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Group holiday - who gets which bedrooms and how to split cost?
Lynn2000:
I think if you want the master suite with the private bath, you should pay more for it. And, I agree that if you are doing all the organizing and planning, you can call dibs on it first. (This would prevent a situation where the other couple tries to "buy" the master suite from under you.)
It will be two adults and a baby sharing one bathroom, and three adults sharing the other, with an option to use the second bathroom on occasion. I think that sounds fine.
kherbert05:
We always did it by person - with kids* who slept on the floor or in portacribs not counting in the rent. BUT and this is a HUGE BUT -
bedrooms were not done by couples - unless they had to share a bed.
Most places we rent tend to have at least 1 dorm style room with multiple bunk beds, then several rooms with 2 or 3 twins. Usually there was only one double or king - and that went to the organizing family - and they didn't pay extra.
The rooms in the back are reserved for the Larks, so the night owls can sit up in the common areas and play games/talk. (Oddly enough most couples in my family are one of each)
The night owls get the rooms upfront. I usually get the bed in the common area because I'll go to sleep at 2 and still beat the larks up by 30 min.
When the larks get up, they set up breakfast and take it out on the balcony (Beach) /porch to eat (Hill country). Then they usually take the kids to the water, or for a hike/bike ride.
*At least 2X as an adult the other members of the family refused to let me pay the rent part, because I ended up on the floor. I take a light weight sleeping bag or hostel sheets and pillow, because I'm allergic to most laundry detergents. In both cases one of the beds was unusable for safety reasons - so I volunteered for the floor in my sleeping bag. But the organizing couple in both cases called the rental agency and basically got the rent reduced by the amount I was due to pay sometimes more.
Sharnita:
I agree with the plan of dividing it 6 ways. Not only are there really 3 people sharing the master room and 1 of 2 bathrooms, the other adults will likely be doing some accommodating of the baby so I would count baby as a person too.
Cattaby:
--- Quote from: MrsCrazyPete on May 24, 2012, 07:58:37 PM ---I think 1/5s is good. Yes, you are getting the ensuite, but the vacation is your idea, you're the one who found & selected the house, and your parents can always say no. I think 1/5s is most fair.
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This one.
snowdragon:
--- Quote from: Sharnita on May 24, 2012, 10:13:27 PM ---I agree with the plan of dividing it 6 ways. Not only are there really 3 people sharing the master room and 1 of 2 bathrooms, the other adults will likely be doing some accommodating of the baby so I would count baby as a person too.
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The baby will be counted as a person in all other ways...plans will have to be made around the baby's schedule, there will be disruptions in people's normal schedules due to the baby's waking in hte night, if they are that young, ect, so why would they not be a person for rent?
Even if you don't count the child in the rent THIS time,,,,it is not fair,IMHO, to ask your family to pay for your child as it is growing up. They share in the use of the facilities, they are accounted for in food supplies and activities and so forth it's simply not fair to expect people who don't have kids split the costs by adults only. That means they are subsidizing your family.
Same with the MIL - she needs to pay a smaller share as she accounts for the least use of the resources.
If someone arranged for a vacation and said we are all paying equal amounts but you get less space and have to split the cost by thirds I would be telling you no. If they said 6 people are going but we'll do it by fifths- I'd wonder why the rest of us were subsiding one third of the cost for your child to be there and say
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