Cant decide on where to go!

Teababe · April 2012

My FI and I are paying for part of our honeymoon. We live near dallas texas. For the first night we will be staying in Waco, but we arent sure where we will go after that. We were thinking SA or Corpus. SA is a lot closer but doesnt have beaches. Corpus means more gas money. And Corpus doesnt sound that interesting. Anyone have any ideas?

[Deleted User] · April 2012

What's your budget? Are you willing to travel outside Texas or internationally?

Teababe · April 2012

I think we would like to stay in texas.

fallbride1109 · April 2012

Galveston? South Padre? Point Aransas? Maybe a cruise from Galveston if you can find a good deal? I have no idea what your budget is, but Mexico is usually cheap.

A while ago, my DH and I were looking at doing a cheap weekend getaway and we considered Hot Springs. Not a beach, I know, but it looked really nice. Also Fredricksburg has nice B&Bs.

This is where we were going to stay in Hot Springs. We ended up going to Vegas but plan to stay here at some point.
http://www.lookoutpointinn.com

monkeysip · April 2012

There's a lot of great places to go. You're not too far away from New Orleans if you wanted to leave the state.

If it were me, however, I would plan a Hill Country honeymoon. FI and I love San Antonio and would spend a couple days downtown near the riverwalk in a nice hotel. Then I would spend a couple days in a nice bed and breakfast or resort near new braunfels or austin. Go to the river or the lake that's near austin. Could be very romantic. But I always like that nice mixture of city and nature.

Teababe · April 2012

That sounds like a nice idea. We do live near a lot of major cities here in texas. FI just told me we are aimming for a cheaper honeymoon and maybe have a nicer second honeymoon.

monkeysip · April 2012

Well, definitely drive to save some money.

Watch hotel rates over time. You can start to predict when they rise and fall, and check lots of websites. I've always had luck with travelocity over other websites, but I know other people on here have other places that are their favorite.

The best thing is, there is so much to do for free. When FI and I go to San antonio, we stay in a nice hotel, but we just walk around, see shops, go to museums when they're free, go see the missions, etc. I know new braunfels has fun shops, and of course, the river.

I think there's a lot of free stuff in austin, and the lake is nice to go to. I'm sure there's lots of other free or cheap attractions I'm not thinking of.

What's most important is that you and FI can relax and enjoy your time together.