Well like others, I rather stay at a hotel then at somebody elses house. Of course, if it is a short stay a hotel is great. BUT...when we go visit family it usually it is a week or more, and well that could just add up. We stay with my parents in Florida, they have a 2 bedroom condo. It is fine for the most part, but the kids get bored there LOL..
I hate imposing on people(really dont feel that way with my parents

), but other people. We are a family of 5, and we are the loud family LOL
So I would hope most people close to us know that and there for wont invite us to stay with them, so it we wont have to make a decision.
I actually dont mind people staying with us. It doesnt happen very often, maybe thats why.
Its hard staying with people when you are on different schedules. We have a hard time with my parents at times.. For example we all get up early. Me and my husband are up early, shower and dressed for the day. The kids get up, do their bathroom thing and dressed. We all then eat breakfast. My parents dont eat right away, my mom takes a medicine, that she has to take on an empty stomach and then wait an hour. They dont eat their breakfast until close to 10am, but then we are almost ready for lunch
We like to eat dinner early 5ish or close to 6 the latest. I suppose when we had the kids we pushed up dinner time. I prefer early dinner, hate going to bed on a full stomach. My parents arent ready to eat until 7pm most nights, but make consessions for us

I know they are probably glad when we leave.
We may go visit my husbands family this summer, and have to stay with his sister and brother in law..They have no kids. They are on completely opposite schedules from us. They have no problem staying up until midnight, 1 or 2am, and sleeping until noon. Where we are in bed no later then 10, and up between 7am-8am. They like to lounge around until noon time(well if they arent working, he works, she doesnt). We like to get up and go do things, expecially if we are on vacation. They like to sit around , watch tv,nap etc...
So these are some differences why it is hard to stay with people