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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Remember that they are spending thousands of dollars to travel to see you. [/quote]

Presumably that is their choice, though.

I'd be happy housing some of them and hosting some meals. But, no, I'm not paying "10's of thousands of dollars" for visiting relatives. [/quote]

They also have a choice. They have 2-3 weeks off, what should they do? Stay home? Do local stuff? Go to the beach or the mountains? Visit whom?

Spend $1000 to go to the 3 hour away ski trip or spend $1000 and visit cousin Larla in America who likes to show off, throw her family’s money around, and rollout the $$$$ red carpet for us.

Hmmm. Which trip to pick…?…. [/quote]

True that’s a no brainer for the guests.

I think OP is starting to pitch this to herself that they can pay $15000 for their five-person winter break. Or instead they can spend $15000 on the 15+ visiting relatives and their family of five.

I don’t know if that’s the way to look at it since I have no time nor that kind of money to do that for three weeks. And it sounds like a PITA planning and managing, on top of everything I already manage at work and nuclear family. But I’d gladly be a guest. 
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