I have an etiquette question. Let me give you the background saga.
I'm going to the Leverage con in a couple weeks. When I got my tickets, the hotel was sold out. A month before the con, and no rooms had opened up. Someone posted on the forum looking for a roommate. Now I hate sharing rooms, but I also hate being in a different hotel, so I took the offer and paid my share. Then I realized that I was not going to be #4; there were already 4 women and I would be #5, which I didn't realize until someone said "Hope you don't mind sleeping on the floor!" But I already paid so I gritted my teeth and let it go. Then, surprise, a room opened up at the hotel, and I grabbed it. I posted my glee on Twitter. One of the women I was supposed to be sharing with - now Following me, surprise - emailed me like 2 seconds later asking frantically what was going on. I explained, she got a little snippy. Now, I know they might all have had to change their plans if I pulled out, but I had already paid them and I wasn't asking for my money back. The woman who had collected the money then emailed me. (I fully intended to email her about the sitch, but I was busy that day, and I didn't see it as urgent since after all they were better off now, getting money for nothing.) I explained again, and said that since I'd already paid them and I still didn't have a room for Thursday, maybe I could stay with them that night. (My share was almost enough to cover a room for one night. I thought I was being extra polite to even *ask* if I could.) Her response was that maybe they could squeeze me in.
Squeeze me in? To a room I've already paid for? For one night, when I'd originally planned to stay with them for three?
Now I really don't want to stay in the same room with these ladies, even more than I didn't want to before.
So, the etiquette question: Today on LJ a woman posted that her roommate for the con had backed out, and she was looking for either a roommate or crash space. Would it be bad form for me to suggest that she take my place, and pay me what I paid them? How would I go about suggesting this? I don't know the woman who's looking, but I don't these other women either, so... I don't know if I should just leave well enough alone, or what. I'd really like to get a room for myself for that night, but I can't quite justify spending more money when I've already paid $140.
So, what do I do? Suck it up, spend the extra money for a room, or brazenly suggest they talk to someone else about taking my place?
I hate complications.