Pay 1/2 or 1/3?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why didn't you get a bed and either the 16yo on the sofa or the mom and daughter share a bed? Why didn't you discuss sleeping arrangements and payment BEFORE the trip?

Good questions, OP...

Well, OP?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If I was your sister I wouldn't dream of asking you to pay anything. Nor would my two sisters ever ask that of me.

+1. This is how I am and this is how my sisters are. I'm the big sister so I usually pick up the tab for everything when we travel and I do it happily. I'm 5 and 10 years ahead of where they are at in their lives (professionally, financially, etc.), and maybe it's a cultural thing (we're Persian), but this is how I've always seen it work in every other Persian family we know as well. I'd never dream of asking them to pay even a cent.

[Anonymous]

^ that's generous PP, but I'd rather be your equal.

[Anonymous]

1/2, unless she's in a far, far better financial situation than you. The 16 year old doesn't have a salary, so it's 2 adults paying.

[Anonymous]

Pay 40%.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:1/2, unless she's in a far, far better financial situation than you. The 16 year old doesn't have a salary, so it's 2 adults paying.

I don't think anybody is suggesting that the 16 year old pay for herself. But that the parent of the 16 year old pay for accommodations used by their kid.

[Anonymous]

Pay half, consider it a gift to your niece. Don't be so cheap over $150....enjoy time with family. You what waste that on dinner out or cable each month.

[Anonymous]

If there were two queen beds, then 1/3. Really each adult should have had a queen bed and teen on the sofa. If they shared a bed, 1/2.

I'd just ask how much I owed. Short text, hey Larla, how much do I owe you for the hotel? From there you can decide how future vacations go, if any.