Going on a trip with somebody other than your spouse and kids, whether it is with extended family or friends, has its pros and cons. The pros are easy, as you are in good company, you have another set of eyes watching the kids, and if you are renting a house you also get to split the chores such as cooking and cleaning up. The cons, on the other hand, usually come in the form of a little bit of stress. If your kids are misbehaving you wonder if the others internally - at least for that moment - hate your guts, especially if you can't get them to stop. If your kids are not eating and somebody else cooked, you wonder if that someone will get offended, and if they will flat out tell you something the next time your kid jumps on your lap during dinner time.
I do find that over time, if you are traveling with the same people over and over again, you get over some of the above. You are never completely immune, and probably neither are they, but you learn to let the small things go.
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