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I have traveled with people like this, and they are very aggravating. He should have split the cost of the hotel as a matter of course, regardless as to his expenses to get to the destination. If he cannot afford the airfare and hotel, then he should not go that route.
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well, he thinks I am the one keeping score since I booked the hotel and asked if we are going to split it. The reason I asked is otherwise he will not pay his share AND he will say I am being cheap for asking.
Life is too short to waste time with people who create stress like this. Cancel the trip and seek out new friends.
As several other folks have said, abort abort. You should be splitting the hotel. If you do get him to agree to do so he's going to nickel and dime you the whole trip, maybe even worse since I feel like he'll be bitter and salty over the hotel situation.
So my friend who lives in Arizona is coming to join in on a trip to San Diego. I live in Los Angeles so it will be a drive down for me but he has to fly in which will cost him a few hundred bucks I think. He thinks I should pick up the entire tab for the hotel since he has the expense of flying. I think we should just share the cost of the hotel 50/50 since the fact that he is flying is not exactly my issue. He thinks that is not how friends operate.
Is he being reasonable?
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Originally Posted by k374
well, he thinks I am the one keeping score since I booked the hotel and asked if we are going to split it. The reason I asked is otherwise he will not pay his share AND he will say I am being cheap for asking.
Yuck, I'd be second guessing my trip right about now...
And your friend is in the wrong here. My husband and I flew down to visit my sister. We stayed at a few hotels along the way and we split each hotel room three ways.
We traveled with friends who had airline pass back when that was easier to get flights...
We never expected them to help pay for our tickets and didn't expect them to say comp our room to make up for our more expensive fares.
They did use their guest passes on one trip for our tickets but was a little unnerving because flying on passes might have meant we missed a flight if higher rated employees wanted to fly-
He had very high rating for their tickets but guest passes were on lower level...
I hope this works out for the OP but some people don't handle unequal budgets very well.
We have some friends who are always reluctant to pay for a shared meal and wind up covering the tab much more often...
we don't see them that often so it is just price of admission, so to speak...
I wouldn't mind paying if I know our friendship is enduring and mutually beneficial in more ways than just money. There are lots of things in life that money can't buy and good friendship is one of them.
What does the bolded mean? Is there another reason for the trip, and he is just tagging along? Are other people going? Is the entire point of the trip for you 2 to meet up?
Generally, I agree with the others. Split the room. I just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something.
I wouldn't mind paying if I know our friendship is enduring and mutually beneficial in more ways than just money. There are lots of things in life that money can't buy and good friendship is one of them.
This is what I wanted to say.
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