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Honeymoon help PLEASE!

Hey everyone,

I need some honeymoon advice. I apologize in advance for the long back story. My fiance and I had originially planned on doing Hawaii for 2 weeks for our honeymoon. However, a few months after we set our date, my roommate/bridesmaid got engaged... and then immediately set her wedding date for 2 weeks after mine. In Washington State. (We are from DC).  In order to go to her wedding, we are going to have to cut back our honeymoon time AND our budget significantly. We are now looking to do an all-inclusive resort so that we don't have to worry about the money once we get there.  Also, my fiance can't afford to take off that much time from work to do our planned 2 week honeymoon and the other wedding, so he is going to have to work 2 days somewhere in the middle of this mess in order to make up the vacation time. So, very long story short (sort of), we are left with these options...

1. Get married (in Boston), go honeymoon somewhere in the Carribbean for 6 nights, come back and fiance works for 2 days, then fly out to Washington State for the wedding.

2. Get married (in Boston), come back to DC and fiance works 2 days, then go honeymoon somewhere on the West Coast for 7 nights and head to the wedding in Washington State from there.

Does anyone have advice on all-inclusives that are within the $5000 range (including flights, ideally) for that amount of time? We are looking ideally on the West Coast because it gives us 1 extra day of vacation, but are totally open to the Carribbean too. We ultimately want to choose based on the location we love, not the amount of time. We are content to hang by the beach with some cocktails and just hang out most days, but would also like to be able to go hiking/ziplining or something like that on like 2 other days!

Any help you can give would be amazing :) And bless your hearts for reading all the way to the end hahaha

Re: Honeymoon help PLEASE!

  • Hi there,

    I personally would choose option 1 but option 2 is not bad either :p

    It looks like from your description an all inclusive would probably be the best option for you.
    Which month are you going in?

    I just put some random dates in April and ticket + hotel for 2 at an all inclusive ranges from around $1100 to $1700 per person (depends on the hotel). So say total for 2 is around $3000, well under your $5000 budget! You can use the "extra" money for any outside activities such as hiking/ziplining.

    I would recommend the new Secrets the Vine, it looks amazing! It's on my list to try next :)
  • I think either option is fine; really just depends on your personal preference of where you want to HM. FWIW, we took an anniversary trip to California this year (so would go with option 2) and absolutely loved it. SF, Napa, Carmel, Big Sur. I definitely would've been happy doing that for a HM.

    Another option is to not give up on your Hawaii trip (we did that for our HM) and put it off for a little while. You could do a mini-vacation or staycation right after the wedding, and wait a few months or so until your H would have more vacation time to take the trip. Just a thought if your heart is set on Hawaii.


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  • I think option 2 sounds best. 
    What about Secrets or Zoetry in Cabo San Lucas?
  • We are going in August... we had to plan our wedding then because I am in graduate school part time year round and work full time and it's the only time when i had a full 4 weeks off from school and we could fit in the wedding and the honeymoon! So unfortunately, putting off the HM until later isn't really an option. I'll look into those places you all mentioned! thanks!
  • jennbick75, August is not the best time for Mexico's caribbean side - it's during the hurricane season - although you might get lucky?

    Maybe the pacific side is a bit better, or Aruba I think is one of the destination that is not in the hurricane route.
  • August is also hurricane season on the Pacific side. I don't let that stop me from traveling to islands or destinations that are within the hurricane belt, but I always purchase travel insurance. I really like the Zoetry in Cabo, though. We stayed there two years ago and are looking to head back there this winter.

     







  • There are no AI's in the US, so if you wanted to be on the west coast, like CA, you'd be paying for everything separately, flights, hotels, food, booze, etc.  Do you have to go to your friend's wedding?  It seems like a lot of hassel to me and extra expense.  
  • I just went on a vacation here and had an amazing time. So relaxig! If you check it out mention that Kathleen sent you. Good luck!

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  • edited October 2012
    Yeah I know they're aren't any AIs in the US, when I said West Coast I was thinking along the lines of Puerto Vallarta, Cabo, etc... and I've had a lot of people say the same thing about having to go to the wedding. She's a bridesmaid in my wedding and I am in hers as well (if we can swing going), and there was some drama when I mentioned we may not be back from our honeymoon in time or have the money/vacay time to go.... but no, I don't HAVE to go. I'm trying my best to be the bigger person and just make it work! Now it's just a matter of finding a honeymoon location that my fiance and I will love, and not feel like we are missing out on anything :) Thanks everyone for all of your help so far, I've been looking into all these places! Keep em' coming!
  • In Response to Re:Honeymoon help PLEASE!:[QUOTE]I just went on a vacation here and had an amazing time. So relaxig! If you check it out mention that Kathleen sent you. Good luck!<a href="http://www.lifestyleholidaysvacation.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.lifestyleholidaysvacation.com</a> Posted by KathleenMitroka[/QUOTE]

    GO AWAY. You aren't allowed here. OP, I'm in the group of do you really need to drop your dream HM plans because your BM HAS to get married 2 weeks after you? I'm sorry but I wouldn't be giving up my Hawaii HM plans to go be in Washington state... Yawn. I'm sure your BM would be understanding that you're on your HM and can't go to her wedding. You don't see her changing her plans around for you do you?? I'd be annoyed if anyone was causing me this much hassle over planning my HM.
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