Is AUTHOR wrong in the post ? POST : Hi all!

Throw away so that I don’t accidentally dox myself, since this is a bit specific.

My group of friends has been taking a ski trip annually for 6 years.  Through those years, the group has grown to about 25 people.  This year, between 22 and 25 people will be attending.

One person in the group (we’ll call him “Sam”) always rents the house for everyone to stay in, and we pay him directly.  Payment determines your rank in who gets first choice in beds.  First to pay gets first choice, etc.  This year, there is enough room for 17 people to get a bed, if every bed that is larger than a twin has two people in it.  Everyone is paying over $300 per person to attend.

My fiancé and I are both going on the trip.  We got to talking about it with another couple, and we felt that we’d be better off getting a condo nearby the house (within 1.5 miles) to guarantee that we get beds and are able to enjoy the trip.  Sam would not be losing any money by us doing this, as he only needed 16 people in order to recoup his money, and 18 people minimum have committed when you take the 4 of us out of the equation.

We brought this idea up to Sam earlier in the day, and didn’t hear back before we had to make a decision on the condo.  After discussing further, we decided to book it, thinking it wouldn’t be a big deal and that everyone would be better off.  More butts in beds, no one is out any money.

Unfortunately, Sam and a few others seem to be pretty upset with us, insinuating that we’re screwing up the trip.  They don’t understand why we care about having a bed, when there is room for air mattresses and the like.  Plus, they’re upset that we won’t be with the group the whole time, even though we plan on hanging out at the house to do everything but sleep.

So, before this gets any longer, are we the assholes for booking this separate condo on a group trip?

TLDR: Group books large ski trip for multiple years running. My fiancé, me, and another couple decide to book a condo separate from the group so we can have beds and more people in the main house have beds too.  No one is out money in this scenario, but people are upset that we won’t be staying with the group.  AWTA?