How would you split the holiday costs

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How would you split costs for this holiday.
Large holiday home split between three families.
Family 1
2 adults, 3 kids aged 11 15 and 17 will take 3 bedrooms

Family 2
2 adults, 2 kids aged 8 and 14 will take 2 bedrooms

Family 3
2 adults, 2 kids aged 5 and 9 will take 2 bedrooms

How would you split both the house rental cost and the big food shop cost?

You’re probably best not having this kind of holiday, you’d spend a lot of time being annoyed.

Food take it in turns to buy and shop and cook.
So they in control of that days spends.
Plus kitty items cereals tea bags milk. ÷ 3 families
Use split wise.
If people are going to fuss down to last euro and who drank the last beer and who ate that piece of cheese then do not go on holiday with them

I’d split the accommodation by three - the extra room is neither here nor there. Kitty for food costs, £x amount per person and top up as required. I wouldn’t go on holiday with people I’d worry about money with.

We actually have this exact situation and we split thirds, every time and no question.

I am part of the family who is most financially disadvantaged by the way we split it if you look at it that way, but we (my husband and I) don’t - we just share between the families.

However, I also know that if I said we wanted to split it by person etc everyone would agree no problem too.

We always just split everything by person. So a family of 5 pays the single rate x 5, family of 2 x2 etc. In my opinion number of rooms used and age of people/kids in relation to food is just splitting hairs in my opinion. Who wants to be all pinickity about it?!

I would split everything equally 3 ways. Hopefully, the teenagers will earn their share of the holiday a bit looking after the little ones for some of the time.

We do holidays with 24ish people, always discuss room requirements before booking. Ie we require 3 rooms but would be happy with 2.5 (ds usually shares with a cousin) and we just ensure the house we book accommodates the required sleeping arrangements. Then we split the house cost by the amount of rooms there are and each pay for the rooms we need.
Food is typically done as one big shop that everyone contributes to online and pays for per person, half a unit for a child and no charge for under 5’s. Booze is split and paid for between those who want it.

40% 30% 30%

Just to add, we go on holiday with family we adore and no one has ever quibbled or grumbled or been snippy about any of it. We wouldn’t do it every year if we did!
life is too short to worry about who didn’t pay for a top up shop or who didn’t do their share of buying more logs etc etc.

House cost - divide by 7 and each pay the cost of their number of rooms.

Big food shop - agreed amount for things everyone will eat and drink (e.g. boxes of cereal, pasta, milk, bread, tinned tomatoes). Agree on the type/brand for example you will buy a box of coco pops, semi skimmed milk, brown hovis bread. Each family pays for anything else that they want.

In our family holidays (over 25 people, multigenerational) we divide total costs by number of people and with children who aren’t babies counting as 0.5 of an adult. Then each family just pays their share according to how many people are in it

If I loved them enough to want to go on holiday with them, I’d do thirds. Who can be arsed quibbling about food budgets?

If I were part of the bigger family, I’d offer to chuck in extra because my teens had hollow legs.

Split by room, food shop by 3 but maybe bring own alcohol (but obviously can be shared!)

3 ways, I can't be doing with the 'you had prawns and I had plain yogurt' type stuff

I agree with this for the food. It gets too complicated otherwise.

We're the family with 3 kids in this scenario, everyone else only has 2.

I usually organise the Tesco delivery, pay the first £100 then divide the rest by 3. The smaller families always say its not necessary but I think it's fair.

If we're eating out then obviously we pay per head

This. It seems petty to stress over one room. Food might be different depending on what you buy.

We would just split it between the Adults, so thirds. I’ve done this with family, I really don’t mind paying a bit extra for my Nieces and Nephews. I think it’s all a bit swings & roundabouts, and will sort itself out over the course of a lifetime

For the rental I'd split it on the ratio of rooms.

For the food I'd split it 9 ways for teenagers and adults (6 adults and 3 teenagers).

That would seem fair.

I think I would bring a certain amount of food I knew my kids would want to eat, also bring a couple of boxes of cereal, loaves of bread, milk etc and then split the cost of food for evening meals.

1/3 each as the rooms won't be equal and it seems petty, especially if family. Food could be a different equation with family 1 paying a little more, if anyone cares. It's probably swings and roundabouts if some adults drink more alcohol, etc.

I’d divide accommodation by 3 and food per person.

Keep it simple and divide by the 3 families

I would ask all my friends/family that are attending how they feel it should be split rather than randoms. I think it’s not just about the amount of people/rooms/ages.

Split total cost by number of people and each family pay per person.

In our family we would just divide it by 3