My DH has two children who are school age, one about to start secondary and the other just a couple of years off. We have one young child together who is not in school yet.
When I met DH, he had never really been abroad all that often, I think maybe twice in his life and didn't take the kids abroad on holidays, they went away in the UK as my husband has family in a holiday spot in the UK.
I grew up going abroad every year and I enjoyed doing so still until I met DH.
Since I've been with him, we haven't been abroad all together (Ive been a couple of times with my family) as we simply couldn't afford to go in the school holidays.
My family own property abroad and I want to take our joint DC there with my mum who goes every year still whilst I still can. She obviously goes outside of the school holidays and I will be able to do this for the next few/couple of years until our DC starts school.
AIBU? This would mean we'd go away all 5 of us to a UK holiday like we always do and then I'd go with our joint DC and my mum later in the year to my families holiday home whilst the older two are at school. DH wouldn't come with us.
I have no issue with going in the summer holidays if we can afford it but DH earns more than me and whilst I think he could afford it if he really wanted to, I think he just goes with the status quo so isn't really bothered.
I know DH would like to take his kids abroad at some point but he never seems bothered enough to take the lead and pay for it (I've looked every year and it's nearly 2k just for flights in the holidays!).