My wife and I will be renting a villa for one week this fall with three other couples. Rental costs to be shared. Not all the couples know each other very well. So we will be having some social gatherings before the trip to get better acquainted. Anyway, any suggestions on some basic house rules regarding money, scheduling, dinners, site seeing, etc... that we should discuss upfront.
I'm sure some of you have learned some hard lesson and we want to hear what you have to say.
Posted by
Lawrenceville, Georgia
693 posts
You didn't say what age group you are, where you will be and if everyone will have their own transportation - that alone would make a big difference. Also, which couple gets the best bedroom and bathroom; unless there are four equally good ones, that could become a big problem if somebody is unhappy and resentful. You'd have to agree up front to abide by the toss of the coin or whatever. As far as meals go, if you agree to have some of them together "at home", go shopping together and split the cost evenly down the middle. Any individual special purchases should be just that - individual expenses. Since you're not going till next fall, I'd strongly advise at least one long week-end away with the entire group a good long time before the week-long commitment. Not everyone travels well together and I shudder to think of four couples discovering that some people's styles and tastes are just totally incompatible. Of course, the larger the villa, the easier it will be.
Posted by
OP
Fishers, IN, USA
111 posts
Good points. We are all in our mid 50's and we will be meeting as a group multiple times. We all live close to one another. In fact in two weeks we will met to choose a villa and possible dates. Not likely we will be traveling all together for before and after the week we will be all be headed different directions. Transportation will need to be worked out as well.
Thanks for the thoughtful response....