Ten friends can fit comfortably into six bedrooms, or need eight. The difference is who wants to share. Four couples and two friends who each want their own room need six bedrooms. Two couples and six people who want singles need eight. That one question will get you a better Medellín quote than sending a headcount and hoping for the best.
Six bedrooms or a rooftop for eight?
At 444 by JDS in El Poblado, the six-bedroom Middle Pool Duplex has a kitchen, an indoor pool and room for breakfast together. The eight-bedroom penthouse has its own rooftop pool. If a rooftop evening is what sold everyone on Colombia, price the penthouse first. If the best part of past trips was lingering at the breakfast table, start with the duplex. Look at the two layouts with the people who’ll actually sleep in them.
A fair way to split the quote
Imagine the four couples and two solo friends choose six rooms for three nights. If everyone agrees to pay by bedroom, each room covers one sixth of the lodging total; the two people sharing a room can split their sixth. If you divide equally by person instead, everyone pays one tenth. Neither rule is inherently fairer. Put both options in the group chat before collecting deposits. Split a van among its riders and leave one-off dinners out of the lodging calculation.
Give everyone one dinner together
If friends are flying from Miami, Atlanta and New York, Friday may be three different arrival nights in practice. Share the address and agree on an easy first meal for whoever is there. Book the dinner everyone cares about on Saturday in nearby Provenza. Nobody has to spend Friday watching a flight tracker from the head of an empty table.
For a comparison you can forward to the group, send 444 by JDS your dates, the number of couples and singles, and whether a private rooftop is a must. Ask for the full-stay total, currency, payment schedule and cancellation terms in the same reply.
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