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And I just recommended this to a family member about a week ago :( This scenario happens on family vacations all the time. If you've ever gone on vacation and
by swanson 15y ago
And I just recommended this to a family member about a week ago :(
This scenario happens on family vacations all the time. If you've ever gone on vacation and rented a big house for 3-4 families, you end up having to split the grocery bill, dinner bills, group activities; it's a huge pain, everyone has to always keep cash on them to divide the cost right away or people forget.
- ams6110 15y agoIf you've ever gone on vacation and rented a big house for 3-4 families A mistake you will make only once, believe me. Everyone paying his own way UP FRONT is the only way to make these sorts of things work.
- blahedo 15y agoProtip: keep an envelope of pre-split money. Anytime money is added to it, every contributor adds an equal amount (or whatever agreed-upon proportion). Money can then be spent from the envelope without splitting. Also useful on long road trips where gas money is being split.
- shuttlebrad 15y agoWhile the app's a work in progress (and if you forgive the shameless shill), Splitsies (http://splitsies.net http://splitsies.net) does more or less the same thing and is freely available in the App Store. Doesn't do groups yet (because I haven't worked out how to make them awesome yet) but its coming...
- gaius 15y agoThe way to do this is to start a kitty upfront into which everyone places $X and all group spending comes from there, no-one pays for anything in common individually. Every time it runs low, everyone puts in the same again. Anything left over at the end you blow on booze and/or give to charity.