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[quote=Anonymous]We typically have a follow up email to the group (family all spread out come together once a year in a rented vacation house) to make sure everyone has received reimbursement for things they covered personally. " thanks for the great vacation...as you review your credit card receipt let us know if we missed paying our share...." it seems to help get out in front of any potential issues about who paid for what. We also manage food and cleaning differently for different groups.  Our family likes to share food responsibilities but is terrible about sharing cleaning. We have friend groups that prefer to do all the food separately but share the cleaning responsibilities. Having some communication up front when you start the whole idea of renting a house together is a good idea - not to dictate who does what or schedule people but to get a sense of how people want to approach a vacation together. It feels like the best experiences we have had is when everyone is generous with their time, efforts to be together and able to communicate their needs. There has to be some level of give and take to make it work. For instance, I know that I will not enjoy sleeping on a pull out couch in an open space - so when the house issue is raised we always volunteer that our family would like a bedroom with a bathroom and a double bed or larger. We are also happy to pay extra for this and let the organizer know this, if our request is too hard to fulfill with the houses available then we look for something else nearby the group that does work for us. [/quote]

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