Poll: Honeymoon/Travel

AliGirl11

Where did you go for your honeymoon?

What was your favorite part?

Favorite meal?

Where are you going for your next vacation?

What are you most looking forward to about it? 

(If you're not married yet, adapt these questions to things you're looking forward to.) 

salt78

Turks and Caicos.

All of it.

The lobster.

Sacramento.

Seeing my mom.

FutureMrsTR

Where did you go for your honeymoon?  Riviera Maya, Mexico

What was your favorite part?  Ziplining   And being able to just seriously relax for 7 days straight.  It was glorious.

Favorite meal?  Actually, the chicken fajitas they fed us after zip lining.
 
Where are you going for your next vacation?  Don't have one planned.  The ILs have a timeshare in the Keys over Christmas so we might go there, but only if they happen to offer to help with airfare as our Christmas gifts.

What are you most looking forward to about it?  If we go, getting away from the cold weather!

AliGirl11

Where did you go for your honeymoon?
Savannah, GA

What was your favorite part?
Ghost tour

Favorite meal?
It's a tie between the steamed platter at the Crab Shack (mussels, shrimp, sausage, potatoes, corn on the cob, etc...) and appetizers and drinks at Pirate House (cornmeal fried oysters, shrimp and grits, and mojitoes)

Where are you going for your next vacation?
I just started thinking about New Orleans.  We're going during H's spring break from law school...so I hope this works out. 

What are you most looking forward to about it? 
If we get to go, everything.  I've never been.  So the architecture and other sights, food, etc...

mandysmear

Where did you go for your honeymoon? We took a mini moon to banff and lake louise for 4 days as we only had a budget of $1000-$1500.  Then we had a big roadtrip honeymoon 6 months later.  We started in Calgary and did a big circle through the mountains. 

What was your favorite part? My sister and her boyfriend "crashed" our honeymoon and took us for a really nice expensive fondue dinner.  It was nice to get out of the hotel/castle. 

Roadtrip honeymoon - kelowna was awesome.  i love wine tours.

Favorite meal? The fondue!  Other than that we just ate at one of the restaurants, I think I had a pasta.  H had lamb or something. 

Hmm.  We went to a BBQ joint one night, that was fun.  We had an awesome steak dinner another night.  I can't pick.  We ate really well most of the days, except for when we were on the road.

Where are you going for your next vacation? Vegas in Feb and Italy in May.

What are you most looking forward to about it? I'm excited to show my husband vegas.  I've been 3 times, he's never been.  And I know he's going to love it.  He loves going anywhere.

Italy - OMG.  I am looking forward to cinque terre.

FutureMrsFezz

Where did you go for your honeymoon? Park City, Utah

What was your favorite part?  Everything.  Snow (we were there in November), mountains, nice people, snowboarding, our suite with a hot tub outside.

Favorite meal?  I can't even remember what we ate.  But we had some awesome local beer.

Where are you going for your next vacation?  I believe NYC in December.  Nothing big, just a weekend.

What are you most looking forward to about it?  My H's first time going, so I'm excited for him to see the things that he's never seen.

(If you're not married yet, adapt these questions to things you're looking forward to.) 

SarahPLiz

Not married yet.

We will be spending 10 days in Kauai.

I am looking forward to snorkeling, kayaking, zip-lining, hiking, and eating! I am also looking forward to having absolutely no way my workplace can contact me for 10 days. 

I am not looking forward to spending the 2nd to last night in the Walmart on the island picking up the new WoW expansion for FI. 

DodgersBride

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[QUOTE]. Where are you going for your next vacation? <strong>Vegas in Feb</strong> and Italy in May.
Posted by mandysmear[/QUOTE]

FI and I were just there two weeks ago. It was great. We are planning on going again in Feb

kikibaby

Where did you go for your honeymoon?  A beautiful resort in New Mexico

What was your favorite part?  Relaxing, spending time with H with no worries, laying by the pool

Favorite meal?  A prime rib buffet they had one night- the mac n' cheese was amazing!  Yummy.  We also had a great breakfast in this little town...

