My mother is 60 in October and my brother and I thought we would pay for us all to go away together to help celebrate. He has 3 children, I have one son. All together, we will be travelling with 5 adults, 1 child, 2 toddlers and 1 infant.
Sounds like a plan, doesn't it?
However my brother and I are like chalk and cheese. He is a typical Brit abroad, football shirt, lager, etc. His last holiday was a package to Torremolinos.
We like city breaks, cottage holidays in this country and lots of National Trusting.
If asked to express a preference, my mother would probably want something in between. She loves walking, but is a red head who sensibly avoids the sun.
My brother (and I suspect my sister in law is the decision maker) wants us to book a villa in Lanzarote or Tenerife. I was thinking more like a cottage in Cornwall or the Lakes.
So. I need to come up with a sensible compromise to present to my sister in law. I suspect my mother will hate the villa idea but will go along with it because she is divorced and won't travel alone. I have a very strong feeling that we'll be left babysitting every night as well.
Can anyone suggest a compromise? I'm inclined to pull out totally and just invite her along to our next holiday, but I thought I should make an attempt to come up with something as my son would love to holiday with his cousins.