Its a group holiday one...

[Cornwall776]

13 girls going on holiday.
In hotel there is 2 rooms of 4 people, 1 room of 3 people and 1 room of 2 people.
The organiser has planned that everyone pays the same so the people who only have to share with 1 person will pay the same as the people who have to share with 3.
Surely this isnt fair and the cost should be split by room? So for example if a room for 4 is 200, that group pays 50 each.
What would you do in a group whatsapp situation where everyone else has agreed to this...
AIBU to speak up and ask for the cost to be split more fairly? The room for 2 has obviously already been bagged.

I agree with you OP, the room cost should be split between the people sharing the room.

I would say 'I don't agree with splitting the cost equally because some people are having to share not just a room but also a bathroom with 3 others. I will just pay for my share of my room and everyone else can do what they prefer.'

If you're all sharing doubles I'd say it is slightly less unfair than it first seemed.

Sharing a room is hellish, regardless of whether it is with 1 or with 3. With 3, it might actually be less awkward to ignore everyone if it all gets too much.

On this sort of trip, I think you need to relax and split costs equally, and if you are counting the pennies and feeling resentful at this stage, then I don't think this is the trip for you.

Quick….. call shotgun on the single bed!

Given you’ll all be miserably sharing doubles, which are tiny, I think the split is fair but I’d book my own room separately

Thing is four of you will be sharing 1 bathroom, while 2 others share 1 bathroom.

When you all need a shower it’ll take half the time in one room compared to the other.

Also, you only need one snorer/sleep talker/farter and they’re keeping 3 people awake. Having more bedrooms of 2 each seems the sensible way to go.

Depends on age. When my son did something similar at 18 the two most sensible got the double room, the four rowdy ones got a 4 room as they could all annoy each other and others got some peace. Wasn't told whi h he was! But they all paid same as they all wanted to go nomatter what. Boys are maybe more straightforward.

I’d be surprised if the reason for it wasn’t because that’s the only rooms available? Shes probably booked and then been given an overall price for it as one booking and not split per room

if it’s a holiday where you are going to be out the room majority of the time then I wouldn’t care. Do you know how much the difference with the rooms are?

group holidays of that size are always going to be difficult to get it right for everyone. She’s putting in the work organising this. 13 people to accommodate…

"Hi all I'm not happy with the way this has been split at all. Firstly I don't think it's fair for everyone to pay the same when some are sharing one room/bathroom between 4 of us and secondly because the only double room was taken before most of us had even read the message. These things really needed to be discussed before it was booked, not after. What's the cancellation policy? I think we should look for somewhere more suitable or at a minimum the costs need to be redistributed."

Even if I had to pay nothing, I wouldn't want to share a room and bathroom with 3 other people. I would just book my own room and let the others figure out how they want to split the cost.

I’d call the single bed too!

Unless it was a child bed or something (real possibility with this lot it sounds!)

I think I’d want to do my own separate booking of my own room.

But you’re right in principle - the two person rooms should come at a premium

When my brother got married my SIL’s hen was like this. I just said I’d love to come, thanks, but I won’t be sharing and paid for my own room. I don’t think it’s fair to make a fuss when you’ve not done the work, but equally my sharing days are behind me.

In your shoes I’d say you’ve left it too late and must suck it up. I couldn’t be assed working out who should pay £75 and who should pay £83, which is what it probably amounts to.

That’ll get the holiday off to a lovely start.

That sounds like hell what on earth was the person booking it thinking

Not my kind of holiday but the easiest way is for everyone to pay the same amount. Too complicated to make different people pay different amounts.

The rooms all need to have twin beds. Even then I’d not want to share.

Why not just query it - “thinking about this, should split the cost of the room we’re sleeping in?”

pretty much everyone is sharing a bed. Splitting by person seems fair.

i wouldn’t go on this trip now or when I was young. That is just too many people in too little space for me.

Presumably the booker struggled to find a place big enough for all 13 of you and this is the cheapest solution. I think you should split it equally but designate the 2-bed room as party hub - at least then they’ll have the clearing up to do!

4 to a room? It sounds like hell. I’d book my own room and leave them to deal with sharing.

Unless you are 18 and in bits, I would not agree to spend any amount of $ to share a double bed with a friend.

Honestly, depends on your age. This kind of holiday sounds as if you’re all young.

Mumsnet perhaps skews a bit older, including me, and while the sharing of beds and rooms wouldn’t have bothered me at all back in the day, I’ve drawn a line now.

Just because posters are saying the plans would make THEM miserable, shouldn’t put you off.

On the money thing, hmm, I don’t think it would bother me too much, given that everyone is sharing to some extent.

This!!!

Hotel rooms usually have 2 single beds that can lock together to make a double.
Doesn't solve the problem , but a bed each is surely the minimum requirement - no matter how friendly you all are.

I’d be saying that I have a snoring problem and best you get your own single room - job done