one big villa or 3 small ones

[blott]

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by lafifille
Why not? When you take a look there are many villas that sleep even more than 13 guests... I still don't recommend it, but it's technically doable... isn't it?[/quote]I think what Heather meant was that if there are 13 + 6 = 19 total people, no vacation home is large enough to take that many people.

[steph_goodrum]

I think there are 13 in total is it not? as it says there are 13 of us, my party consists of 6 so I assumed it was robably themselves plas a party of 4 and one of 3 to make up the other 7.

In which case a 7 bed, provided the room configuration was right would suit.

I thought Heather was referring to the not all getting together in one home if you had a smaller home and you all decided to have a bbq or something like that. Some homeowners won;t allow it . We personally wouldnt have a problem with that as long as
a) the house and neighbours are treated with the respect they deserve and it didnt get overly loud.
b) only those listed slept at the home.
c) there was no moving around of any indoor or outdorr furniture, crockery etc between neighbouring homes, as most of us own individually then it would be a logictical nightmare to find out what came from where.

Many homes are communities with larger community pools so if you all wanted to swim together would be much more practical than 13 trying to swim in a poll designed for around half that number.

It's all factors to consider when coming to a decision and you may just need to get together to discuss it in more detail and set some ground rules brfore you decide.

[ShirleyD]

Assuming you mean 13 people in total, then you could rent a 6 or 7 bedroom home between you.

I guess it depends on how easy going all the adults are and if there are any children in the group who do not get on with the others (or that you really don't like that much!)
For three families to share like this, you do need to be very good friends and know each other very well.

If you did decide to share, then what would you do for the rest of your holiday? Would you stay in the big house when they all leave or get a new one.

I personally enjoy sharing with family and friends, when we have stayed in different homes, the kids always want to play musical beds/homes and someone always gets left out so it has worked for us, but only two families at a time!!

I do always need my personal space too. We manage this by having a car each and going on trips together, then arranging luch somewhere, so if anyone wants to stop and look, but others want to move on, then we know we will meet up and if someone wants to go home earlier, you don't have to compromise.

[chrizzy100]

Problems I've seen come up most....Master Bedrooms....now a few places have more than one real Master..but they are rare..
there is the old trick we'll have it the first week then move and you can have it...then little Johnny needs to sleep with mum and dad so they need to keep the room they are in...or they just don't say anything about moving and you don't want to bring it up..so you and hubby just end up fighting about it every night in bed..or they make an unholy mess which means its not worth clearing to change we'll just stay as it is..

Cleaning and cooking...you need to all be on the same page here..I've seen one poor woman spend her whole holiday clearing up looking after all the kids and cooking...while the other mother sits by the pool um 'baby sitting'...

Kids of the same age seem fine..but having young ones with older ones give the big fights..leaving pool doors open after turning off the alarm was a big one near me..and little ones going near the pool on their own..that fight lasted till 2 in the morning and the cops came...