Going halves

[Itwasallyellow2]

If your friend had booked a room for a weekend in a hotel and you said you would share the room rather than book your own would you go halves / contribute?

I say yes, absolutely I would. My colleague says no because the friend had booked the room anyway and would be paying the full amount regardless of you sharing.

AIBU?

Yes of course, I would expect to pay half the total cost.

I would get my own room not expect free use of my friends room.

Of course you go halves. Where does the mind set of “They’re already going so they should pay” end?

Should the original booker pay all the fuel to drive to the destination because they were going anyways. Should the original booker pay for any

If you went with that attitude the original booker could turn around and say that they didn’t want to share if they were paying for the whole room as they wanted more space, privacy etc so the second booker should pay for their own.

The up side of sacrificing their own private room to themselves is having someone pay towards it.

Of course would offer to pay half. Also the friend’s experience is now lesser (IMO) if they have to share the space so they need to be compensated for that - which is why “they are paying anyway” doesn’t cut it.

Of course you contribute. Having sole use of a hotel room is a very different experience to sharing.

Yes you go halves. You could either pay for your own room and pay full whack, but if you are getting cheap accommodation then you should share the benefit with the friend. The friends experience will also be lesser by having you share

There is a massive difference between having your own private room and sharing .

Personally I would pay more for my own room.

If someone said they were sharing with me, thus making my experience worse but that I could pay for that worse experience I would be very clear what they could do with that idea.

I would not share a room as an adult

Yes, I’d pay half.

It would be incredibly rude to just tell someone you are going to share their room so you don’t have to book your own, who says the friend would even want to share? Why should the one who has already booked pay for it all, yes they may of already booked but the person tagging onto the original booking if weren’t sharing a room would also have to pay full price so it’s only fair to share cost

This friend sounds very entitled so basically they’re just a tight opportunist - may our paths never cross!

Yes of course i’d pay half

Absolutely you pay!
To be honest I don't think over the age of 21 I would have wanted to share a hotel room. I did allow a colleague to bunk in with me once when they had had far too much to drink and no way of getting home in return they insisted on paying me back for the whole room as tbh it did completely destroy my relaxed evening I had planned the following week which I refused.

Your colleague might find that their friend decided they’d rather have the room to themselves at the last minute, and it wouldn’t matter because she was going to pay for a room anyway.

Of course, unless the original booker specifically offered for you to stay for free when is was discussed.

Of course I’d pay half? That person has paid for a room for their sole use. It’s not being solely used by them anymore is it, I’m using half of it so I pay for half.

Yes, I would pay half. I wouldn't assume sharing was even an option unless the original booker invited me to share. I feel like the original booker hold the cards here; she doesn't have to let the friend share.

The original booker had said they could share the room but no mention of money was made on either side.

i would naturally assume that I would pay half. My colleague says not!

Share the room, share the cost.

I would be asking them if they would be ok if someone else was to share their room, and not pay anything towards it.

If they would, then their point of view does make some kind of sense. Even though I would absolutely be paying half (assuming that there were no more rooms available, as I would much rather pay full price for my own room)

If the CF who's room sharing doesn't make an offer to contribute half, I've got to think that's a green light for:

• parading around in the altogether at the first opportunity & throughout the duration

• taking an assortment of sex toys & cracking on with enjoying them ASAP

• sleeping with the lights on

• taking a bluetooth speaker & playing the CF's least favourite genre of music at top volume

• eating some food & leaving it generally distributed across all the surfaces & ensuring CF has nowhere to put their gear

What the heck does your colleague think the bonus is for someone who would otherwise have unadulterated peace & quiet in a completely private space, in sharing that space for free? Are they THAT warped that they think their company is a privilege to be paid for?!?

Jog on!

Of course. I'd be fine paying for the pleasure of a room for just me. But if I have to share a room I'd certainly feel that was only worth half as much to me! (Actually I'm lying, I'd never share a room, half the money or not...)

Your colleague is an idiot.