to not want to pay thru the nose for a holiday?

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Holiday dilema.... my husband and my sister both turn 40 this year and we have decided on a combined 2 week holiday to celebrate them.

Thailand has been the destination of note, until yesterday, when Kenya took centre stage. I am eager to visit both, so not bothered about where we go.

The problem is... sister has a teacher's holiday for the month of August, so naturally wants to go then (which sits btwn both bdays so is fine)... BUT the costs double during that month... grrr!!! And we don't want to pay double for a holiday. We have no holiday date restrictions ourselves.

So what would you do? Compromise and have a week during her holiday and a week on your own (more cheaply) during non school holiday (and hurt her), or dig heels in and not go during school holidays at all... or do we just pay horrendous prices (and eat baked beans for the next few months), so we get our 2 weeks all together?

AIBU to compromise... half during school holiday/half during non school holiday... knowing she will be hurt we won't be together the whole 2 weeks?

bubblecoral You must have a very understanding husband if he is prepared to even consider sharing a room with his siter in law, on his birthday holiday, at a time that will cost you more, when it's not even the ideal season to go.

How does your dh feel about all this?'

He is even more understanding than me. Sorry if this makes me sound like a bad sister, but he is!

She drives him to distraction at times too (like spending the weekends here and treating our home like a hotel... lying on the couch, asking for coffee and not making it herself/us ever, not doing ONE thing in the kitchen etc.).. but there again... she is single and we are her immediate family, and she wants to see us then. I wouldn't mind so much if she just helped out a bit. We both work full time and need a break too on the wkend.

We have put our foot down irt the amount of times she comes here in a month as it got too much a while ago. We just had NO quality time together, ever, and DH often works on weekends too. She doesn't understand this at all.

Re the holiday... (sorry to be waffling!!!)... yes, it is HIS holiday celebration too, and I don't think she gets this... as usual.