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I would make sure I wasn't there. Fighting for you life in an ICU would be better. Yecch!
I had a cottage for 15 years and made sure none of my relatives (except my parents) even knew about it, and then not even my parents knew where it was.
That is smart. My parents had something like that and people would ask to borrow it. If you are someone that is afraid to hurt someones feelings and say no bad things will happen. It took a few times of someone not leaving it in the condition they found it in before my parents starting telling people no. There was real damage done to the property. People don't get that this is worst than asking to borrow someones diamonds.
I picked mixed, but I wouldn't want to do it. For us and our handicapped son, it makes sharing accommodations with others not possible. Also, I don't have 13 relatives I'm close enough to to feel comfortable sharing a house with. And if we are staying someplace else it is more acceptable to do your own thing, eat when you want, go where you want without having to tell everyone. And have you ever tried to plan outings with 13 other disorganized relatives of all age levels. People don't agree, or they're late getting going and its a big pain in the butt. I think their could be some fun, but a lot less of it compared to us staying somewhere of our own.
I don't have 14 relatives so I didn't answer the poll.
But if I were going to do this I would have to sleep in a bed and not share a bathroom with more than 3-4 people. I'd also want to know in advance how cooking and cleaning were going to be divided up and who was buying what groceries. And if I didn't have small kids I wouldn't want to spend much time watching anyone else's kids.
That does remind me of one year where my family stayed in a complex that rented vacation apartment/condos--each couple or family rented their own apartment, so they had their own bathroom, kitchen, space to retreat to when family togetherness got to be too much. That worked out pretty well, though it was probably pricier than renting one house for the whole group.
This reminds me. About children sleeping on the floor. Places we have stayed have a max occupancy and that's that. More than that number can be evicted. The occupancy restrictions are because of water consumption and preservation concerns.
That was my first thought as well. If that many people are staying in a 4 bedroom house, then someone is not being honest with the owner. So in that case, no I would not go.
But if it was a larger house with room for all 14 people, and no one had to sleep on the floor, then yes! I would have a great time spending a week at the the beach with my family.
But how it is now just sounds horrible. How many full bathrooms does a 4 bedroom house have? 2-3? What happens when everyone gets back from a day at the beach and wants to shower? Each bathroom has a line of 5-7 people waiting? I know don't want to sit around with salt water, sand, sunscreen and sweat all over me while I wait for 14 others to shower first. Not that I expect anywhere to have enough showers for everyone, but I would think with a group that size you would want at least a 6 bedroom/5 bathroom house.
As a property owner, I would refuse to rent to a group that large in a 4 bedroom house. I would restrict the number of guests to the number of bedspaces (queen/ king equals 2 people). The wear and tear on a place with that number of people is awful and crowded conditions equal accidents and spills. We are buying a vacation rental, and it will be relatively small (2-3 bdrms) and have a max occupancy of 4-6 people for just that reason.
My family does this every year. We have since before I was born. Originally, my grandfather had a family lake compound. There were two cabins with a third bedroom off of the garage. Both cabins had two bedrooms. Maybe not 14, but it was very common for 12 of us to share the space for a week. The compound has been sold but we still go to the same beach every year.
No. Not with inadequate space. Not for a week. But if we were in a really big house or a group of apartments for like 3 days and nights, Yes! For sure.
LBI, where my family vacationed, has duplex homes. My aunt and uncle and my grandparents would each rent a half and then we could drift between the two separate houses. It let people get space from each other.
I did it with my siblings for many years when we had young kids. We also tried to mix in some friends and their kids too, which allowed everyone to be more like buddies instead of insular family. Also helped that the adults were all about the same age and same stage in life.
Some of my happiest memories were summers at that beach house in NC.
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