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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is a tough one, especially in this country, with so much history of segregation, separate entrances for "help," etc. If you were at a 4-start hotel next door, it would be hard to complain, although they would hardly win best employer award.  But putting you up at a motel demonstrates either that they are tone deaf when it comes to social manners (best case scenario), or that they enjoy the fact that they have help staying outside of their fancy venue (worst case scenario).

If this were me, I would provide great childcare service but would definitely speak up about how the arrangement made me feel and I might ask them how they arrived at the decision. Let them think about this while on vacation. *evil grin*[/quote]

Why wouldn't you assume they'd done it to save money? That seems like the no brainer explanation to me. Vacations are expensive. Bringing a nanny is extra expensive. People can be well enough off to manage both but not so well off that the money doesn't matter. Trying to save money isn't evil and the parents shouldn't feel badly about it.[/quote]

Vacations are expensive. Childcare is expensive. You are right. But if families that are going to 5 star hotels for vacation have to be cutting corners to save money and cheapening on the childcare then it means they cannot afford said vacations. Either Vacation in a different place or take care of your children yourselves, hire a local sitter for your night outs on vacation, etc. 
The only way this would have been reasonable is like a pp mentioned earlier and it makes much more sense. That they booked this vacation a long time ago and later decided to bring someone and the hotel is fully booked, hence the need of a different hotel.

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