Splitting the cost

[maxiesmom]

I am planning a trip with my parents, my sister, her husband, and there 3 children. We want to rent a villa but cannot agree on how to split the cost. I thought it would be fair to divide it by the number of adults. My dad says that no way should he and mom pay the same as my sister's whole family. What do you guys think? Frankly I am about to tell them the trip is off and take a solo Disney trip. Their fighting is making me crazy!

 

[klofan]

Wow, that's pretty difficult. Yeah, I think you should just evenly split it among the adults. And if that's not evenly distributed, give it to your sister because she has the kids. just an idea.

 

[califred]

I would split it equally between the three families as well.

I'm with you I'd be taking a trip alone.

I am going to be eternally grateful that my inlaws rock and paid for the whole family to go on vacation to DW last year

 

[bluejasmine]

Its 3 different families right? I say split three ways, I know your sister has a larger family but if each of your families went seperately they would have to pay for their own rooms anyway, which leads to another idea if they cannt agree let everyone get their own rooms..

 

[Minerva]

I think you're dad is being a snot. I'd be going by myself if that's the way the whole trip is going to be. I'm sorry you're dealing with that.

 

[babar41]

I would lean towards splitting it 3 ways. The only reason I might change that is if your parents were sleeping on the fold out couch so the kids could have a bedroom. Then I would split it according to who has the bedrooms.

I agree, if money is becoming an issue before you even go I would opt out and go solo. WDW is supposed to be a happy place!

 

[iwannabeminnie]

Okay, I guess I will have to be the voice of dissension here. I agree with your parents. Why should they have to pay the same for 2 people as your sister pays for 5? If you were all to stay at a value resort and pay for your own rooms, your sister's family would still have to pay for two rooms. The only way to get around that would be to stay in a deluxe resort and if you all had the money to do that you wouldn't be arguing over who is going to pay what for the condo. From what I understand there will be eight of you there (unless I miscounted). It would be more fair to divide it into fourths and your sister's family pay for half of it. Your parents wouldn't pay for any more than what they would have paid if it had been divided into 8ths. You would be the one picking up the tab for an extra kid.

 

[PrincessTrisha]

I may be the dissenting opinion but I agree with your Dad.

You don't indicate how old your sister's children are or what the sleeping arrangements will be.

If your sister and her family are using up half the space then maybe they should be paying half.

I would find out the cost and then assign a price tag to each bed - i.e. a king bed in a separate bedroom should be worth more than a queen sleeper sofa located in the living room.

 

[DebbieB]

What size villa are you planning on? If it's a DVC 2 bedroom, then you'll just have a king bed in the master bedroom, either 2 queens or 1 queen and a sofabed in the 2nd bedroom and then the sofabed in the living room. Who ends up without a bedroom?

 

[DisneyWisher]

I may be the dissenting opinion but I agree with your Dad.

You don't indicate how old your sister's children are or what the sleeping arrangements will be.

If your sister and her family are using up half the space then maybe they should be paying half.

I would find out the cost and then assign a price tag to each bed - i.e. a king bed in a separate bedroom should be worth more than a queen sleeper sofa located in the living room.

I totally agree with you. When I went with my parents and 2 of my DDs we split the cost. It was a 2 bedroom suite (not on property). Since My parents took the master room, my DDs and I shared the other, we split the cost. When my parents went with my brother, his wife, and 3 children they again split the cost. My parents thought the vacation was worth more than the extra $25 a night.

 

[Lewisc]

Divide the cost by the sleeping arrangements. Each bedroom is a share and collectively the living room is half a share. If it's three bedrooms and you're parents have one bedroom they'd pay 1/3.5, if you're staying in a bedroom by yourself you'd pay 1/3.5, if you're sisters family is staying in the third bedroom with the kids staying in the living room they'd pay 1.5/3.5.

 

[BraveMom3]

Do yourself a favor, and get your own room! Sounds like this is going to be a source of tension even if you all think you have it worked out. Let your sister and your Dad work out their arrangements on their own. Good luck!

 

[HopperFan]

I agree with Lewisc. That is the fair way to split it up, assuming it is three bedrooms. I can't imagine less with that configuration of guests.

