This won't suck, right?!

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I just cancelled our teeny vacation rental and booked a house that will fit 4 adults and 4 kids because our friends decided to come in our family vacation! (They were invited to the same wedding. Groom is my bestie's ex-boyfriend. Her h is just "thrilled" lol)

We luff them. One of their boys can be a little hard to take, but I love him too. We've never fought. We are staying seven nights and they are staying 5. Everyone has their own bed, the two sets of kids will have separate bedrooms.

This wi be fun, right? I've never vacationed with anyone but family.

[eb777888]

My sister's family is the only family we vacation with but our families get along beautifully. We are all extremely compatible. I can't think of anyone else I'd vacation with, though, lol.

Sounds like you guys have the same set up.

[looseseal]

I'm sure it will be fun. You might be ready for a bit of a break from them after it's all said and done (we were, in the closest scenario I've been in like this), but it really wasn't bad. Just be sure to build in some 'stellas family only' time and you should be great!

[sake]

i think it will be fun! and you guys can spend some time just with your individual families as well.

[bex1973]

I vote fun. We've vacationed a few times with others and have had a good time. Just make sure to take some alone time or you could get sick of being around others so much & having to be "on" all the time is tiring.

[nahoku]

Are your kids close in age? We just did a weekend in the WI Dells with my friend and her family and it was so much fun! The kids were 3, 4, 5 and 7 and they all played well together. And they'd all met before but they weren't great friends or anything beforehand. It made it much easier to relax with our friends.

I'm sure you will all have fun

[psychmom]

I hope not because we just booked a cabin with my friends family and their son for 4 nights in June. We've already began to discuss how many bottles of wine a night we should get.

[DotAndBuzz]

It could get a little "forced smile" by the end, but I think as long as there are enough bedrooms and beds, that number of people will be fun. Have a great time!

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Mar 18, 2014 10:08:30 GMT -5 looseseal said:

I'm sure it will be fun. You might be ready for a bit of a break from them after it's all said and done (we were, in the closest scenario I've been in like this), but it really wasn't bad. Just be sure to build in some 'stellas family only' time and you should be great!

Yes. We agreed that each couple gets one date night while the other watches the kids, too.

[ECB]

I used to do a big group trip w/ friends. The last time we went, there were (if I remember correctly) 17 adults and 6 kids. More recently, we've traveled a couple times w/ another couple and their son. Our boys are the same age.

My advice - split up cooking. Each couple picks a couple nights to make dinner for everyone. From start to clean-up. So that the other family can have "down time".

Also, definitely don't plan to be together 24/7. Allow for the families to split off if they so choose.

The huge group trip kind of got to be TOO big, I think. But the smaller trips we've done? Always really, really enjoyed it.

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Mar 18, 2014 10:09:19 GMT -5 nahoku said:

Are your kids close in age?

Yup.
They will be 5,5,3, and 2 yrs 11 months. the two of us traded off pregnancies.

[eddy]

As long as they are not the types who are like "OMG LET"S DO EVERYTHING TOGETHER FOREVER." If they are not, then I think it will be fun. Your little family can go off and do stuff on your own if you start to get overwhelmed with too many people.

The girls can go off and do stuff and so can the guys. And you have the option for date nights.

[eddy]

Also, bonus you absolutely will not have to play with your kids lol. I know you and I are on the same page on this one. That will make laying around even easier!

[housewife]

No comment although, I can barely stand to vacation with my own H and kids nevertheless someone else's.

[marylennox]

That sounds like fun! IMO. I'm sure it will be fine.