AITA? We regularly get together with 4 other families for football games every Sunday, holidays, birthdays and other events.

The subject of us all going on vacation together and renting a house during a week in the summer of 2024 for the 5 families was brought up and multiple people have done research on it.

Everyone, I think, but I know that I stated that we wanted to be about $1200/family for the week for rent of a house.

The 5 families are made up of: 10 Parents, 8 “adult” children (out of high school 18-21) and 10 kids (17 or under, ages of 1-16 w a new born grandchild on the way). So a total of almost 30 people.

My family is only 3, my spouse (40f), our 8yo daughter, and myself (41m).

We are open to travel anywhere on the East coast, or really anywhere east of the Mississippi. And all but 2 weeks my wife can’t get off work.

Most of the group want to go the a beach area like OBX. Which is cool with us. And they are trying to plan for 5 days (most the house on AB&B rent for a week (7 days) at a time. Beginning July 5th. So prime beach season on a holiday weekend, which is also cause my wife and I are usually take vacation then.

When the idea of going to a deluxe cabin in the mountains or a possibly cheap option of a place like Gatlingberg is brought up it’s immediately shut down since it’s “Glamping” and not on a beach. There has also been very little wiggle room on dates to a possibility less popular or non holiday weekend.

For reference we just booked a cruise in the beginning of 2025 with 4 of 5 of these families and paid $2300 for 7 days with food booze and entertainment all included… one family “couldn’t afford it” and felt they were being “left out” bc they had already booked a trip to the Mouse Trap near that same time.

AITA for wanting to know if I have to split the bill 5 ways? Or only paying for 3 of 25 people?

AITA also for trying to stick to a $1200 budget when they are looking at houses that cost nearly $25k to rent for the week? Not including food travel or entertainment?