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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This depends on family dynamics but in my family, Sibling C (with family) gets the room and Sibling B gets the couch.  That way, Sibling C can put kiddo to bed and family can continue to spend time together whereas if they were staying in a hotel, they'd need to leave.  Also, it just is what it is - family with most pressing needs gets better set up.  When Sibling B has kids and Sibling C's kids are older, Sibling B gets the room, Sibling C stays in a hotel (because the older kids can stay at the family gathering longer/crash on a couch till it's time to go/etc.).[/quote]

+1. this is really a no brainer. both my DH and I have two siblings. we were the first to have kids in my family, my DH was the last to have kids in his, so we have been on both sides of the situation, the ones with no kids and the ones with kids where other sibs did not have them. I think at the core is that we all love each other and love to see each other, we are all happy to sleep on the floor or wherever to stay together. keeping kids on the couch is stupid because the entire family is affected, especially if they are little, because they have their routine and usually go to sleep at 8 or 9pm. kids sleep on the couch, then the entire family cannot sit on the couch and chat. a hotel can be a solution, however flying with two or three kids is not exactly cheap, being able to save on one or two hotel rooms is nice. also, I do not agree with other posters that the first who responds gets the best spot, it does not make sense (if you have a queen size bed in the guest room and a small futon, the family of 4 sleep on the futon while the single sib gets the room and the queen size bed just because he responded first?).  obviously, if people think in terms of "being demoted" to the couch or stuff like that, the outcome of the vacation does not look good.  [/quote]

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