I've posted here a few times about an anniversary trip we took early Oct to Ireland. There are so many great deals to travel there right now that I wanted toshare. Ireland far exceeded all of my expectations and I would highly recommend for a HM if you're looking for a non-beach trip.
We traveleled with another couple and booked our trip as a Sceptre Tour package via Travelzoo. We flew out of Chicago (direct flight), upgraded the manual economy car to a fullsize automatic, got 7 nights hotel and car insurance for ~$1100/person. In addition to that, while there, we spend roughly another $1200 total for food/drinks/sites/gifts/gas for the 2 of us (we drank moderately to heavy at night :O)
If you have any interest or questions, please let me know!
http://shineisntalwaysshimmer.blogspot.com/2012/10/ireland-day-1.html
here are a few fav pics:



