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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]That's totally fine, but it reflects that you have different needs and interests in terms of vacationing than they do. You are just at a different place than them, and it isn't going to work out unless someone is doing something that they don't really want to do. I have two kids that are older than yours (8 and 11), and honestly, a vacation that requires dealing with nap schedules and younger kids who need to be entertained and have kid friendly food doesn't sound that appealing to me, even though I have my own kids and relatively inexpensive tastes.

My kids are older than your kids are. I would do a long weekend with little ones as long as we had separate accommodations. I wouldn't need 5 star.

Okaaaaayyyyy. Now we know what Random PP would do and wouldn't need. How this helps OP, I'm not sure...

I was responding to the other random pp with kids who are 8 and 11. I think most people can handle a long weekend (as opposed to a full week) in less than 5 star conditions.

Something for Op to consider anyway. [/quote]

I'm the poster you are responding to.  I don't need "5 star conditions" and can "handle" a long weekend, or even a week, as I am a functional adult.  However, it isn't something that sounds like a fun vacation to me and I don't pick vacations based on what I can "handle."  If a relative expressed that it were really important to them that my family go, of course I would do so.  If they just asked if I felt like doing it, I would probably say we had other vacation plans.  [/quote]

It sounds a hell of a lot more appealing to me then having guests come and plop their arses down in your house for a week...and not want to do anything.  Op and her family have not been included on the 5 star vacays (instead they get these week long boring trapped in the house visits)...so maybe a nicer compromise for Op would be to meet the in-laws at a nice resort area close to her own house and let the in-laws pick a hotel that they would like to stay in.  If they want 5 stars they can have 5 stars.

FWIW, we've had older relatives stay at our house and they LIKE to get out and do things.  They don't won't to be stuck staring at the walls either. [/quote]

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