https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 11 Apr 2026 08:21:42 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-would-you-offer#post-2771683 Tue, 05 Sep 2017 13:45:07 +0000 erinbaderin 2771683@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: We did get the hotel crib (it was an actual crib, not a pack and play, although a crib that looked like it was used as a prop about an orphanage in the 1930s) but I'm pretty sure it was wrapped in an adult bed sheet. I wouldn't swear 100%, though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-would-you-offer#post-2771664 Tue, 05 Sep 2017 13:03:17 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2771664@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@erinbaderin: do you typically get the hotel crib? If so, do you recall the kinds of sheets they use on the crib? </p> <p>I ask because one time (only time) we tried a hotel crib the crib was wrapped in an adult bed sheet. I'm sure that did not effect wether LO wanted to sleep in there or not, but I would rather he sleep on a real crib sheet. Of course that means we would have to buy a set since we use zippered sheets at home and only have one base. We ordered a crib for our room and my dad's. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-would-you-offer#post-2771410 Sun, 03 Sep 2017 12:57:55 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2771410@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@erinbaderin: thank you , thank you for the recs! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-would-you-offer#post-2771378 Sat, 02 Sep 2017 18:45:16 +0000 erinbaderin 2771378@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For a mile, it's probably going to take you longer to drive than it would to walk - traffic on the strip in the evenings is insane. </p> <p>We always stay at the Cosmo since we've had kids, you can get a suite that has a separate bedroom. If you want to splurge upgrade to the big Suites - something like 1200 square feet, wraparound balcony, two bathrooms, HUGE living space, kitchenette. </p> <p>Last time we went B was 20 months. We went to the Secret Garden and Dolphin Habitat at the Mirage and loved it, highly recommend. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-would-you-offer#post-2771340 Sat, 02 Sep 2017 10:21:24 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2771340@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@birdofafeather: I managed to talk him out of the rental. I figure we can find at least one service that has car seats if we really, really need to travel by car. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-would-you-offer#post-2771268 Fri, 01 Sep 2017 17:17:36 +0000 birdofafeather 2771268@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: I would not rent a car in vegas unless I was driving very far. Uber and taxis are plentiful! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-would-you-offer#post-2771095 Fri, 01 Sep 2017 06:36:34 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2771095@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We asked my dad and he gets his role, "grand-nanny" and is happy to come!</p> <p>DH is still figuring out hotel. He really wants the 10 nights of points, but also doesn't want to be late for any wedding activities with a start point at the B&amp;G hotel. Cosmo to MB is a little over a mile and two trams along the way. DH was thinking maybe renting a car just to get around Vegas more easily.</p> <p>???<br /> LO will be a couple weeks shy of his second birthday. Will we need a stroller?</p> <p>We will have LO two days and my dad will have him two days. I'm sure our days will include some pool time, but I also found some toddler activities to do. <a href="https://www.tripsavvy.com/things-to-do-with-toddlers-1679584" rel="nofollow">https://www.tripsavvy.com/things-to-do-with-toddlers-1679584</a> Any from this list or other ones you recommend? Would you take LO yourself? Or have LO go with their grand? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-would-you-offer#post-2765051 Thu, 03 Aug 2017 18:24:23 +0000 gingerbebe 2765051@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Check Marriott Grand Chateau. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-would-you-offer#post-2765049 Thu, 03 Aug 2017 18:14:05 +0000 SweetiePie 2765049@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: Could you just leave for baby home and ask someone to watch for a long weekend? We tend to do that way more (we've only taken family for babysitting that one time. Every other time we've either just had a family vacay with no help/go to a resort with childcare OR just leave him behind.) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-would-you-offer#post-2765046 Thu, 03 Aug 2017 18:05:30 +0000 Meowkers 2765046@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: I don't know. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-would-you-offer#post-2765044 Thu, 03 Aug 2017 17:53:15 +0000 JCCovi 2765044@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If we're asking them to come and babysit we pay for everything. Potentially not food on days they aren't babysitting, but definitely flights and accommodations. