Planning a family vacation is exciting, but when changed plans and money get involved, things can get messy fast.

So, what would you do if your relatives backed out of a trip at the last minute, leaving you stuck with the bill for their share?

Would you cover the extra cost just to avoid conflict?

Or would you stand your ground and insist that everyone else should chip in and cover the extra costs?

In the following story, one young lady finds herself in this exact dilemma, and her family expects her to cover the costs alone.

Here’s what’s going on.

AITA for not paying for my family vacation

So basically, my family and I (27F) were planning to go on a family vacation to a villa in the Maldives.

We usually do this every 5 years or so.

However, this was our first time going overseas to a different country.

We were all super excited and really looking forward to it, and everybody confirmed their availability MONTHS before.

That’s when, all of a sudden, literally a week before we were leaving, my cousin’s family backed out.

They said that their Visa was declined.

Firstly, I was super skeptical about this already because why were they the only ones who got their Visa rejected?

Secondly, this wasn’t the first time they pulled a stunt like this.

But the thing is, I already paid for the villa just because they all confirmed that they would pay me back their share of the total cost, and now it’s non-refundable.

Unfortunately, everyone disagrees where the money is concerned.

My cousin’s family is now demanding their money back because they say that they don’t need to pay if they’re not coming.

Now, nobody else is stepping up to split the total cost.

When I asked my family about it, they started acting really dismissive and hinting that I should cover it myself.

My aunt even explicitly told me that since everyone’s share was decided and confirmed weeks ago and everyone had already paid, nobody was gonna pay more than what they had agreed to.

One thing to note is that I am pretty fortunate and sort of more well-off than the others.

But why does that mean that I should cover this extra cost??

Plus, I was scared that if I gave in once, I’d be expected to pay for all other family vacations we have.

AITA?

Wow! They left her in quite a lurch.

Let’s check out what the folks over at Reddit have to say about this story.

Here are some great questions.

According to this comment, the cousins have to cover the costs.

This could be a good solution.

As this person points out, there are no refunds on the vacation.

She should not cover it.

The deal was that everyone covered their own portion of a non-refundable trip. It’s not her or anyone else’s fault they can’t go, but their own.

If you liked that post, check out this story about a guy who was forced to sleep on the couch at his wife’s family’s house, so he went to a hotel instead.