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Vacation home Issues
By: Diamonds Date: August 8, 2020, 11:29 pm
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First post on this new board but have been around!
This is not even an issue yet, but wanted to get the board’s
opinion. We’ve rented a vacation home for a week with my family
(DH and DD, 13 years old) and a long time friend of ours, who’s
in our social bubble so obviously very close to the family. We
go Monday, and the house has a master bedroom with a king bed
and a gorgeous view of the lake, and two queen bedrooms that
don’t face lakewards. As far as the split of the cost of the
house, I thought it was fair to split four ways, with my family
playing for 3/4 of the rental and that was agreed upon by my
friend.
My assumption is that my DH and I will take the master, with my
friend and my daughter each getting a queen room. We literally
have not discussed this, but am I being presumptuous?
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Re: Vacation home Issues
By: LurkingGurl Date: August 9, 2020, 12:49 am
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Not at all. Why wouldn't you take the bigger bed?
I think it's great that you are thinking of your friend and
their possible desire for a lake view from their bedroom. But,
really, it makes practical sense for you and your DH to take
that room.
You can also think of it this way: The king sized bedroom is
like 2 bedrooms and with your daughter's room you're paying for
3.
Your friend will likely be very comfortable in the other room
with the queen bed. They can enjoy the lake in their waking
hours. It's not a penance to not have a lake view. And you
don't have to feel uncomfortable for taking what you see as the
better accommodation.
Just enjoy your time away!
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Re: Vacation home Issues
By: Aleko Date: August 9, 2020, 1:24 am
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If, say, your friend or your daughter were paying for the whole
thing and had invited the others at her expense, she would have
a claim on the nicest room. But as you’re splitting the
cost four ways between the four of you, I reckon it should go
without saying that the only couple get the bigger room with the
bigger bed. There are two to fit into it, after all.
I reckon that if all the rooms had lake views you would think it
quite weird for anyone to suggest that the only couple
shouldn’t get the biggest room. But two of the rooms
haven’t, and so at least two of the party were always
going to be deprived of that. Look at it this way: if you and DH
didn’t take that room, there would be three of the party
deprived!
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Re: Vacation home Issues
By: Wanaca Date: August 9, 2020, 5:56 am
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I don't see anything wrong with the way you are dividing things.
Besides, when two people share a king sized bed, they each get
the equivalence of a twin sized area to sleep.
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Re: Vacation home Issues
By: Rose Red Date: August 9, 2020, 6:30 am
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If it were me as the single person, it wouldn't occur to me to
have the king size room since the cost and space is equal. It's
just that the couple's two spaces happen to be in one room.
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Re: Vacation home Issues
By: Sara Crewe Date: August 9, 2020, 8:39 am
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This might be unfair if you were expecting to split with you
paying two thirds (i.e. per room) but since there are
effectively four sleeping ‘spaces’ in the rental, it only makes
sense for the married couple to take the two in the same bed.
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Re: Vacation home Issues
By: gramma dishes Date: August 9, 2020, 10:07 am
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You have far less sleeping space in your king sized bed than
your daughter and the other guest will have all alone in their
queen sized ones. And bedrooms are for sleeping. Can't see
much of the lake at night anyway, so a lake view from the room
doesn't really matter at all.
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Re: Vacation home Issues
By: oogyda Date: August 9, 2020, 4:09 pm
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Why borrow trouble? You're worrying about something there may
not be a cause to worry about.
Even then, I think you could avoid trouble by the attitude you
take. Go into it with the assumption that you, as a couple, get
the master bedroom. Do not discuss it beforehand. Do not ask
permission (saying "is that alright?" or "if that's okay with
you." is asking permission). I'm not saying you have to be mean
or the least little bit gruff about it..........just don't be
wishy-washy.
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Re: Vacation home Issues
By: Winterlight Date: August 9, 2020, 6:10 pm
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I think it would be rather silly for you not to take the master
bedroom. There's two of you, ergo, you take the biggest room.
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Re: Vacation home Issues
By: Runningstar Date: August 9, 2020, 7:31 pm
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I hope that you have a great time!!
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