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-would-you-offer#post-2765040 Thu, 03 Aug 2017 17:16:43 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2765040@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Meowkers: is it part of Marriott? That's why Cosmo is on DH's list. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-would-you-offer#post-2765038 Thu, 03 Aug 2017 17:11:18 +0000 Meowkers 2765038@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: i highly suggest checking out The Signature. It's an MGM property adjasent to MGM so it's technically on strip. They have a lot of different options for multiple bedroom suites that are more affordable that suites at a regular hotel (I think they are part time share) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-would-you-offer#post-2765035 Thu, 03 Aug 2017 16:55:54 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2765035@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SweetiePie: I didn't even think about that piece of it when LO's bed time rolls around and he's still in their (hotel) room it's lights out for them too. DH wants to stay at the Cosmopolitan (Vegas).</p> <p>When I talk to DH and share with him I think we should front more of this trip than originally planned he may adjust his baby-free expectations. LO is welcomed at the wedding, but that means we have to watch him. I could always skip the Bach party- right now B&amp;G are planning all day, same day festivities. We were already going to bring LO to the rehearsal dinner to give the grands a night off. Definitely some wiggle room once we run the numbers. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-would-you-offer#post-2765033 Thu, 03 Aug 2017 16:44:53 +0000 gingerbebe 2765033@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Agree with @sweetiepie: While we have napping children, any kind of condo or place with separate bedrooms and kitchen is soooo much easier. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-would-you-offer#post-2765030 Thu, 03 Aug 2017 16:37:33 +0000 SweetiePie 2765030@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: Yeah we aren't really VRBO people and like to stay at really nice hotels when it's just our nuclear family. But for the cost and the logistics of naps and bedtime, we felt a VRBO was better. Not sure what destination you're going to, but we found an amazing 2 story 3 bed 3 bath with a pool and private beach. For wayyyyyy less than 2-3 hotel rooms (since we often get our son his own room attached to ours). During naps and after bedtime, my parents were still able to sit on the patio and enjoy the surroundings or downstairs and watch TV, instead of in a hotel room in silence. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-would-you-offer#post-2765029 Thu, 03 Aug 2017 16:32:56 +0000 pinkcupcake 2765029@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sounds like they are coming as full-time baby sitters. If that's the case, then yeah, everything should be paid for. No different than if you hired a nanny. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-would-you-offer#post-2765022 Thu, 03 Aug 2017 16:20:08 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2765022@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Meowkers: I would love to say that we have a grand that could step in for almost an entire week, but we don't. My LO adores my dad, but that would be too much for him (and us). Sadly, LO barely knows the other grands and would really need DH and I to show him they are ok people. </p> <p>When my mom turned me down she suggested I ask extended family that I met once as a kid to watch him. Um that isn't a viable option. I'm not just going to drop my kid off at a random person's house. </p> <p>DH is pretty set in stone about where he wants us to stay, but like you all pointed out @gingerbebe: @SweetiePie: VRBO options would probably save us money here. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-would-you-offer#post-2765014 Thu, 03 Aug 2017 16:01:59 +0000 SweetiePie 2765014@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did this. Had a wedding in Grand Cayman and wanted to make it into a family vacay but kids weren't invited to the wedding.<br /> My parents both came (my mom for help and my dad just because we wanted my mom to have company and enjoy some time with him - they don't go on vacations on their own). We got an awesome vrbo 3 bed condo.<br /> We paid for their flights, accommodations, and it was around their anniversary so we also sent them out to dinner for one night and made arrangements with the restaurant beforehand to pay the bill, a bottle of wine and special dessert. </p> <p>They ended up taking us to a nice dinner as a thank you (because while they couldn't/wouldn't have paid flight and accommodations on their own they appreciated greatly that they got a nice free vacation out of it). </p> <p>I agree with @looch: that you have to pay flight and accommodation as a minimum. Yes it's still a "vacation" for them, but it's still a lot to ask someone to pay (I'm assuming) $500+/- for a flight in order to do so when they didn't have plans to otherwise.