What should we do here?

[georgeharrison]

For my SIL's wedding, I was emailing my inlaws about hotels.  We decided to stay at the same hotel, because the venue has limited parking and then we could just take one car.  They are part of the "club" or whatever that goes with these hotels, so they asked if we'd like them to make the reservations to get the best rate.  I said sure if they could get us less than $x that I found online.  The next day, I got an email saying they booked the rooms and it was the same price as the best price I saw, too.  But then I looked at the reservation and it's Thurs-Sun, but we are only going to be there Fri-Sun.  I immediately emailed back letting them know.  Turns it's non-refundable.  They said, "Don't worry about it." 

I feel bad that they are planning to eat that extra night, it was an honest mistake.  But, this wedding is already costing us a lot and we really cannot afford to pay another night - especially since we aren't using it. 

So, should we:

not worry about it as they said
pay for all three days
pay for our two days and half or a portion of the extra

[Deleted]

Are we talking like $150 or $400 for the one night?

[georgeharrison]

closer to the lower amount

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Mar 31, 2015 16:25:22 GMT -5 georgeharrison said:

closer to the lower amount

I wouldn't worry about it, but I would also ask them to call the hotel to let them know that you're actually checking in Friday and not to cancel your room for the whole stay because you actually aren't a no show.

[InBetweenDays]

I agree not to worry about it. But maybe if they did what uwhusky suggested the hotel would let them off the hook for that night.

[theoriginalbean]

Yeah, I'd call the hotel and hope that they might give you a break on this. If not, and they said "don't worry about it," then I probably wouldn't.