Splitting group travel costs: equal, per person, per room, or custom

Splitting the cost of a trip with friends always gets weird.

One person fronts the booking. After the trip, someone owes someone €37.50 and the math has gone fuzzy. Most trips fall into one of four splits. Here's how each one works.

Equal split

Total cost divided by number of people. Same amount each.

Best when everyone is in the same room arrangement and stays the same number of nights. Worst when one friend gets the king bed and pays the same as the person on the couch.

Per person

Each person's share is the same regardless of room. Pretty much the same as equal split when everyone shows up for the whole trip — more useful when people arrive or leave on different days and you want to pro-rate by nights.

Per room

Each room has a price. Whoever sleeps in the room splits it among themselves. The couple in the master pays more than the two friends sharing a twin.

This is usually the fairest split for villas and apartments with mixed room sizes. It's also the one that needs a screenshot and a calculator if you're doing it by hand.

Custom

Sometimes the right answer is "Ahmad covers more because he's the one with a job." Custom shares let you set exact amounts or percentages per person.

Use this when the group has uneven incomes, when one person is paying for someone's birthday, or when one couple is bringing a baby and getting a separate room.

A note on the actual booking

None of these splits help if one person still has to put the full amount on their card and chase everyone for repayment.

Weno handles the split as the booking happens — each person sees their share in real time, before the booking is confirmed. If that sounds like the thing you've been waiting for, join the waitlist.