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?

If it must be split other than 1:1:1, then I'd say 5:4:4, but with the caveat that the child not sharing a room gets the single/smallest room.

Exactly how I feel.
If people are going to be monitoring food consumption etc, the holiday will be ruined and relationships will fester

I’d be fine with either an even split or the bigger family paying a little more for the accommodation, regardless of which family I was part of. But I could never get resentful or expect people with older children who might eat more to pay more for food, it is supposed to be a joyful holiday and I would want to be having fun with everyone there not nit picking about food costs.

Of course it's fait, family 1 are having 3 rooms and other 2 families only having 2 rooms each. 3/7, 2/7 and 2/7 is fair. Family 1 should pay more for food too with 3 teens to feed. If these families were staying in a hotel they would be paying for more rooms.

Pay per person, perhaps count the two younger kids as 1 person for the food…depends on whether they are big eaters or eat lots of snacks