this year we vacationed with friends instead of my family. most of the assembled were families with kids roughly the same age as ours. it can get a little loud and crazy with lots of kids in the house, but b/c their ages were so similar they mostly played together and kept each other entertained, which i think makes it TOTALLY worth it. there were 3 kids who were 7-8 years old, 2 five year olds, 1 four year old, and 2 three year olds. and though he was too little to play with the others, there was also a 7 month old. we found a decent 5 bedroom house, across the beach road, very close to the beach access, with a swimming pool. the house wasnt one of the nicer homes we had ever stayed in, but the location to the beach and shops was ideal, and, by the time we got to booking it, it was the best one offered that close to the beach that had a swimming pool, without paying beachfront prices (not that any beachfront homes were even left to rent by...
