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[quote=Anonymous]Entitled parents who love to hint at inviting themselves on or full-out invite themselves on vacations with their children and then throw fits when you tell them you want to travel with just your nuclear family. (We HAVE vacationed with them, but every time it has been a disaster and an obligation more than an enjoyable time.)

We vacation every year right when our kids get out of school. Based on advice from this forum, we have decided to not tell them until either right before when it’s too late for them to join, or after we get back. But the parents are putting out STRONG feelers all of a sudden (“It’s getting late in the year. So you have your vacation planned yet?” “Where do you think you want to go this year?”)

As it turns out, we are going somewhere that required a lot of early planning and we’ve been booked for nearly a year at this point. I told DH yesterday that when they find out, they will never believe that we planned this trip last-minute, because it wouldn’t be possible!

So we need a game plan. They WILL ask again. At this point we are lying to their faces and when they find out they will know it. So what do we do? With the facts I have given you, how would you respond when they inevitably ask again so you aren’t blatantly lying, but also not giving them an opening to invite themselves? [/quote]

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