to make sure the house is clean and tidy before we go away on holiday

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DH is having a paddy about me "wanting to come back to a show home"
And although I think that would be an overestimation, I do always feel wierd coming home when we have spent time in amazing places. Therefore I want to house to look it's best, rather than a pit when we walk in.

I want that holiday feeling to last 12 hours at least before i have to trip over lego or pick up stuff from the floor.

I am not talking about redecorating, just making sure there aren't cups that need washing and straightenng beds and cushions etc.

Before we go I will tidy the boys toys away in their rooms so they aren't scattered around.

Apparently I am being unreasonable.

I will let the MN jury decide and accept my fate and Whatever your opinions I will share them with DH so we can together see if IABU.

I couldn't agree more. Who wants to come back to a mess when they are tired after the journey?

Yay one to me!!

YANBU I do this too. Hate coming back to mess.

I don't think it's any of his business as long as you're not nagging him to help you.

YANBU. A family generates huge amounts of washing whilst away. Anything domestic that has arisen whilst you are away also has to be sorted out. It seems silly to come back to a mess/cleaning to do on top of all that, if it can be avoided. I try to leave the house tidy when we go on holiday, but don't always manage!

I'm with you, I loath coming back anyway so a stray coffee cup can tip me over the edge

I always tidy up, as you say, it's depressing enough coming home from holiday withut going from luxury to mess.

I draw the line at what my firend does, which is wash all the windows inside and out. I do make sure the fridge is empty, everywhere's tidy, beds made etc.

I think most people like to get back to a nice tidy, comfortable home.

My DH is like you except its me who hass to do most of the tidying not him so HIBU

It is nice to come back to a tidy house though, and some things are no-brainers - all the washing-up done and bins emptied.

Oh yes, it's so nice coming back to clean home.
We always change sheets on the beds too so they are nice and fresh.

YANBU - everything tidy, bleach down the toilet, bleach in sink etc Would hate to come back to mess - it's bad enough having to empty cases, sort washing etc without having the place cluttered before you start

Totally with you on this and do it myself. In addition to that I have someone coming in to see to the post and I wouldn't like them to see it.

YADNBU

I go on holiday tomorrow and have spent all day cleaning.

I dont want to come back and think "what a mess".

I want to come home and at least have a coffee in comfort before I start on the mountain of washing I will be bringing home.

I totally get this

Even if we go away for a weekend I do this

Stinky rubbish or

I always clean and tidy before I go on holiday
a) because I'd be embarrassed if we were burgled and the police made sympathetic comments about the mess the burglars made and I'd be thinking they'd actually done a bit of tidying up
and b) if the plane crashed and we perished I'd be mortified that my children would discover how messy I was after all those years of nagging them to tidy their rooms!

Pressed post too soon - or plates in the sink is yuck

Also an empty laundry basket as we always bring back laundry from our hols

YaNbu.
I always clean before we go on holiday. When we come back it feels like we live in a perfectly clean and tidy house for an hour

Yanbu

Yanbu. It horrible coming home to a mess - kills the holiday feeling stone dead.

I always change the bedding, wash and iron any clothes in basket then hoover through before we leave.

YANBU.

So depressing coming back to a grubby house.

Went away for two weeks once, and one of the DCs had forgotten to flush the loo. The smell....

yanbu at al!
it's horrid walking through the door to a messy house

(personally i always used to pay the cleaner to come in while we were away!!)

thanks all, going to get a bit more done then will do the whole sharing this thread with DH thing..perhaps get a glass of wine in his hand first.

I remember Kim from Kim and Aggie saying she hoovered herself out of the door when she went on holiday. now I do it.

It would be a serious downer to come back to a shit tip.