Where are you going for your next vacation?  Not sure- we just got back from a vacation about a month ago.  I'll probably go visit my sister in FL in either Jan or Feb.

What are you most looking forward to about it?  If I go to FL, I'm looking forward to Harry Potter land! 

squirrly

Where did you go for your honeymoon?  Paris & Normandy in France; Brugges, Belgium; Koln, Schweinfurt, and Munich, Germany with day trips to Heidelburg, Garmisch, Berkdesgarden, and just over the border into Austria.

What was your favorite part?  Brugges, Belgium.  We only spent one night there, and I wish we'd done 2 days less in Paris and put those days in Belgium.

Favorite meal?  Moules Frites in Brugges, Belgium, and all of the pastries.

Where are you going for your next vacation?  The beach, hopefully.  But we're also going to visit my family for Thanksgiving.

What are you most looking forward to about it?  Warm weather, and getting to relax.

mandapanda78

Where did you go for your honeymoon?
Costa Rica!

What was your favorite part?
Besides being able to say "husband"? Um... everything. The people were fabulous, the scenery was gorgeous, and there were monkeys and cuatis everywhere. 

Favorite meal?

Actually, the food wasn't that great. But I do think Costa Rica is where I fell in love with black beans & rice. I could eat that all the time now.

Where are you going for your next vacation?

Disney World!!

What are you most looking forward to about it?  

Rides! And riding Space Mountain drunk! And Disney Christmas stuff, which is the best! OH OH OH!! AND GOING TO THE HARRY POTTER PARK!!!

wadingmoose

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[QUOTE]Where did you go for your honeymoon? What was your favorite part? Favorite meal? Where are you going for your next vacation? What are you most looking forward to about it?  (If you're not married yet, adapt these questions to things you're looking forward to.)  
Posted by AliGirl11[/QUOTE]


Victoria/Vancouver Island

Our hotel and the fresh cookies and hot chocolate every night

There was a little bistro around the corner from our hotel.  I don't even remember what I ate, but it was seafood and fantastic.

Mini vacation - Banff.  Real vacation - Vegas

Banff:  I've always wanted to stay at the Banff Springs Hotel and that's what H booked.  I'm so excited I could squee.  But I won't.
Vegas: we're staying in the same hotel and going to the restaurant we got engaged at.  Totally looking forward to that sushi again.

kara811

Where did you go for your honeymoon?
-not married yet, but we'll spend 2 weeks in Europe(mainly Italy, and will try to swing by Paris and Amsterdam), then 1 week in Kyoto, Japan.

What was your favorite part?
-I'm sure I'll love everything. FI and I love to travel

Favorite meal?
-All that Italian food! And Japanase food is also amazing!!!!

Where are you going for your next vacation?
-After that, we're planning on going somewhere beachy, maybe the Carribbean. We also will be going to the Philippines, that way I can show FI where I was born!

What are you most looking forward to about it? 
-Everything. The scenery, the food. And  all the time we'll spend together!

crfische

Where did you go for your honeymoon? Secrets Capri, Riviera Maya in Mexico.

What was your favorite part? All of it. F'real. All of it.

Favorite meal? Ummm...the food was all really, really good. But Himitsu was my favorite, I think.

Where are you going for your next vacation? We got back there every year because we love it. With the exception of Jamaica one year due to the flu scare in MX in 2009, and I will never go back to Jamaica.

What are you most looking forward to about it?  RELAXING. Not working. Being pampered. Eating good food.

georgia_bride09

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[QUOTE]Georgia:  How did you like Sandals overall?  I was way too excited & booked there before reading reviews on Trip Advisor which have been mixed.  Even though you were in Jamaica & we'll be in Antigua, I'd be curious what you thought.  Sometimes TA is right on & others it sounds like people are bitchiing for really stupid reasons.
Posted by jcbsjr[/QUOTE]

The service at Sandals was great. We were in the original resort (first Sandals built), so the buidlings, etc. were a little older. But they made up for it, and there were a lot of group activities, and the evneing shows were okay (definitely more local and not cruise-ship production levels). And now that I think about it, we loved lunch everyday, it was just the "menu" food at dinner that we didn't care for. The buffets were fine, and the beach shack that served food all day was good.

