Is this as mad as I think it is?

[MeowMeowBeenz]

My son just got engaged in a beautiful, remote location. He has been working away a lot and hasn't been able to spend a lot of time at home with his lovely partner so they had a few precious days away from it all and the engagement happened. They are so happy and decided that they would love to stay in this holiday let again, maybe even once a year because it is so special to them.
My parents (for clarification not elderly, only just about state pension age), have apparently now decided that they want to go on holiday to this exact, remote, random cottage which they have absolutely no connection with for no reason at all and are demanding the details from my son. They are not close with him and haven't seen him for over a year. I'm not close with them either, they were terrible parents and I maintain a low contact relationship with them out of pure duty (not that they would know this).
AIBU or is this just fucking weird?! They are planning to take some random long lost cousin with them to this one bedroom cottage which is 500 miles away from where they live. My son finds it quite funny but definitely thinks its weird while his partner is pretty freaked out about it. I mean why? Why on earth would they want to do this? Its not a sentimental thing, they are not that type (and even that would be weird!!) It's not a particularly special destination or accommodation, staying in the same area would be a bit random but ok, staying in the exact same cottage (and the exact same bed) just feels so fucking weird
Why?

Yanbu but I couldn’t get worked up about it. They are weird, which is why you are low contact. It’s one bed so no chance that they can stay there with your son. Ignore… ps edit is correcting my spelling x

Yes this sounds weird, your son could refuse to tell them. Not sure how tenacious they'd be about finding out where the place is to go there anyway but it might put them off. Realistically though, as odd as it may seem, they're free to holiday wherever and with whomever they want.

Thanks for the replies, I agree I'm definitely not getting too worked up about it but I just can't get my head around it! It would be quite sweet if it was a misguided attempt to feel closer to them (if they genuinely hadn't considered the "romantic love nest" aspect) but I know them too well 😅

Just send the details of somewhere else!

Haha this is exactly what I said!

Well it does sound a bit weird on the face of it, but maybe a case of your parents having been thinking of going away, then heard how lovely this cottage was from you and thought 'oh that sounds nice let's go there'. Might not have thought about it more deeply that that?

My MIL does weird things like this often, she's v nosey and always asks things which others would think too rude (such as - what's the exact details of the cottage you stayed at, I'm going to look it up on Rightmove then research the history of the area and tell you all about it... for no reason ....)

Sorry, but I don't see what is so weird about it. If I heard about a lovely place to have a holiday from someone I might be tempted to go there myself. Your son doesn't own the place. I actually think you are weird for thinking it is weird.

Why is is partner ‘freaking out about it?’ They’re not going to be there at the same time are they??

I suppose if someone I knew was really positive about a cottage they'd stayed in, if I valued their opinion I might ask for the details.
It's not as if its a hotel, holiday complex or even a couple of cottages at the same location where they could book at the same time - I really can't see what the issue is.

Probably because it's a beautiful remote location and something about it appeals to them. Just like anyone else who stays there.

What a bizarre question 🤔