Help splitting the bill for bachelor party

[Chasemiller59]

Hey so I'm booking a Vegas room for 3 nights in March and would like to make sure everyone pays the same amount.

Including myself there are 5 total guests whom need to make payment for the hotel.

The grand total out the door is $3718
I payed the deposit in full at $1519
I understand if we all went an even amount to begin with the total between the 5 would be $743 but since I payed the deposit in full how much would they have to pay extra to even the playing field?

The conclusion i had come to was 3718(total) - 743(my cut) = 776 (what i payed extra)
then 776 / 4 = 194

to only realize they'll be paying a total of $937 each and i'll be down at the original $743.

but now that i think of it, since i payed more when paying for the deposit, that additional $194 they'll each pay helps cover my extra but im getting confused.

Can someone help me so we'd all pay an even amount.

 

[blamocur]

1. Everybody except you pays $743.6 into a pool to get the total of 2974.4.
2. From that pool you get back $775.4 = $1519 - $734.6 to bring your share to $734.6.
3. The hotel gets paid the balance of $2199 = 2974 .4 - 775.4 = $3718 - $1519.

Equivalently and slightly simpler:

• Everybody including you pays $743.6 into the pool to get $3718.
• From that pool you get back your $1519 deposit, the rest goes to the hotel.

 

[Steven G]

Including myself there are 5 total guests whom need to make payment for the hotel.

The grand total out the door is $3718
I payed the deposit in full at $1519
I understand if we all went an even amount to begin with the total between the 5 would be $743 but since I payed the deposit in full how much would they have to pay extra to even the playing field?

Here is where your logic fails.
The total is 3718 which averages out to about 743 per guest.
You paid more than 743 and you expect the other 4 guests to also pay over 743 to even the playing field. The total for all 5 people then would be over 743*5=3718. Then the hotel will be getting more than 3718!