I probably wouldn't go to Sandals Montego Bay again, but I'd definitely go to a newer Sandals in a heartbeat.

georgia_bride09

[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Poll: Honeymoon/Travel : GB if you go to Charleston in April make sure I give you the low down on everything before you go. I'll tell you where to eat, what to see, what there is to do. 
Posted by mandapanda78[/QUOTE]

Sweet!! I used to go to Charleston every May for the Southern Conference tourney (with the baseball team), but we always ate at crappy Forrest Gump's and Wild Wing.

I'd love to make our next trip more authentic. The more I think about it, the more I want this to happen. I might have to run it by B tonight.

[Deleted User]

Where did you go for your honeymoon?
Fl Keys. We stayed in Marathon.

What was your favorite part?
One, that H and I finally had time just the 2 of us, no work or anything else. Two, meeting the sea lion and getting to pet her.

Favorite meal?
A friend surprised us with a gift card to this awesome restaurant on the water. I had one of the best pasta dishes ever.

Where are you going for your next vacation?
Disney.

What are you most looking forward to about it? 
Getting a vacation with H, our first just the 2 of us aside from the HM (meaning, not going to see family or other stuff). Plus going to Hollywood Studios. I haven't been there in years.

bellebride116

Where did you go for your honeymoon?
We spent time in Disney after our destination wedding there and then took a Caribbean island hopping cruise. 

What was your favorite part?

Disney... Well everything about Disney is my favorite ... I loved eating in Cinderella's Castle during fireworks and having the amazing view... and then the perfect photo op of the castle H and I got after it was blocked off to the public. I didn't care for the meal at Victoria & Albert's, but it was definitely an experience we will never forget.

Cruise... I loved the adventurous part of it of seeing volcanoes, swimming in the emerald pool, waterfalls, etc, but I also LOVED the days where we sat on the beach all day and did NOTHING! 

Favorite meal?
Disney... I loved the personalized menu's at Narcoossee's... it's one of our fave restaurants. 

Cruise...Post cruise we spent two nights in Puerto Rico and ate at Morton's Steakhouse at the hotel the last night - it was to die for! 

Where are you going for your next vacation?

Well our next vacation after our honeymoon was a family vacation to Cancun that already happened. H and I are going back to Disney for our 1 year anniversary in Jan and then Europe in August! 

What are you most looking forward to about it?  

Disney... everything ... seeing the new harry potter world @ islands of adventure is going to be super exciting, and for the first time in YEARS splash mountain is not going to be closed for refurbishment while we are there!

Europe... every freakin thing! I'm excited to see the pyramids in Egypt, Greece, spend a few nights in Rome, and swim in the dead sea in Israel! 

georgia_bride09

[QUOTE]A few of my GF's did a cruise for our senior trip in h.s. and one of our stops was Jamaica.  We actually let our cab driver take us through some back areas and to his house b/c we wanted to see real pot growing. He took us to his house b/c he said we would get shot trying to look at one of the big fields.  WTF were we thinking?  Jamaica has lost its appeal. Georgia: Thx for the info.  I feel a little better now.
Posted by jcbsjr[/QUOTE]

I always take the online reviews with a grain of salt, because I know personally, I would probably only take the time to write one if I had a bad experience. People who had great times usually don't think to review accordingly.

fallbride1109

Where did you go for your honeymoon?
Maui

What was your favorite part?
Couples massage with my husband

Favorite meal?
Breakfast outside on the terrace the third day

Where are you going for your next vacation?
A trip to Sedona with my sister for her birthday

What are you most looking forward to about it? 
The spa

opalsky007

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[QUOTE]Where did you go for your honeymoon?
<strong>Vieques, PR</strong>
 What was your favorite part?
<strong>Beautiful deserted beaches</strong>
Favorite meal?
<strong>I had grouper in a tomato-pepper sauce, he had churrasco, and we shared like we usually do. I'm hungry just thinking about it</strong>
Where are you going for your next vacation?
<strong>Upstate NY. We're going to a wedding over our anniversary weekend, so we'll book a room at a B&B for it.</strong>
What are you most looking forward to about it?  (If you're not married yet, adapt these questions to things you're looking forward to.) 
<strong>Exploring someplace new.</strong>
Posted by AliGirl11[/QUOTE]

kd.joseph

Where did you go for your honeymoon? Isle of Palm, SC. We rented a beachouse.

