Best Honeymoon Destinations in the US...suggestions please

smile24k · August 2012

Any suggestions on the best places to honeymoon in the US would be greatly appreciated. The only place that is absolutely out is NY. We are looking for a mix of fun and relaxation with the opportunity to do some water activities as well as tours.

thanks!

chrissyb1113 · August 2012

There's always Hawaii, which is obviouslly gorgeous, romantic and fun all at the same time. And there's Miami Beach where the sand is as white and water as clear as the caribbean without leaving the US. You can stay up higher on Miami Beach for quiet beaches and relaxing, or lower down in South Beach for nightlife. Great food, all the fun water activities available and you can take a trip to the Everglades for a different kind of adventure. Key West is also really awesome and laid back with all the fun water activities and fun mini historial tours.

Smooch711 · August 2012

When are you thinking about honeymooning? And how long do you have to enjoy the HM? Driving or flying?

I'd say San Diego, Key West, Charleston/Myrtle Beach area, or Maine. There's tons of stuff to do on land and you can enjoy the water at the same time.

alithebride · August 2012

what time of year? for how long? budget?

smile24k · August 2012

We are looking for 6 or 7 nights in early/mid Oct. We are looking to spend around $2,500 on activities/plane tickets (our hotel will be taken care of separately).

Summer2011Bride · August 2012

The San Francisco area will have beautiful weather in early Oct. Fall is actually their warmest season (temps in the 70s). There are also many other towns near SF that you could split up the trip--go north to Napa/Sonoma or south to Carmel/Monterey area. We just did SF and Carmel a couple weeks ago and it was amazing!

SuMmErKuTiE · August 2012

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[QUOTE]We are looking for 6 or 7 nights in early/mid Oct. We are looking to spend around $2,500 on activities/plane tickets (our hotel will be taken care of separately).
Posted by smile24k[/QUOTE]

Since your hotel will be taken care of, your budget should more than take care of plane tickets and activities in Hawaii.

If you weren't looking to travel that far, look into Marco Island, Florida or you can look into the US Virgin Islands which don't require a passport. St. Thomas, St. John, and St. Croix are accessible without a passport and so is Puerto Rico. Your budget should more than cover flights to any of those places and then you should have plenty of money leftover for activites.

Sue-n-Kevin · August 2012

I second the recommendation on San Francisco/Napa/Carmel/Monterey. It's lovely.

For beachy areas in October, there is Sanibel Island on the Gulf side of Florida, which is very tropical like Hawaii, but only a 2 hr flight for you.

Southern CA has LA (lots of cool touristy things around Hollywood), and San Diego where the weather should still be somewhat "beachy". Coronado Bay area is lovely.

Charleston SC is lovely, great food, beaches, history, but I can't address the activities as I was there in the winter (and it was still warm!).

Myrtle Beach is probably still great. Savannah has tons of history.

ei1234 · August 2012

Hawaii is such a phenomenal trip! I highly recommend it! Also, US Virgin Islands are gorgeous. I'm not sure if you like to cruise but there are beautiful cruises that can give you the oppertunity to relax and be able to do some excursions as well.

meganb1977 · August 2012

One thing to consider about Hawaii is that you'll be on a plane for a long time...it was ten hours from New Orleans and there was a brief layover in Dallas. We also had a red eye going back. It was worth it to go to Hawaii, but when we planned our honeymoon I decided I didn't want to deal with the long inconvenient flight and we went to the Florida Keys.

Although not quite as picturesque as Hawaii, we enjoyed the Keys a lot and there were plenty of water sports and other activities and fun places to go out to eat. If you look into it I would HIGHLY recommed that you don't limit yourself to Key West. We liked the middle part of the Keys around Marathon a lot better and stayed at Conch Key Cottages, highly recommended! It is more laid back and less of a tourist area. We spent three days on Key West and if we do a return trip to the Keys we plan to stay in Marathon the whole time and do just a day trip to Key West since the drive is under two hours.

Summer2011Bride · August 2012

While we absolutely LOVED Hawaii, I don't know that I would recommend it for only 6 nights and $2500. First, as someone mentioned, the plane flight will take up half a day and you will be extremely jet lagged most likely. That's a half day there and back (at least). I also think to really see Hawaii you need more than 6 days. Just my opinion--take that for what it's worth.

Although you said hotel is paid for otherwise, H and I flew to Hawaii from Chicago and each of our plane tickets was $1000. That would be most of your budget right there. Sure, you might score a good airfare deal, but I think you'd be hard-pressed to find tickets for less than $700-800, which would still be over half your budget.

Just things to think about. We truly loved Hawaii but it was definitely a splurge trip for us and we spent 9 nights there.

[Deleted User] · August 2012

Key West comes to mind. We've been there for the past three years in a row and love it!

I have three reviews and tons of pics in the link above my siggy pic if you want to check it out.

smile24k · August 2012

Thanks for the suggestions! I'm going to look into San Fran, Nappa, and the Virgin Islands.

I agree that you need more like 8-10 days for Hawaii. I'm taking 12 days off work, but I really want to spend some time after the honeymoon just relaxing at home with the new hubby :-)

balletdawn · August 2012

We went to St. John, USVI for our HM and had a really great time. There are plenty of affordable restaurants. There are lots of places to hike and I would recommend renting snorkel gear for the whole week if you don't already own some. We hiked and snorkeled almost every day, so most of our activities were inexpensive.

Our splurge was taking a day trip on a charter boat that took us snorkeling and to a few other islands, but that requires a passport. You can rent boats on your own for the day. We didn't rent a car and mostly took cabs, which are all reasonable and open-air. I would NOT recommend the bus-no a.c., crowded, smelly, and scary.

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