<br /> Oh and since we DID pay everything I didn't feel so bad REALLY relying on my mom for help. Normally if we visit or they visit I don't ask for much but on that trip I was like "I want to sleep in tomorrow" done. Haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-would-you-offer#post-2765005 Thu, 03 Aug 2017 15:50:19 +0000 gingerbebe 2765005@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We took my parents to Hawaii a few years ago bc I had to attend my best friends wedding. We paid for pretty much everything. They did some childcare (we got to slip away in the evenings), but mostly they just tagged along to everything with us and were extra sets of hands here and there. My dad did nothing, my mom mostly just cooked and fed DS his meals, and they complained about everything. We paid for everything. It was expensive and not very relaxing and I would never go on vacation with them again.</p> <p>We also had to go on a conference for DH's work last week and took two friends. They also did similar levels of care for me while DH was at the conference. They drove there so no transport costs. They paid for admission and parking to most of our activities and their own groceries. We paid for most meals out and covered the VRBO which was much larger and more expensive than we would have gotten on our own but we wanted them to be comfortable. That was fun and legit helpful, albeit exhausting. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-would-you-offer#post-2764999 Thu, 03 Aug 2017 15:35:27 +0000 mediagirl 2764999@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: so, you want the grandparents to come as babysitters? Then I think you need to pose it to them that way. "This is not a vacation for you, this is a job we will pay you for." </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-would-you-offer#post-2764998 Thu, 03 Aug 2017 15:29:38 +0000 Meowkers 2764998@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would leave the child at home in the care of the grandparents. Cheaper and more practical it seems. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-would-you-offer#post-2764963 Thu, 03 Aug 2017 14:19:16 +0000 Mamaof2 2764963@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: I would pay for it all</p> <p>ETA: I would invite ONE inlaw and have them stay with us in the same hotel room to save money </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-would-you-offer#post-2764953 Thu, 03 Aug 2017 13:52:54 +0000 2littlepumpkins 2764953@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't think my parents would ever take me up on everything but I would offer to pay everything if the sole reason they are coming is to watch your LO. </p> <p>@Anagram: we did similar with Disney but we didn't ask for real babysitting, they just helped and spent the day with us. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-would-you-offer#post-2764930 Thu, 03 Aug 2017 13:07:35 +0000 looch 2764930@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: Senior discount for the win!!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-would-you-offer#post-2764929 Thu, 03 Aug 2017 13:07:18 +0000 Anagram 2764929@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If we were asking for them to do specific hours of babysitting, then we would pay flights and hotel. But we are taking our inlaws to Disney and only paying hotel, because they are basically just coming along with us and they might babysit some, but we haven't asked and don't have set requirements or needs for that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-would-you-offer#post-2764927 Thu, 03 Aug 2017 13:04:38 +0000 dolphin 2764927@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would offer to cover everything (flight, hotel, transfers, food). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-would-you-offer#post-2764912 Thu, 03 Aug 2017 12:35:05 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2764912@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MaryM: yes, DH thinks SMIL will do most of the babysitting. The destination was actually where FIL and his sons were supposed to go on a boys trip. @snowjewelz: sole reason. We don't want to leave LO with my dad for 5 days given how old my dad is and how far away we are traveling. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-would-you-offer#post-2764911 Thu, 03 Aug 2017 12:35:01 +0000 Freckles 2764911@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It wouldn't feel right to not pay for flights + accommodations + food when you eat together. It doesn't matter if they are only watching your LO for part of the trip. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-would-you-offer#post-2764908 Thu, 03 Aug 2017 12:32:03 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2764908@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have some specific ideas on how they can occupy LO, so it would be the admission costs to those activities (his unless free b/c of his age and theirs). </p>