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[quote=Anonymous]It's hard.  And expensive.

DH's family is overseas (8-9 hr flight).  My family is east coast but still not close (9hr drive).  DH family is slightly better off financially than my family, but not much better off.  (My family does not have $ for domestic flight.)

We go overseas to see DH family every other year.  We take 2+ weeks to do this.  We see my family (grandparents) 2-3 X per year - not more. One trip to see them, one trip they come to us (usually Thanksgiving).

My tips:  
- see if family can come visit you during off-season airfare-wise  - good times for us have tended to be mid-late fall; around Xmas holidays especially if you are willing to travel very close to or on the holidays; winter-mid-spring.  It may be cheaper/easier/more doable to pay for family to come visit you than it is for your whole family to go visit them.
- use kayak.com and put on airfare alerts for your routes - if you continually monitor you will get a good sense of when a truly good deal is being offered

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