HELP! I need advise about room money!

[Breanna]

We have a room setup for NDK and a couple days later my friend out of the blue told me she can't pay for her part of the room. Then my sister said the same. I don't want to be the one who has to pay for the whole thing. I have a plan to do the plasma center twice a week but I don't want to rely on that alone. (Giving plasma twice a week give you. $60 a week) so I was wondering what my friend and my highschool sister could do to raise money. Or me even.

[The Ronin]

Summer jobs.

Also, tell them if they can't pay that they don't have a room.

[Katie]

Summer jobs.

Also, tell them if they can't pay that they don't have a room.

Agreed. If you let them stay without paying they'll probably just do that to you the next year and the next, ect.

Most fast food places will hire youngins, I worked at Pizza Hut when I was 16 (after school and on weekends of course), its not the best job but they can make more than enough money to pay for their part of the hotel. If they're not 16 yet they should be able to get a waiver from their school to work part time jobs. They could also offer to shovel driveways in a nearby neighborhood for money (no need to wait for summer to do some parttime stuff).

[Breanna]

Sorry for not saying this earlier but my friend already has a job but her mom is sucking her dry and my sister is old enough to get a job but my parents lost her ssn back when she was a child and never replaced it. So they are in between a rock and a hard place. About the hotel room no pay, no stay, i couldn't do something like that to them this year. I probably will do that next year though.

[toadstoolssecretluvchild]

If none of the given ideas will work, then there is no problem. Pay for it yourself yo.

[Amadis]

why couldn't you do it? If they said they'd pay and then backed out that's not really fair to you. You're willing to donate plasma but you aren't willing to say no?
If they don't pay they don't get to stay; it's not your responsibility to find them a way to pay you, it's theirs. Sorry if that's harsh, but regardless of friendship or family people will take advantage of you if you let them. Either you're ok with them not paying or you're not.

I'd suggest helping your sister get a social security card, she's going to need one and there's no reason she shouldn't try to get one: http://www.ssa.gov/ssnumber/

and I'm sure your friend has at least a -little- spending money, a few dollars here and there. Tell her to save what she can out of every paycheck. The con is months away. If she can't do that then she shouldn't have agreed to help pay for the room; I'm assuming her situation with her mother isn't out of the blue, so it shows she never intended to help. If you can afford it by yourself and she can contribute in another way, say buying food for the weekend or something, then you could compromise but letting you book the room without ever intending to pay her part is not cool.

[Breanna]

I see what you guys mean. I know I shouldn't let them take advantage of me. I will try to get them to do stuff like that, pay for food, gas, etc. and thank you for the link! That will help. I won't get too deep into the situation but her mom did come out of the blue (literally two days after I booked the hotel) and told my friend that she owes her too much money. So now she has to pay it off by the end of the year or something.

[Jalakins]

Don't forget that the room is not a permanent thing. If in a few months, you see that it will not work out, you can cancel that reservation rather than pay the full thing by yourself. Also, I agree that if they can't pay, then you shouldn't really agree to take them. I'm sure your friend with a job can set some money aside for you.