How to split a bachelorette Airbnb

The house is usually the biggest cost of a bachelorette weekend, and the maid of honor often puts it on her own card. Before you book, settle two things: how many people are splitting it, and whether the bride pays her share.

Enter the total and the head count below to see exactly what each person owes, to the cent.

House total$Include cleaning and service fees.

People going, bride included

The bride doesn't pay

Bride's name (optional)So the tab can mark her as covered.

Now collect it: one link, see who's paid, both sides confirm.

In the tab, you can also

Add every other expense as it happens: dinners, drinks, rides.
Split each one evenly, by exact amounts, or leave people out.
Rename it, add people, or change anything later.

Decide whether the bride pays

Many groups cover the bride. Her share is spread across everyone else, so each person pays a little more. Say it in the first group message, before anyone books flights, so nobody is surprised later.

If the group is large, covering the bride adds very little per person. If it's four or five people, check the number in the calculator first and agree on it together.

Collect before the trip, not after

Whoever booked the house is out of pocket from the moment she pays. Ask for shares as soon as the booking is confirmed, while the plan is fresh, instead of chasing people after the weekend.

In GroupTab, the person who paid for the house taps “Ask everyone for their share now” on that expense. Each person sees what they owe for it, with a button to pay.

Handle the odd cents fairly

A total rarely divides evenly. The calculator gives the leftover cents to the first people on the list, one cent each, so the shares always add up to the exact total. GroupTab uses the same rule inside a tab, so the numbers match.

Keep the rest of the weekend on the same tab

Dinners, decorations, the boat, the rideshares: add them as they happen and let the tab work out who owes whom at the end. It boils everything down to a short list of payments, so nobody sends money in circles.

GroupTab keeps everyone's Venmo and Cash App in the tab, so paying is one tap with the amount already filled in, and both sides confirm when it arrives.

Questions

Should the bride pay for the Airbnb?

Many groups cover her share and split it among everyone else. Agree on it before booking. The calculator shows what covering her adds per person.

What if someone only comes for one night?

Split the house by nights instead of evenly. The split by nights calculator works out each person's share in proportion to the nights they stay.

How do I collect the money?

Turn the numbers into a tab and send the group one link. Everyone sees what they owe, pays with Venmo or Cash App in one tap, and you confirm when it arrives.