AITAH My sister gets $26k to move out of her house, and wants to stay with me for free?

One Reddit user is facing a dilemma with her sister, who is set to make around $26,000 from renting her home on Airbnb. After a planned vacation, her sister finds herself in need of temporary housing for about three weeks and has asked to stay with her family for a week without charge.

Despite their close relationship and frequent visits at no cost, the user has requested $500 for her sister’s stay, leading to tension between them. Read on to see how this family situation unfolds and what others think about the fairness of the request.

‘ AITAH My sister gets $26k to move out of her house, and wants to stay with me for free?’

My sister is renting her only home for the month of July on AirBnB and will net \~$26k before taxes. She has a planned vacation for part of the time, but will be ‘homeless’ for about three weeks. She has asked to come and stay with me and my family (my husband, two teen-aged children and me) for about 1 week.

I asked her for $500. She is upset and does not want to pay me. As background, I have a guest room, and we stay with each other frequently for overnight visits at no charge. We both are fortunate and have means, Who is the AH?

Here’s how people reacted to the post:

[Reddit User] −  NTA.  Her having no place to stay is 100% her decision.  You don’t get to put people out because you decided to vacate your property.  

Direct-Past-3327 −  NTA, she’s renting her home to airbnb, netting way more than what you ask from her. It’s an extended amount of time. imo she shouldn’t have assumed that she would stay for free, but I don’t think it’s wrong for you to ask her as it’ll affect your family for an extended period of time rather than short overnight stays at each other’s houses.

nodiddy4life −  You admit to being fortunate in a financial way but are fighting over $500? Your sisters 26k is pretty much 13k after Airbnb fees and state and local taxes . Maybe a little less depending on where she lives and her tax bracket. She’s obviously well off and dues t want to pay $500? Lmao what’s up with all the broke behavior posts on reddit lately?

CatsWillMeow −  NTA. She’s rented out her domicile for a good chunk of change. She can either compensate you for the inconvenience or figure out arrangements for herself. Seems a bit short sighted to rent her house out without a plan for housing herself before she did it. YWBTa if it was an emergency or she needed help from family.

Specialist_Smell_714 −  YTA. Who charges family (that you have regular sleepovers with) for a favour, especially if you don’t need the $? It’d be nice of her to offer to shout dinners or a gift to say thanks but for you to ask her for money? Yuck.

Zealousideal-Divide6 −  She has asked to come and stay with me and my family (my husband, two teen-aged children and me) for about 1 week.

INFO: Would you ask her to give you $500 to stay with you for “about 1 week” if you did not know she was making $26K by renting her house on AirBnb?
As background, I have a guest room, and we stay with each other frequently for overnight visits at no charge.

INFO: You say about a week what is the exact amount of days? Have you had lengthy overnight visits at each other’s place for free before?
We both are fortunate and have means, Who is the AH?

INFO: It doesn’t sound like either of you would struggle without the $500. Why is this stay different from the other free overnight visits? Is it simply the amount of cash she’s making or will her presence add $500 to your overall household expenses?

kamahaoma −  YTA, unless there is some missing info here that makes you think your sister will overstay her welcome if allowed to stay for free. $500 is a lot of money to ask from a family member to stay in the guest room for a week, especially if you’re well-off and don’t actually need it.

HeligKo −  I find it weird that because she is making money, you think you deserve a chunk of it. You say that you stay at each other’s homes on occasion. You don’t charge then. If she were coming to your town for some freelance work, would you want to charge her.

She might have planned this poorly by not having things lined up with you ahead of time, and I wouldn’t call you out for saying no if your schedule doesn’t allow for it, but YTA for deciding you needed a piece of her income when neither of you charge each other for staying with each other regularly.

OnlymyOP −  NTA. Having an extra person in your home for a month will cost you considerably more than an overnight stay.

Smokey_Katt −  NTA. Tell her to go rent an Airbnb.

Is the sister in the wrong for expecting to stay for free while about to make a significant profit from her Airbnb rental? Or is the user justified in asking for compensation for hosting her sister? How would you approach this situation with a family member? Share your thoughts below!