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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It took one REALLY bad experience for my H to finally get on board with this.

Think ILs claiming the biggest room with the king bed, extra sitting area, and private bath and leaving us (with a 2 year old) the room where the double bed touched 3 of 4 walls and the door could barely open to even get into the room, so we couldn't even make a place for our kid to sleep on the floor, let alone shove 2 adults and a squirmy 2 year old in a double bed. Add in changing plans at the last moment that ended up costing us $$$ and left us having to drag a carseat across country, and that was that.

I'd have him go with the kids alone. He'll likely never want anything to do with it again after that.[/quote]

We ended up on the floor in the living room with a 5yo, while DH's single and kid-free siblings got the bedrooms. We traveled the furthest and had the worst jet-lag as well. Never again. [/quote]

Omg! I would have headed for a hotel so fast! How did that even happen???[/quote]

DH's sisters are a lot meaner than he is. This woke him up though and we are never traveling with his family again if we don't get our own space. Actually, he's ready to not travel anywhere that requires a plane ride. If they want to see us, they come here from now on. They've visited other family nearby but haven't bothered to see us, even for dinner. No skin off my nose, I'm sure they can be nice people, but they made it clear what they thought of me and my kid (DH is DS's stepfather).

We couldn't afford a hotel on top of what we'd already contributed to the house. We don't make a lot and the whole trip was a budget stretch to begin with. The only good thing that came out of that trip with them is that both DH and MIL realized that yes, DH is constantly being taken advantage of by his sisters. Before, MIL would tell DH to stop complaining and just deal with it because 'that's just how they are'. She hasn't said anything like that since that trip.[/quote]

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