jim and meesie
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I just got back from 4 days at HRH at Universal. Originally I made plans to take my DS (10) and his best friend (11) . I was so excited when our reservation at HRH was upgraded to a King Suite. Just 2 weeks before we left my SIL said that sounded great, maybe she and my nephew (9) would go too. What could I say?? I figured we would see them a couple of times but would essentially be on our own vacations. She got her tickets but by the time she tried to get ressies at HRH it was sold out. I told her how much our room was. No problem she says, we'll just crash with you coz you have a plenty big room! Wait just a minute, I told her that HRH only says you can have 3 people in a King Suite but that didn't phase her. "oh they never check those things" she replies. I decided to let it go.
As soon as we got to FL I said "we should write down everything we spend so we can split it". Her reponse was "oh don't worry, I'll remember!" So it was a big mistake, I paid over $1400. for the room (including an extra cot), $150. for the rental car (which drove her from and to the airport, I drove additional trip for her) as well as aprox $400 in food charged to the room when we were together (pool, breakfast buffets, room service pizza). We paid for our own plane tix, park passes and food when we were on our own. My SIL paid for dinner at Margaritaville one nite ($70) but nothing else. She did spend the whole time we were together talking about other people's money and how dissatisfied she was about her house, her credit card debt, her cars, her vacations, sleeping on the sofabed, you name it!!
One day she checked to see if they had any rooms available but didn't check in because "they want $319./nite for those rooms". Although I had told her how much I was paying she obviously didn't remember. She and my brother are both professionals with good jobs, cars and a very nice house with just one child. My husband and I live in a nice house in the same town, we have three kids.
I had planned to spend the same amount on the room and the car for just the 3 of us so the only additional costs to our vacation was all the extra room charges and the cot ($400-$500) but the inconvenience of sharing our room made it far less relaxing and enjoyable!
We've been home 2 days and so far she hasn't paid anything. I would be satisfied if she offered to pay a little more than 1/3 of everything ($600-$700 would seem to be more than fair ), since I had two kids with me and she only had one. My husband says "let it go and write it off to a lesson learned". I don't want to be the bad guy on top of paying for it all anyway. How would you handle this???
As soon as we got to FL I said "we should write down everything we spend so we can split it". Her reponse was "oh don't worry, I'll remember!" So it was a big mistake, I paid over $1400. for the room (including an extra cot), $150. for the rental car (which drove her from and to the airport, I drove additional trip for her) as well as aprox $400 in food charged to the room when we were together (pool, breakfast buffets, room service pizza). We paid for our own plane tix, park passes and food when we were on our own. My SIL paid for dinner at Margaritaville one nite ($70) but nothing else. She did spend the whole time we were together talking about other people's money and how dissatisfied she was about her house, her credit card debt, her cars, her vacations, sleeping on the sofabed, you name it!!
One day she checked to see if they had any rooms available but didn't check in because "they want $319./nite for those rooms". Although I had told her how much I was paying she obviously didn't remember. She and my brother are both professionals with good jobs, cars and a very nice house with just one child. My husband and I live in a nice house in the same town, we have three kids.
I had planned to spend the same amount on the room and the car for just the 3 of us so the only additional costs to our vacation was all the extra room charges and the cot ($400-$500) but the inconvenience of sharing our room made it far less relaxing and enjoyable!
We've been home 2 days and so far she hasn't paid anything. I would be satisfied if she offered to pay a little more than 1/3 of everything ($600-$700 would seem to be more than fair ), since I had two kids with me and she only had one. My husband says "let it go and write it off to a lesson learned". I don't want to be the bad guy on top of paying for it all anyway. How would you handle this???
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