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1) Go for a weekend instead of a week and try to mostly play things their way (big breakfast at 9am, then beach but lunch break and pm beach time as you prefer, then evening socializing as they prefer)
2) Go and announce what your plans are and ignore any commentary
3) Go and duke it out over the commentary

Personally, I wouldn’t bother with 3.  It will cause hurt feelings and they most likely can’t change

2 wouldn’t work for me bc the commentary would drive me up the wall, so I would opt for 1, but if you and DH agree to just announce clearly what your plans are and ignore any pushback, it could work.  I would even print out a daily schedule (9am cereal, 10-2 outing in Local Town, lunch out, 2-6 beach time, 6-8, dinner and evening routine for the kids, 9 bedtime for adults where you and DH both excuse yourselves to your room).  For dinner, I would buy a few frozen pot pies and say, “We are ordering from Million Dollar Crabs, what would you like?” “Oh the expense!” “Oh dear, I am so sorry you don’t want any crabs, but we bought these as a backup.  Let me know if you would like to enjoy our generosity after all and we’ll order some crabs!”[/quote]

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