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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think paying per bedroom is usually fine.  My family needs two bedrooms, so we would pay more than smaller families.  There are no single people in our family.

However, my BIL feels that it should also be linked to income and expects us to pay more because we have a higher income.  I don't agree, but we do it anyway for the sake of keeping things happy.  Last year, we paid more and then ended up covering the whole cost for my husband's little sister and her fiancé because they just never paid us back after we reminded them a few times.  Its fine, we can afford it.  But just paying by bedroom sounds heavenly to me.  [/quote]

I am like your BIL (except we are the ones with the higher income), we pay more so that we can all enjoy a nice vacation.  We trade off who gets the better bedroom.[/quote]

I can't imagine requiring everyone to self report their incomes in order to adjust rental rates accordingly.  How would you feel if you if you found out that a family member was claiming poor mouth but was actually a tightwad stashing their cash away so that they can retire early and travel the world?  How would you feel if your own job was security wasn't the best and you knew that you had a real risk of becoming unemployed in the coming months.  Eff that BIL for expecting that others pay his way.[/quote]

You do you, and I'll do me. I just think being generous is a good trait.  I am sorry you think it isn't. [/quote]

If you are offering to pay extra that is one thing and it is generous of you to do so.  But if you have relatives *expecting* you to pay more I think that is wrong.[/quote]

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