My point of view is that any adult booking a stay should already have the funds or know that their friends are good for it.
Luckily, I only sleep 2, so group pay will never be an issue. It seems to me that this feature is only allowing generation x and the millennials to waffle more than they already do.
booking should be booking and neither the host or the company should have to worry about how the guy gets his financing. ...his problem.
Hotels dont do this, airlines dont do this, cruise ships dont do this. Why should we?
This feature seems to be invention of some millennial guys who sat around and thought: Group pay! It would be a cool feature for my friends who cant coordinate a vacation! Lets let the host wait for us! Cool.”