How would you feel about going on a 3G holiday

[Lardlizard]

3 generations
Kids parents and grandparents

[katewhinesalot]

We do at least one every year. Love it.

[happycamper11]

We've done it with 4, kids, parents, gp and ggp. It's fine as we all do our own thing then meet up for a few arranged meals etc, arrange trips in smaller groups depending on interests so time together is often more just coincidence of who is around at the same time. Obviously it could be a nightmare depending on relationships.

[thenewaveragebear1983]

We do it twice every year, both sides of the family. Whitsun is with dh's parents plus brother and his family; summer with my parents. Always separate accommodation though.

[katewhinesalot]

Oh and I've been to the pencil museum a good few years ago when the kids were young.

It was actually ok.

[duebaby2]

Depends on how well you get on with everyone. It never happened for me as a child because I had such a split family on one side and elderly on the other.

I did however do this when my son was a year and a half. Me, my mum and my son went abroad. Never ever again will I do it. She promised to help me with my son to also give me a break, did she...no! She just isn’t cut out to be ‘grandma’ on holiday or in confined spaces for hours. In fact she completely ruined our relationship for months following the holiday, she acted like an annoying child and drank heavily. My second baby will never get that experience and I’m glad! From now on just me, my partner and our boys.

[WallyWallyWally]

We’ve done them every year since my oldest was born, he’s 11 now. On the whole they work well, but reading this thread has reassured me that it’s not unusual to find them a challenge !

My parents have a holiday house in the EU country DH and I live in. We both work in schools so have 8 weeks off every summer - so we use the holiday home as à base for thé whole time. To date, most summers have involved at least two weeks with my parents, a week with my sister and her partner, a week with DHs parents, a week with DHs sister and her wee boy... plus a couple of weeks camping and maybe some friends visiting.

On the whole it’s great and has allowed my boys to really know their extended family despite not living in th UK. They have a very close relationship with their grandparents.

Downsides... I’ve got fed up being chief cook and bottle washer: we don’t eat out much (only one local restaurant, no takeaways) and someone’s got to organise the food. We’re all a bit bored of this location, we only do touristy things with visitors Now. And being around my parents does bring out my inner teen...