Should the person who earns more pay more for joint holiday friends not partners

[Libbykitty]

Just that really.

2 friends going on holiday, should the person who earns more pay more say 75 ler cent of holiday cost, neither person wealthy, but one is part time and the other is full time so earns more.

Welcome thoughts as I am unsure.

No chance!

Does the f-t worker expect the o-t one to do chores for her because she has more time? So why different with money?

Yes only if the higher earner is wanting a higher level than what the other friend can afford, and would be happy with. So if the lower earning friend wants economy and a standard double room to save costs but the higher earner wants business class and a suite then I guess I would expect them to pay for that if they insist and the other cannot afford it, and would be happy with the more standard offering.

Other than that 50/50 for sure!

I can’t believe this is a question!!! If a person can’t afford to match the cost then choose a cheaper holiday or don’t go, it is not the one earning more to fund others. Where dies it stop? They only pay for 20% of meal bills or drinks or trips????

No

😂😂😂😂😂 Did you seriously think about the question before posting it?
Do you realise how pathetic it is?
Its like asking if the fatter person gets a bigger slice of cake 😂😂😂
seriously I can’t stop laughing at the audacity of some people

Basically, each person pays for themselves.
As simple as....because saying 50% is assuming you have the exact same things and go halves based on that.
Every little choice e.g. one choosing a la carte, the other from a set limited menu, will mean a difference in price.

I have frugal friends who earn more but spend less than half the amount that a spendaholic friend does across everything!

Precious princess….

If I was particularly flush and desperately wanted to go to X place but the only friend I wanted to go with me couldn't afford it it would be a conversation but other than that absolutely not.

No they should pay equally. Which one are you then OP?

Absolutely not.

No!! Which friend are you?!( obvs haven't read whole thread)

No of course not.

They should pay for themselves. Although, I know someone who paid some of their friend’s portion to get the nicer hotel she wanted, so I guess context can be important too. I think it can be tricky for both friends if your budgets are mismatched.

The higher earner (or person with more discretionary income/huge savings) might offer to pay more in a particular circumstance - for example, high earner Amy desperately wants to go to Peru but doesn't want to travel solo so asks old friend Blythe to come along. Blythe's an experienced traveller, speaks fluent Spanish, and is the only one among Amy's friends who might have the time and desire to take such a trip. But Blythe says there's no way she can afford that now. Amy might offer to pay more because Blythe's company is worth it to her (she wouldn't take the trip otherwise) and because adding another person doesn't double the cost (if Amy DID go solo, her lodging costs would still be almost as high, she'd be renting a car and buying petrol anyway, etc.)

But this is totally Amy's choice, there's no scenario I can think of in which she "should" pay for Blythe.

No way. What a horrible idea.

That’s unfair.

It’s quite possible they’re both. 😀

Absolutely not! Granted I’ve been on a trip with 3 friends where two of us had more money at the time than the other two (an inheritance and a generous redundancy payout) so we paid the lions share of a fun day out for the 4 of us but everything else was split 4 ways, or for meals etc we paid for what we’d each had.

No, UNLESS the lower earning one said they couldn't afford it: and the higher earning one said I really want your company so I'll pay a proportion of yours.
But even then I feel like it would be weird.

Is the person who earns more going to be partaking of 75% of the holiday and the other person only allowed to have the remaining 25% because they're paying less?
How stupid! So NO, 2 people go on holiday the cost is either shared equally or each pays for whatever they individually do, ie, drinks, meals, excursions etc. Those are the only fair ways to do it.

Are the friends actually a couple?
Does the part-time person work less because of illness or the couples children?

Exactly this…

Absolutely not you all get the same so pay the same. Unless that person has requested a single room in a hotel and the other two a twin then I would say the two in twin pay for that room and person in single pays for single.

Why on earth would you think that? Each person pays for their own holiday. Full stop.

But of course whoever posted the original post isn’t really asking about sharing the costs of a trip, is he/she?

It's a philosophical qu. about politics.

(I think anyway)

No, definitely not. It gets split 50/50.