What was your favorite part? The house was gorgeous. And right across the street from the beach. I just love being in SC.

Favorite meal? Blackened sea bass, with asparagus at Mitchell's Fish Market.

Where are you going for your next vacation? Next November, we are going back to Calistoga,CA. and San Francisco We are taking another couple who have never been.

What are you most looking forward to about it?  The wine tastings, and mud baths. And seeing San Fran again.

(If you're not married yet, adapt these questions to things you're looking forward to.)  I love being married.

KentuckyKate

Where did you go for your honeymoon?  Hawaii (Big Island)

What was your favorite part? Snorkeling with Manta Rays

Favorite meal? The giant luau at our resort

Where are you going for your next vacation?  I'm waiting for my brother to pick me up right now, and we are headed to New Orleans and Baton Rouge!

What are you most looking forward to about it? Seeing my best friend, and spending time with my brother and sister-in-law.

saschaduran

Spain:  Barcelona, San Sebastian, Bilbao, Sevilla, Cadiz and Tarifa

Besides the food and scenery and all the wine at sidewalk cafes, it made me fall in love even more with my husband to see how much he loved it and how similar our traveling styles were.  Travel is my passion and I was so happy to share his first trip to Europe with him.

The food in San Sebastian is to die for.  It is so close to the South of France and has the most Michelin starred restaurants per capita.  But we could not get enough of this tapas place in the corner of a plaza that used to be a bullfighting ring.  My favorite tapas were the foie gras ravioli in a creamy mushroom sauce and the baguette with a big slice of foie gras, iberico ham, and a balsamic drizzle.  And they were about $3 each.

We are going to San Diego this weekend for our anniversary.  I am looking forward to the ZOO and the pandas!

NuggetBrain

Where did you go for your honeymoon?  Costa Rica.

What was your favorite part?  Watching the volcano by our hotel erupt on our porch.

Favorite meal?  A tuna dinner at our last hotel.  The tuna was fantastic.

Where are you going for your next vacation?  Las Vegas with my mom, grandma and aunt.  Leaving this Saturday.  And then Cancun in May with another couple.

What are you most looking forward to about it?  Making sure my mom has the best time of her life. She only went one other time, in the 70's with her girlfriends. And when my asshole dad dropped her off at the airport he was all "By the way, I lost my job yesterday.  Have a good time." So needless to say, she had a really stressful, sh*tty time on that trip.  As far as Cancun, eating until my stomach bursts and relaxing out in the sun on the beach with some of my favorite people in the world.

kpwedkk

Where did you go for your honeymoon?
Caribbean cruise to Curacao, Aruba, St Thomas, St Maarten, Antigua, St Lucia

What was your favorite part?
Hiking to a waterfall, and jumping off into the water with DH

Favorite meal?
Dinner every night, with DH

Where are you going for your next vacation?
Caribbean, different islands, different land excursions

What are you most looking forward to about it? 
The spa, the food, the awayness from the workplace

phut_action

We're retracing our heritage, starting with a trip to the Vatican and meandering around Rome, then travelling around Slovenia and Germany. We're meeting some distant relatives in both Slovenia and Germany who will hopefully show us around. 

I'm really looking forward to some pizza and wine in Italy, and schnitzel in Germany. The only thing I know about Slovenian cuisine is sausage and potica, which I like but I don't know what else to expect

All in all I'm most excited about meeting these relatives, but also for going to the Vatican. We're going to receive the papal blessing for newlyweds and we might even get to meet the pope himself, which would just be amazing! 

We might be hitting up Niagara falls this winter, or Vegas next summer, who knows!?