Hold Dem Tigahs

Quick Synopsis: My wife wants to bring our boys (2 and 5 years old) to Disney World this coming Spring. She also wants to go with her family (Her mother, father, brother, sister, sister's husband, and their 2 year old daughter). We had our first "Family Meeting" to discuss last weekend and everyone could not have been more different on their wish list of stuff to do. Everything from flights vs driving, staying onsite vs offsite, what to do while we are there, etc. was all different and nothing could be agreed upon except for which days we are going. My MIL and FIL said they would pay for the place to stay if we stay offsite in one house or they would help pay for a room onsite. My wife and I want to stay onsite because we think it will be much more convenient with small kids. Everyone else wants to stay offsite together in the same house. Obviously it is going to cost more but I am already chopping off my arm to go so I might as well do what I want to.

Do you recommend staying onsite or offsite with small children? Recommendations on resorts?

Any other tips?

TIA

When my wife I got married, we opened a joint checking and savings account together. I never understood how people could have separate accounts and decide who pays for what. Seems like it would always be a constant "I paid for this, you need to pay for that" but I know people do it everyday. I see couples on my venmo stream all the time paying each other for groceries or half of daycare, etc... Seems like a lot of extra work. Marriage is hard enough without adding extra tension. To each there own though.

Reading some of the comments above, putting a percentage of each salary in a savings or checking account to pay mutual bills does seems like the second best option. If you can make it work.

Best of luck on your marriage!

I gave away my LSU vs Florida Tickets for this weekend and bought tickets to watch the Stros vs BoSox on Saturday. I plan on driving in Saturday morning and trying to catch the LSU game at a bar downtown near Minute Maid before heading to the baseball game. Any suggestions on places to go?

TIA