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-The reason I want to vacation with them is to: a) see them more often than just twice a year, [b]b) have a difference and more fun experience than when they come to our house and stay with us for 5 days, never wanting to do anything outside the house--that is just so boring to me[/b], and c) to make meaningful family memories--and do something different for once other than them sitting on our sofa for 5 days not wanting to do anything.

-Besides the beach town idea, I have also suggested a cruise, vacationing in other locales (such as Florida, [b]Disney[/b], etc.) to my parents. They are not interested in any of those. I am flexible with other suggestions but they only want to do "fancy" travel which is just not possible with our vacation time (one week max) and our budget. Usually their trips are 3-4 weeks long which is just not feasible with our vacation time, budget and two very young kids.

-The idea of going on vacation with friends is appealing, and we have invited friends to vacation with us, [b]but no one has ever been interested. I think that people have their own ideas of how they want to vacation/cost is a big factor, so it's probably just going to be the four of us on vacation[/b]. Which is fine, but I feel like it would be nice once in awhile to travel with other people too. [/quote]

OP, I think you are not seeing the other persons perspective. Young children are exhausting to some older people. 60 is NOT just a number. There is also the responsibility angle. One "experienced" mom I went out with dropped my baby into the bottom of the pool. It scared us all to death -- she did not remember how different it was to be 20 something with a baby compared to 60+ with a baby.

Some older people REALLY HATE both Disney and cruises. All  that crowding, family friendly screaming children and so on.
Downtime-- we vacationed with a family once who wanted us to "interact" with them 24/7. We needed downtime -- doing nothing time. sitting in the hotel reading the newspaper time. Not exciting. But we have travelled all over the world and stayed at 5 star places -- it is still fun to just hang out. when your kids are a bit older, your parents will probably come around to some form of vacation. But you have to give people space. And don't be so judgmental about what they want to do. Hope this helps and GL.

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