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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What a thoughtful response!

Your point about childcare makes me wonder if I should wait 3 years to do this when DS will be in elementary school and it won't feel so much like a splurge.

MIL likes cruises, but my mom has never been on one and isn't interested. I also get worried about labor practices on those ships.[/quote]

Hmm...regarding labor practices, I think you can look into the line. But, I would caution that if this is a concern, it's going to be at many Caribbean resorts too.

As for waiting until child is in school, perhaps financially that makes sense.  [b]However, if your moms are healthy and can travel, and you can stretch it, do it now.  No one can predict what the future will bring. Also, once your child is in school, you're more stuck to the school schedule (although for the first two years, it's really no big deal to pull them out for a week).  So, this offers the opportunity to travel at non-peak times, which saves money and hassle.[/b]

If your mom is dead set against a cruise then obviously no.  But if she can be persuaded, you might want to give it a try.  My husband was dead set against it, but we went on one because my mom really wanted to do one as a whole family.  He loved it and keeps suggesting we do another.  I would do another for a multigenerational trip, but perhaps not just on our own.  We went to Bermuda, which was nice because you actually got three days there.  Bonus is the kids club - your kid might love it, meaning you get some adult only time, which can be nice.

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Good points. My mother is 62 and MIL is 58, they both still work and are in pretty good health, but it's true you never know.

I also do like the flexibility of traveling during the off season so that is actually a great point as well since we plan on adding them to the trip.

Thanks to you all for all of the very helpful insight on this![/quote]

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