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🥂 How to split a bucks weekend

Split a bucks weekend by deciding one thing before anyone pays for anything: whether the groom pays nothing, and for which lines. The usual rule is that the group covers the groom’s accommodation, activities and dinner, and he covers his own flights. Put every cost on a ledger with the groom excluded from the lines the group is covering, and the split works itself out.

Updated 2026-08-23. Example figures are in Australian dollars and made up.

Example: Hunter Valley bucks$4,418.00 in
LineAmount
Airbnb, two nightsBest man paid, split the group, groom excluded
$1,940.00
Wine tour busNick paid, split the group, groom excluded
$840.00
Saturday dinnerRaf paid, split the group, groom excluded
$1,120.00
Golf, Sunday morningJordan paid, split the four who played
$420.00
Slab and iceKai paid, split the group, groom excluded
$98.00
Settle up in 6 paymentsAmount
Kai pays Best man
$673.32
Theo pays Best man
$600.33
Theo pays Raf
$65.99
Jordan pays Raf
$351.33
Groom pays Raf
$36.35
Groom pays Nick
$68.65
PersonPosition
Groomowes $105.00
Best manis owed $1,273.65
Nickis owed $68.65
Rafis owed $453.67
Jordanowes $351.33
Kaiowes $673.32
Theoowes $666.32

7 people, 5 lines, 6 transfers to square up. Names and amounts are made up for the example.

What goes wrong

The groom gets added to a line by accident

Decide the rule once and say it in the group chat. Then the person adding a line just unticks the groom.

One person books everything and is out $2,000 for a month

Settle a deposit round the week before. Add the big lines early and let the group pay the best man back before the weekend, not after.

Nobody wants to chase the quiet one

The reminder card does it for you. Tap the transfer, send the card, no awkward message needed.

Run it in Zeroed

  1. Start a ledger, name it, add the people. Ten seconds, no accounts.
  2. Send the link to the group chat. Everyone taps their name.
  3. Add lines as they happen. Untick anyone a line is not for.
  4. At the end, the settle-up plan shows the fewest transfers. Tap one to send the reminder.

Start a ledgerJust split one bill

Questions

Does the groom pay for anything on a bucks?

Convention in Australia: the group covers accommodation, activities and the main dinner; the groom covers his travel and anything optional he picks. Write the rule in the chat before anyone books.

What if some people can only come for one day?

Exclude them from the accommodation line and include them in the lines for the things they did. That is why per-line splits matter more than one flat figure.

How much should a bucks weekend cost per person?

It depends entirely on the plan. What the ledger gives you is the honest number per person before anyone books, so nobody is surprised.

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