Personally I think I would get three hotel rooms together, make each responsible for their own expenses and have some personal space as well. I would rather pay alittle extra and have a vacation of fun & harmony. If the money can't be decided now before you even go, it will get even worse when you are sharing groceries or decide to let charge backs happen to the villa.

Maybe your Dad has shelled out more over the years than he thought he should, and just wants to keep this trip fair share.

Hope you find a solution to have a happy and fun trip for all !

 

[Anewman]

I agree with the DAD, yes it would be nice if you helped absorb the cost his GRANDKIDS are adding to the trip. But he is still right.

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Without the 3 kids you be a party of 5 and fit in a DELUXE or 1berdroom villa. But add the kids and now you are REQUIRED to get a two bedroom villa. Why should your DAD be obligated to absorb the cost.

I would split up the cost of the villa in question(The adults only method) and look at the numbers, do they look fair to you? Can each party find accomidations for less than that number?

I am pretty sure the one benifiting most is the party of 5.


If the group is required to get accomidations for 8 or 10, use that number to figure out who pays what.

 

[TDC Nala]

If this is a standard room reservation paying cash, there's no extra cost for the kids, right? Don't see anything wrong with dividing amongst the adults.

 

[soccer mom]

I vote for separate rooms! Sounds like everyone might want their own space at the end of the day! I also agree with hopperfan about groceries, and room charges.

 

[goofy4tink]

Unless you are renting a grand villa, you most likely are looking at a two bedroom villa...so that would be a studio villa attached to a one-bedroom unit. A queen bed and a double sofabed in the studio, a double sofabed in the living room and a king bed in the master. One adult couple in the living room (hope they can take the sofabed...it can be uncomfortable), one adult couple in the master, and the family of 5 in the studio. A two-bedroom villa, regular season is about $725....so, I would try to figure out a way to break it into 3 pieces, with the family of 5 paying more. Maybe divide it into 3, and then sister pays $242 per night, whoever gets the sofabed pays $200 per night and the master pays $285...or something like that. I really think whoever gets the privacy of the studio section should pay more.

Now, if in fact you are renting a grand villa, then I would divide it based on beds used or on bedrooms. Maybe you should think about getting a one bedroom and a different studio entirely. Or a twobedroom and a studio...you keep the studio and let the rest of the family duke it out!!!

 

[CarolA]

I am planning a trip with my parents, my sister, her husband, and there 3 children. We want to rent a villa but cannot agree on how to split the cost. I thought it would be fair to divide it by the number of adults. My dad says that no way should he and mom pay the same as my sister's whole family. What do you guys think? Frankly I am about to tell them the trip is off and take a solo Disney trip. Their fighting is making me crazy!

If you are already having this type of disagreement RUN! It's not going to be fun!

 

[marksor]

You should opt out of this trip and plan one by yourself and do what you and your spouse and children (if you have either or both). When a family member such as a grandfather/father already voives concern about splitting costs on accomodations you are probably already past the point of being to satisfy everybody on this trip. Even if you all "work it out" I'll bet someone will still be fuming under the surface. That's the nature of families and humans in general. I've been there under different circumstances and have had to jump off due to others' expectations and desires not matching up.

 

[milmore104]

I would say divide the cost evenly between the parties. How old our your sisters kids? This would way into the fact if they are sleeping w/ their parents, in a crib or, in a bed? My advice would be even though it would be nice to rent a Grand villa or a 2 bedroom w/ studio if your already fighting about the cost then plan to stay at the same resort in different rooms. It would be easieer this way. I know on our last trip we invited my DGM w/ us and she didn't offer to pay for ANYTHING!!! we shelled out the extra $15 a night (16 nights) for her and paid for ALL her meals and everything. It was a sore spot w/ DH for awhile. Made the trip a little more stressful w/ DH always looking at me when the bill came and I paid for it all. This time around we are still bringing DGM but got the free dining so that won't be a problem and as far as the room goes we took the total cost including the extra adult $ and divided it up between us. Children really don't cost extra in the room amount unless they are an "adult" in Disney's eyes! I really hope this works out for you.PIXIE DUST