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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Eh, I can't say it's out and out tacky but it's not really gracious either.  Then again, I think it's pretty tacky to stay at someone else's beach house when they aren't there. We're adults now, buy your own place or rent one but don't mooch off friends. I have a friend that bought a multimillion dollar beachfront property and I have another friend who comes right out and suggests a visit every chance she gets. That to me is so tacky! Just rent a room at a hotel if you want a night at the beach so badly! [b]As an owner, when it gets to the point that you are feeling pinched by your own generosity, it's time to reevaluate. i think it's really easy to lose friends over vacation property. People get so weird and kind of stingy.[/b] It's easy for me to say though, my immediate family has vacation property in the places I want to go so I've never once felt like I wanted to use someone else's. [b]When I stay at others homes, I always wish I hadn't because of sand drama. I'd rather just stay on my own and not feel indebted on my vacation.[/b]  [/quote]

PP I think you make some good points here. Human nature! Its tough to inherit a $1M beach house and then cry poverty.
We had friends who bought a second home -- they seemed to think that we were so into their home that we would do chores all weekend for them --we were only there for 24 hours. It was awkward -- they kept the heat down to save money, they bought food that was past the sell by date -- all this so they could buy even more. The whole time they talked about ever more improvements to spend money on. We were really not that interested in their house , or needing to vacation there -- we actually preferred their company. But we have chores of our own at home. So yes, it can get awkward. I would have preferred to just pay a cleaning service. Up and 9 and get scrubbing! We ended up just declining all offers.[/quote]

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