family visits
Kin coming over
Family visits are trips to see relatives, typically involving travel to parents, grandparents, or extended family members.
The phrase often carries undertones of obligation or mixed emotions—anticipation paired with stress: I'm dreading the family visits over the holidays.
Family visits can also refer to scheduled meetings in institutional settings like prisons or hospitals, where relatives are permitted to see someone: The facility allows family visits on weekends.
- reunionGathering after separation
- gatheringCollection of people meeting
- holidayDay of rest
- homecomingReturning to one's origin
- long weekendExtended time off
relatives · grandparents · cousins · Sunday · dinner · hugs · catching up · guest room · spare bedroom · cooking · laughter · nostalgia · childhood · photos · stories · old photos · group photo · awkward
- social obligationscourtesy, politeness, greeting, obligation, thank you
- family obligationschildcare, eldercare, caregiving, financial support, emotional support
- prison servicescommissary, medical care, reentry programs, education programs, work release
- penologypenology, prisons, incarceration, parole board, prison
- nursing homesresidents, nurses, CNAs, LPNs, nursing staff
- prisoner aidprisoner rights, prison reform, penal reform, care packages, reentry programs
family visitssolitude
State of being alone
alone time · being alone · family separation · isolation · seclusion
family visitspersonal freedom
Control over one's life
independence · me time · self-indulgence · escape · ducking out
family, visit, families, familial, familiar, familiarity, familiarize, familiarization, unfamiliar