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[quote=Anonymous]We do this every year.   Over time what works best has been:

-divide up dinners.  We are 3 families so we each do 2 meals (grandma doesn't cook).   Whoever cooks doesn't clean that night.   Whoever cooks announces what time dinner will be but if people aren't there we save food for them.   No complaints about the meal.   We each announce what we'll be making ahead of time.   If some people do spaghetti and others do steak on the grill that's OK.   Everyone brings extra backups in case dinner is something their kids don't eat

- breakfast and lunches are on our own and we label things in the fridge

- don't plan to do everything together.   Do try to do ONE big things together (like we plan to rent a boat for the day and go waterskiing on the lake). Do let people know what you plan to do and see if they want to join you but don't take offense if they don't.

- offer to watch each other's kids so people can have a meal out when it isn't their night to cook.

- decide ahead of time how you will handle clean up of the rental house on the last day.   Sometimes we've had everyone decide they needed to use the washer/dryer for some reason (continuing on a second week of vacation elsewhere) and this really backed up everyone at the last minute.   Also one year we had two families leave the night before to get a jump on traffic, leaving us and grandma to clean up and check out.  Communicate!

-Communicate about money!  One year we tried everyone putting money in the kitty and buying groceries and sharing and it was really unfair -- some people spent a LOT more than others.   So that's when we switched to everyone cooking 2 meals and being on our own for food.  Just label things in the fridge.

- If people don't want their kids to eat lots of junk food don't buy junk food for your kids.   One year we bought juice and taught the kids how to make homemade popsicles and it was a huge hit.

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