to not want to see Aunt & Uncle on our holiday

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Genuine dilemma.
DH, 3 DC and I are going to France on a Eurocamp style holiday for 12 nights this summer.
My Aunt (DM's sister) and Uncle live in rural France in the summer and have suggested visiting us while we are out there.
By way of background I have only seen them at weddings since I got married so three times in 10 years and that is how often DH has met them. My DD (youngest) has never met them.
They are in their late 70s and TBH I find them really hard work- they drink a lot (I don't) and are just not my cup of tea. That sounds awful but when I put them up (when I was pregnant with DS1) for my brother's wedding they were really difficult guests and even had a moan about the village I live in. They make no effort to see us usually (or my DM either for that matter) as they live for the rest of the year at the other end of the UK- I am not complaining about that BTW!
They live three hours away from where we are going on holiday and would have to bring their caravan and camp nearby so the 'visit' is likely to be 2 days of a 10 day holiday.
I really don't want to see them but feel that old family guilt thing. I daren't mention it to DH as I know he would HATE the idea. BTW I have spoken to DM who understands and would not be adverse to me saying no.
AIBU to say not this time thanks? And also any ideas how to broach it with them!! (by e mail)

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Say you've already booked all your accommodation but invite them to come visit you where you are staying.

Odds on they wouldn't bother.

Just say No

Thanks- we have booked up already! They want to come to where we are staying but that will entail them staying over near by..and they do want to bother... so seeing us for at least two days..... maybe IABU.... arghhhh

Grabaspoon,,thanks

I would organise something for every day(or tell them you have) and give them a one day slot where you could be free and just do lunch over a couple of hours.

Yanbu I cannot stand those kinds of pressures to see relatives at any time let alone on holiday

Sorry. Didn't read properly.

I would let them come. But tell them your plans in advance.

Fuck no.

Yanbu at all.

Alongside everything else it's not fair to your dh.

Ok have sent e mail saying that we appreciate the thought but that we have so little time as just us 5 that we would rather not meet up. Plus that it is a long hike for them to come.
Have offered to see them in UK sometime.... Will see how it goes down....

YANBU. Your holiday time is precious and you shouldn't have to allocate 20% of your time away to entertaining a couple of old fogies who you are not close to. In fact I would say they are being V unreasonable to impose on your holiday. They probably have a lot of time on their hands and are probably even a bit bored and don't possibly remember what it's like having a young family.

I thought Hec or someone would've been on by now to say

No is a complete sentence.

tell them you're no longer going. or give them the wrong week. if you don't have much to do with them, how did they know in the first place? that was the mistake

hahahaha x-post. no IS a complete sentence but giving them the wrong week is fun. [evil]

yes. probably best to ignore everything I may say this evening. I have had alcohol for the first time in I actually can't remember it's been so long. I wonder what drunk hec is like.

Fun and evil?

OP YANBU

My other uncle told them..... I was a bit
I do like and see him!!