Originally Posted by
yalie25
-re: "You feel they compensated by an amount that was double your share." i don't really understand what you mean...i'm just saying they compensated me $200 (room rate) for something that had nothing to do with her, only me, and it was none of her business what happened cause it didn't affect her or the room at all. there was no need for her to know, and she wasn't there all day b/c she was doing bridesmaid stuff so she and i didn't even see each other until the wedding that night.
if this were a $200 voucher i got or had and this was the method i planned on using to pay for my night of the two we were there, would that be any different?
My comment was badly worded. What I mean here in the context of the figures you give is that you agreed to split the cost of the room and were staying there together at a room rate of US$200. There was a problem and they compensated by discounting US$200. (Twice "your share".)
I don't accept they were compensating
just you even though the problem happened to
just you. You guys were staying there as a unit, and its the "unit" that is the rightful recipient. (The "unit" thing is more of a contractual relationship - I'm not saying anything more than that. You both bound yourselves to share the cost of the room - I extend that by implication to any discount received.)
If they'd given you a US$200 voucher and that came to you by virtue of a complaint relating to the room, then I'd still say that half of it is hers. But if you were paying for your own drinks out of the minibar, and it was compensation for a flat Fanta, then it would be all yours - it would be outside of the ambit of your agreement with her.