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Vacationing with parents

You win some and you lose some.

Had my MIL with us for a week and fortunately my SIL came along and she stayed in the MIL unit with her. It was surprisingly all right although I'm not sure my SIL feels the same way ;).

Spent 2.5 weeks with BIL in Aus recently and that was a nightmare - if I had it to do over again I would NOT have stayed with them. Don't think I'll ever stay with family again but would try the TS thing in a 2BR unit as long as everybody knew going in that we aren't spending every minute together and we are going to all do the same things all the time.
 
We used to go on extended vacations in timeshares with both sets of our parents (usually separate trips per parent set). We both get along with our parents and yes they can be annoying sometimes but one has to go into this with realistic expectations.

We have young kids and they adore the kids and the kids adore grandma and grandpa. They also made great sitters at times when we wanted to do more adventurous things that young kids and grand parents just don't do.

Now why did I say 'we used to go'....well our parents are older now and not in the best health to travel like we do. When we go local they do come for a couple of days as their health lets them. It was well worth it to have our parents on vacation with us when we could....now we really can't. I did not have grandparents and am glad our kids had the experience and releationship with their grandparents.

Separate rooms, rental cars, or separate units always help no matter who one is vacationing with.

Set some ground rules and be realistic. If you really don't get along with your parents or in-laws then don't do it.
 
My dad does not like to travel at all and my mother loves to. At the last minute last year I invited my mom and niece to join us in Cancun. My mother has gone numerous times with us and it had always been a chore. I was always entertaining and feeling on edge. So when I invited her I figured it would be another tough vacation but really wanted to do it for her. We ended up having one of the best vacations with many laughs and fond memories. When it was over I was so happy it went as it did. Then my mom past away very unexpectedly in October. I'm not sure how I would have felt had I not invited her. I thank my DH for speaking up and saying there will be other vacations if this one does not work out and she would do it for us if she could.

I think you should invite them. Life is to short and you never know.
 
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