Poll - Cancel Holiday or Don't Cancel Holiday - What would you do ?

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DH's Grandad passed away this morning - we are due to fly to Portugal for 11 days on Monday. We have no firm answers as yet but my thinking is that the funeral will be while we are away (haven't usually heard of anything taking longer than 2 weeks).
It hadn't even entered my head to cancel holiday to ensure we can attend funeral - someone mentioned on another thread.

What would you do ?

really sorry to hear about your loss. What a tough desicion. Could you not get cheap flight back for the day of the funeral if it whilst you are away??

No such thing as cheap flights this time of year is there ?
It hadn't even entered my head to cancel hols and now i'm so lost at what to do. DD1 would be devastated

have you spoken to dh? does he want to cancel? it's very likely the funeral will be when you're away. if he really wants to attend could you fly out anyway with the kids and him join you later?

What does your dh and the rest of his family think? It might also depend on how his grandad would have felt- I suspect that mine would have wanted me to go on holiday. If you have insurance they might pay for you to rebook?

Dh doesn't think we should cancel - he doesn't feel like he needs to be there to pay his respects. He will speak to his mum and see what she thinks, if she would like him to be there for her support then we will need to sort something out.
Just a waiting game now

From what you've said I think I'd be happy (?- ykwim!) to go.

If I were you, I would think of what DH's grandad's wishes would have been. Do you think he would have wanted you to cancel holiday? Other duty at funeral is to support chief mourners (spouse, kids etc) of deceased. Will they be OK without DH?

DH has spoken to his mum. She said for us to still go hols, she was surprised that we had even considered not going.
She wished she was going on holiday so didn't have to deal with it all

def go!

his grandad wouldnt have wanted you to miss it either!!

Could you arrange to fly your MiL out to join you AFTER the funeral for a few days?

Look after the living, the dead can take care of themselves I say.