how would you work this

Not for me, I'd say

Would they prefer you shacked up with one of the couples? (Maybe you would, but probably best to keep that to yourself).

(thread had too little innuendo)


Jokes aside. I'm single and had a similar situation just prior to lockdown where I shared an AirBnb with a mate and his wife for a wedding in France. They had a bedroom and I had the sofabed. The 3 of us paid €100 each or thereabouts.

Being honest, but biased: if you're paying for hotel rooms, it's a totally different story, but assuming this is an AirBnb as per the OP then it should just be split 7 ways. Anything less is a tad pedantic.

That said however, it's not as simple as "they're not worth holidaying with if they insist" etc.. if you're old enough to have friends with wives, then you probably know that friends are worth keeping and disposing over them over a trivial matter with two different viewpoints is probably a short sighted error of judgement.

the_pen_turner wrote: »

this is why i posted this. there is 2 very ditinctive side to this and they are both right. i have went over and back on which way is right.

A compromise (like the sofabed) or maybe paying 1.5x the amount is probably the answer.

Strumms wrote: »

You are renting a property, everyone has full use of the property, unless the person renting you the property asks for a single supplement, you don’t pay a single supplement... you pay for yourself, end of...

If it was broached by the others that I should pay extra to subsidize the cost of their trip, I wouldn’t argue, that friendship would just be history and the trip not happening.... the number of piss takers especially as relates to cash these days is unreal.

Em - can I just say that typically the single person is usually allocated the smaller less attractive room that usually dosn’t have the luxury touches the maIn one has - no ensuite, no balcony, not the panaromic views/ balcony etc and usually much smaller, etc.

I’ve been in this boat once or twice with the same
couple of couples while renting a holiday cottage and while I put out the suggestion of paying less it was batted down. Fine - I enjoyed their company and enjoyed the holiday. But the third time I was invited along with 3 couples to sleep in a boxroom and subsidise their luxury trip I kindly declined. Why should I pay five or six hundred euro for boxroom accomodation for 3 nights plus the risk of a group deposit when I can stay in a private room ensuite in a hotel up the road with banquet breakfasts and a swimming pool thrown in for the same price. Let them each pay the few humdred extra for their luxury holiday room & meet up for the trips and meals out - everybody wins.