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[quote=Anonymous]Think you have to be honest with her and just tell her you and DH and the kids will be vacationing alone this year, sans parents. You can't control her reaction; if she gets angry, so be it. No need to get into the specifics about how she and your dad were awful travel companions, etc. Just "we'll be vacationing as a nuclear family this year, on [dates]" and then that's that. I like the suggestion of proposing an alternative shorter mini-vacation with your parents in a different location, if you're up for it.

I recently got back from a big extended family vacation with the in-laws where DH and his siblings will have to tell my MIL some variation of the above next summer. It's getting too difficult for her to travel, and she seems to like the experience less every year. This year, DH says, was the final straw; he is unwilling to deal with her irritability and general unpleasantness anymore. We will propose an alternative weekend trip with her someplace closer, more accessible and better for her health needs (not the hot and humid beach), and shorter in duration. I don't anticipate she will take it well, but at some point we have to face reality and deal with the limitations of aging. [/quote]

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