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1. Vacation homes are a lot of maintenance. You need to keep things at every house you own and spend time in, otherwise it's a hassle to bring it every time. Also, after a while it gets boring. [b]Keep in mind that it might be relaxing now, while your kids are young, but after a certain age, they'll get bored, and you might prefer to bring them on international destinations that are a lot more fun, interesting and mind-opening.[/b]

2. There is no way I would stay in your relatives' homes given the accommodations you've just described, unless you go when it's empty! But then, there's no way I'd spend time in the same spot every year either...

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DP here to say the bold is right. OP, your kids are 5 and 2, ages when the same vacation spot over the years is charming and "feels like home" etc. But as they get older, they may love the lakeside house (your own or the relatives') at times but they and you also may want to travel more. The kids may prefer camps and doing things with friends to going to the lake yet again. You already said, OP, that your family does travel a lot. I'd look ahead to more travel to new places rather than tying the family down to a place that's nice to visit when the kids are this small but will become all too familiar as they get older and their horizons broaden.[/quote]

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