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[quote=Anonymous]Headed for our first weeklong vacation rental w DHs family in two weeks. Got good tips from a thread on this a few weeks ago, and also wanted to see if anyone has tips for when there is an income gap between adult siblings. Everyone in family is great, except for MILs 2nd husband, money has never been an issue. MIL (whose idea this was) is paying for house rental, and siblings are splitting food costs and meal responsibilities. There’s a morning sailing cruise nearby that costs $50 per adult that I would like to do, but DH says it would be weird for me to offer to pay for everyone. Is it obnoxious if my nuclear family just goes, then?  I don’t want to seem like I am flaunting wealth, nor do I want to seem like I’m not chipping in a fair share. For background, our HHI is $500k and household is 2 adults 2 small kids. DH’s sibling’s HHI is probably around 100k, maybe 120, and there are two teenage kids from previous relationship plus 2 young kids. There is also a third sibling who is in between, wealth-wise, and expecting a first child in the fall. Again, everyone is great and gets along well, but we have also never been together like this for a week with shared expenses. I wish there was a way to invisibly pay for things, but I can’t think of one. I think I am just going to try to lay as low as possible and split everything equally. Anyone have any hard-earned wisdom to share? [/quote]

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