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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Having the time and money to visit new places is an amazing way to create lasting memories as a family.

Returning to the same place over time to do your favorite things with people you love is also an amazing way to create lasting memories.

Neither one of these things is a wrong answer.[/quote]

Many people do both. It doesn’t have to be an either/or proposition.[/quote]

Most people have limits on their vacation time so they do have to make choices. We gave up some exploration of new places in order to spend time with family at my parents house when the kids were younger. Now we do more traveling to different places but I fit in more weekend trips to see my aging mom in CA. My family is spread across the country so if we'd bought a 2nd house in a spot easily drivable to DC I'd have felt like we'd have to use that regularly in place of spending time traveling to visit family elsewhere. I think the shared memories in the vacation home only really work when your family is at least in the same region.

The OP said people who have these vacation homes, purchased by parents or grandparents, all love them. Maybe. But they likely also have family members having arguments with their spouses about giving up a week of their limited vacation time to go on the same trip yet again. And arguments among siblings about who uses it when. And siblings who argue about selling the house vs. how to divide up costs if they keep it. [/quote]

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