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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are the opposite side of this. I have young kids who wake up early. We eat lunch at 12 and dinner at 6. We once shared a house with one family who was sushing 8 kids at 10am because the wife was sleeping. We rotated meals and the late family didn’t even start to make lunch until 1:30 and stated their kids are never hungry. I also don’t like when people are up loud at 2am. I do not like to go to vacation homes with others bc there is always some poor distribution of duties.

We last traveled with 2 other families. We are up early, not because we don’t want to sleep in, but because our kids are up. We made breakfast for 12 people. Both other couples slept in. They both said how they had such a great time. The whole time I was thinking these guys just stuck us with their kids. [/quote]

You sound like starting to make lunch at 1:30 is a crime. Congratulations for eating lunch at 12 and dinner at 6.[/quote]

Pp here. It isn’t a crime. When meals are divided by family and there are kids ages 2-10, kids don’t eat lunch at 2. After that trip, we just always make sure we have lunch options for at least our kids. That was before Covid and I have only traveled with separate accommodations because I’m so traumatized by that trip. I just stopped liking that other family mostly more parenting style and I think their kid is a psychopath and don’t want them near my kids. The kid was so awful that I questioned the parents’ fake nice demeanor.[/quote]

Separate accommodations is the right answer.  In my family, vacation mealtimes are fluid depending on what we're doing that day.  If we go out for a big, late breakfast, we might not be hungry for lunch until 2.  Other days we might be up and out early, grab a granola bar for the road, and be hungry for lunch by 11.  That's why we won't share accommodations with others.  Of course there is nothing wrong with a schedule to feed kids, but it may not be compatible with your travel companions.[/quote]

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