, that I haven't been able to see what i'm signing up for. I just don't think anyone does that when they go on holiday. Some people have different standards to yourself or aren't meticulous when booking and would book any old shit hole without enough rooms and away from pubs or any facilities or shops. "sleeps 10" could mean anything: 5 doubles/3 doubles and a room with 2 lots of bunk beds in. 2 doubles, 1 room with 2 lots of bunks in, and a sofa bed in the living room.

No-one does this.

I wouldn't go anywhere without knowing exactly where I was sleeping and what the bathroom arrangements were.

In fact, I'm suspicious of this thread as there's no way that the organiser wouldn't have said WHY his children are coming when announcing it. Someone would normally say "there's a room going spare with 2 single beds in so I invited the kids and they said yes."

I'd be asking for some more clarification, particularly around sleeping arrangements. Next thing you know you'll turn up and find the two adult DC have nabbed rooms and some paying guest will be stuck on the living room sofa. I definitely wouldn't be paying £120 if there are now 7 adults.

Utter CF behaviour. 7 adults going means split by 7, not everyone else paying for 3 adults in the CF family to go for the price of 1!

“I think you forgot to factor in your kids. The cost is £600 divided by 7. That adds up to £85 per adult. You’ll have to refund the difference.”

What are the social dynamics of the group like, how do you know each other and do you sometimes include the adult children of the organiser?

If a holiday with friends I’d probably pull out at this stage as the inclusion of adult children will completely change the dynamics.