Would you stay in the cellar or in a hotel room

You cant have a newborn in a celler ok its converted but if its cold then no.
Either ask sister to swap or dip into your savings its your baby at the end of the day or dont go and stay home .Life changes with little ones they come first.
Seriously id expect other adults to give up the room for the baby or you need to get a hotel.

Your MIL's decision? Why can't your adult DH and your adult SIL decide between themselves where they sleep - just, y'know, cut MIL out of the equation because it doesn't involve her, doesn't impact her, has nothing to do with her? Will she physically remove your and your DH and your baby from that room and throw you down the cellar stairs?

What a load of nonsense. I don't know how you can be involved with such ridiculousness.

He is 93 and a heavy drinker, so statistically it could well be.

Why are you so adamant it's going to be his last birthday.

Cancel your trip and book a later date when flights are also cheap.
Don’t sleep in a cold cellar with a newborn.

no to.cellar in December and tiny baby. don't go for 2weeks. go down for party, hotel one night from savings, back the next. Grandad sees baby, doesn't miss party. Best compromise. Other family can suit themselves.

If I had that amount of savings, I would definitely book a hotel so that it will be an enjoyable rather than miserable experience.

You clearly dont want to stay in the cellar so book a hotel. You have savings and no doubt your husband will get another job in time and you will also be contributing again in the future.

Can you rent an air bnb/holiday let which might be cheaper and more space and comfort for you. 11 nights in a hotel or that room with a 5 month old sounds tough.

If you want to preserve your finances, then you are going to have to brave the cellar. Not what you want to hear but my reasoning is as follows:

Your husband survived it as a child.

You have survived it in the past.

You say that the house is generally well heated but you recall the stone floor being cold on your naked feet. Well of course it was. Nobody who lives with stone floors, walks on them in their bare feet, except perhaps in the hottest days of summer, for that precise reason. This is literally what slippers were made for. Buy/borrow slippers and dressing gowns/Oodies (other brands available) and make sure your baby has warm clothes. Problem solved.

When you need to be up and about caring for your baby, woman-up! It's what mums do. You can do this.

Enjoy your stay.

37k in savings yet stressing about paying for a hotel? Bloodyhell.
Wouldn't an airbnb be more comfortable anyway, with a baby, rather than a hotel?
Again, 37k in savings. Wow.

My mistake, just cold, no damp mentioned.

Oh my god I earn about 20k, we lived in a bedsit when in London, and I would just be paying for a hotel, but going for 3 nights. Just pay for the bloody hotel! There was no reason for you to stay that long. You could have stayed a few nights, left early, and husband can stay in the cellar for the remainder.

Oh no not damp, sorry must have missed that. Xx

Cool not cold and damp.

She says it’s a converted cellar not the Hollywood version with no windows and water running down mouldy walls.

A cool sleeping environment is good for ia all, get wrapped up and put in a small heater?

So let me get this straight, your MIL is happy for her 5-month old grandchild to sleep in a cold cellar for 11 nights, whilst her daughter’s husband gets to opt out of sleeping in the cellar because he doesn't fancy it? I don’t blame you for distancing yourselves from them! It sounds like a very unhealthy family dynamic and for that reason I’m not going to say “why doesn’t your husband ask his sister to swap?” - that might seem like the obvious solution to an outsider but I know what it’s like when you can’t speak your mind to your own family for fear of upsetting someone and then having to deal with the consequences! If you can’t insist on having a proper bedroom because of the baby, then your only options are to fork out for a hotel or to pack lots of blankets and some non-slip socks, and make sure this is your last visit!

I wouldn't stay in a cellar for eleven minutes, let alone eleven nights. I don't do Underground.

I'm still stuck on how much the grandfather drinks. Why would you want to stay there, let alone with a baby? Get the hotel or don’t go.

Get an Airbnb. I could not stay in anyone’s house for that long.

Premier Inn? air Band B. Not the cellar with cold floors, dodgy steps and a baby.

I’m not sure why this is a post. You’re asking people if it’s suitable to sleep in a cellar that we have never seen yet you have stayed there before. Therefore you should know whether it’s acceptable for your baby or not.
My parents have a cellar which I would not sleep in let alone a baby. But it seems actually to be ok other than the cold floor? And presumably the baby isn’t going to sleep on the floor so non issue. The stairs, your DH is just being ridiculous. If it’s slippy then why would you refuse to wear shoes?! Sounds like you have already made your mind up that you don’t want to sleep in the cellar and just want validation.
But it doesn’t matter what anyone else thinks. If you don’t want to stay there then don’t stay there. If you can’t afford a hotel then make your apologies and don’t go. It’s that simple really. Better to lose £120 than pay for something you can’t afford. Or you can afford it but rather wouldn’t pay, hence debating staying in a cellar that you clearly don’t want to do? Madness. Just make a decision with your husband!

Go, buy socks with the little grip pads on the bottom. If the cellar seems too cold, then your DH has to ask his siter to swap rooms 'for the baby'.

If she won't swap, then decamp to the cheapest hotel option.

At least this shows you gave the cellar a go.

It's Christmas. Book an Airbnb, an apartment and enjoy. That way you can stay there when DH visits his family if you want to. You have more income, savings and less expenditure than many on this thread - you've booked the flights so now make it enjoyable.