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Future Father-in-Law hates our honeymoon, I'm rotfling so bad I can't even respond!

Hi Ladies!  Happy end of the semester!

So, funny story:
I'm graduating in August but we're getting married in July, so I can't take more than 4 days for the honeymoon.  Thus, we decided to go to Chicago and eat at some of the amazing new resturants, get a couple days alone in a hotel, and at least get some honeymoon without having to miss class/ too much work for him.
FI's dad is a million-mile flier, he lives in Texas and works in England, and sometimes in Jacarta or Tokyo as well.  So, we decided it was at least worth asking if we could use his miles to get to Chicago.
He hated the idea of us going to Chicago in July on our honeymoon SO MUCH, he's offered to send us first-class anywhere else in the USA or Canada we want to go, and he WILL NOT give us miles to get to Chicago!
I'm cracking up, but also having a bit of a nervous break-down because we planned our whole trip and now we have to plan another one if we want to fly there for free!!!  ARGH!
We don't have enough money to do anything fancy, but we want to feel spoiled anyway.  If we didn't have to buy plane tickets, we could afford to eat a fancy dinner and maybe splurge on a room with a big tub for a night :-)
Where would you go for a nice get-away that was cheap, had good eats, and didn't take longer than 3 hours to get to via airplane from Denver (we don't want to spend our whole honeymoon flying!)?  Anyone else find his reaction as hilarious as I do???

Good luck on your finals!!!
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Re: Future Father-in-Law hates our honeymoon, I'm rotfling so bad I can't even respond!

  • haha why does he hate Chicago? his reaction is really funny!
    I personally can't wait to go back to Chicago for a grown up tour! it was a fun town, but going with the nephews meant I saw a lot of kids things.

    Jacksonhole is very popular, but is more small town naturesque than Chicago.

    Lots of people like Vegas and you dont have to gamble

    Austin could be fun, but July is hot in TX.



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  • if he has a beef with Chicago, I will gladly send him plenty of tourist brochures on how awesome the city is (and a personal testimonial, I lived there for 4 years) to the point where he will change his mind.  seriously, chicago is the best damn city in the country!

    if you're all about the food and glamming it up for the honeymoon, i'd also suggest vegas.  hotels there are on the cheap beacuse they expect you to gamble your life savings away, plus TONS of famous chefs have restaurants on the strip. 
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    Wow, your FILs reaction is pretty ridiculous. I'm glad your able to laugh about it, I'm not sure I'd be as easy going!
    For the sake of giving the Canadian response, Toronto and Montreal are both crazy awesome cities. (You don't have to know any french to stay in Montreal btw.. and it has a very old world European feel to it.) Tornto, on the other hand, has great shopping and wonderful restaurants. Worth checking out.
    Plus, the weather is hot in both cities in the summer, and lots of festivals take place between june and august.
  • I'd look somewhere in california.  The beach will give you something low-cost by relaxing to do while you're there if you want to get out.  L.A. is fun, and I adore San Diego.  Vegas is always fun too.
  • New Orleans is a super fun and romantic city, and can be very inexpensive in the summer
  • Why don't you go after you graduate? I get married May 22 and finals aren't until June 8th. We're going on our honeymoon on the 10th.
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  • Thanks guys!  Vegas is a great suggestion, I really need to look into more.  Mike isn't big on the idea, we have family in NV and we like to avoid casinos while we're there for a reason, but staying in Vegas we could do things really differently!  Montreal is another good idea I'll have to research! 

    The main reason we're not waiting for a honeymoon is... we're planning on taking a big trip in a couple of years and are considering that to be our "real" honeymoon.  Mike's sister lives in Tokyo and my sister lives in Hobart, so we're trying to save up and go around the world: Hawaii to Oz to Singapore to Japan to Europe (maybe Como, Italy?), and maybe Morocco/ Egypt/Jordan.  It will be a budget trip in terms of lodging, lots of staying with friends and eating on the cheap, so we'd like to do those two things right after the wedding and really relax!
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  • Portland, OR in July would be wonderful.  We have some great hotels downtown, you can take MAX (public transportation train) from the airport downtown to the hotel, and we have some fabulous eats as well as awesome microbrews and wineries, if you're into beer or wine.  There's lots of cool stuff to do, too.  So, I say come here!
  • DramaGeek- I LOVE Portland!  Sadly we know a ton of people there, and we're avoiding anywhere we'd feel obligated to visit family and friends!
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  • Sad!  Well, you could just not tell them :-P  Or go to Seattle instead.  Really you can't go wrong on the west coast.
  • MMM seattle sounds wonderful. And i second Loving portland. i would also just not tell them.  Also a trip along the east coast (NJ) would be nice with the boardwalk there. Or you could go to Mackinaw Island in MI.
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  • The problem with not telling them is then we have to pay for airfare ourselves, and it would be really lovely to fly first-class for free!
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  • ditto Seattle, and you could make a trip to Vancouver, maybe. a sight in Vancouver will be the 2010 Olympic Winter Games--that could be fun.

    do not recommend Austin in July. better in the spring. PP wasn't kidding earlier, it is HOT in the summer. it's a great city at other times of the year though. New Orleans is also a great city, also HOT in the summer, but very romantic.
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  • If you're into historical stuff, I suggest Charleston, SC.  There is so much you can do in just 4 days, but it's really nice to just relax on the beach too.  Everything is walking distance, so you can do a lot in a short period of time (I'm from upstate SC and go down there for day-trips and get plenty done).  They have super nice bed and breakfasts and they aren't too expensive. Plus, it's a nice beach that isn't too hot in July/August.

    It really is a "foodie" town, so that's a plus if you're looking for nice resturaunts.

    My sister went there for her honeymoon and she loved it. 
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  • Come to Montreal - it is totally awesome in summer, and you'll feel like you are in a faraway exotic place because of the European feeling (Old Port), and the French. The other Canadian on here had good advice about it. There also a ton of restaurants in Montreal, and you can get food from any culture you want, there are lots of festivals and plenty of places to party and relax !
    Best of luck
  • Austin is a great city, very very foodie and cheap, but yeah it is SUPER hot in the summer. My vote would be for Portland.
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