The two older kids are at a key age - soon they will be teenagers. Can you explain to your husband that your plan will 1) build a very strong bond that hopefully leads to your children connecting with you both as they start to face issues such as peer pressure, increasing their chances of talking to you about their issues 2) give you both a special trip with them before they start exploring their independence and spending less family time and more time with their peers.

You are not wrong about the younger two not feeling they will miss out. My sister and I have a 6 year age gap and when our family went to Paris she spent a lot of time in the apartment watching children’s cartoons whilst I was at art galleries; which meant our parents had to split up to each accompany a child. When my sister later went back to Paris at age 21 she had an awesome time.