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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m looking for tips for staying at family members’ homes with my family. My family has really great accommodations for us to stay with them (3 spare guest bedrooms and 3 full baths). ...

... [b]isn’t a spot to put their 3 water bottles. I have my kids take them back to their rooms between meals[/b] but I think that’s weird. Am I crazy for wishing there was a place to keep their stuff between meals? Like the baby’s bib.

Another issue is shoes. My kids take their shoes off immediately when they come in, but then grandparents can’t stand the mess by the front door (3 pairs of kid shoes is too much I guess). I’ve asked for baskets but then they said they’d get the baskets dirty too. We take the shoes to the bedrooms now but then the kids are in and out all day and don’t want to run their shoes upstairs.

There aren’t closets or dressers for us, so we live out of suitcases but that too is a mess. And everyone has 1-2 towels (pool and a bath), which I guess is too many towels... [/quote]

Limit your visits to 1-2 max nights.  1-2 times annually.  It's a visit not a vacation.  My parents and inlaws had less space and bathrooms and there was no or extremely limited dresser and closet space.  Each had stackable plastic cups with lids that could go in the dishwasher.  People ate at the tables, cups on tables, then into dishwasher for each meal.

Each set has made it clear that basic stuff like a human having something to drink out of is a problem.  Next time bring or buy when you get there if flying a bag of disposables: paper cups with lids, plates, bowls, utensils, case bottled water.  Keep in your room and bring it out for meals.  [/quote]

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