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East Coast Honeymoon ideas? No flying please
My Fiance and I don't like to fly. We're from the Hudson Valley in NY, so we're looking for an East Coast Honeymoon in June (Wedding June 10, 2012). We originally considered a cruise, but I think we will be taking that idea for our First Anniversary so we can save up the money (and hopefully not get sea sick since I've never cruised before!) Any ideas/suggestions?
Thank you
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Re: East Coast Honeymoon ideas? No flying please
What about Quebec or Atlantic Canada (assuming you and your FH have the ability to obtain passports) or Maine is very lovely.
Do you guys prefer big cities with museums and clubs or smaller towns/camping?
If you haven't visited before, I would recommend the combination of Boston/Cape Cod/Nantucket/Martha's Vineyard.
[QUOTE]Florida?
Posted by beth34608[/QUOTE]
Florida is a bit of a drive from NY...
What type of trip do you want this to be, beach, city, or mountains and hiking?
How far are you willing to drive?
Do you want to stay in one place or take more of a mini-road trip?
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: East Coast Honeymoon ideas? No flying please : Florida is a bit of a drive from NY... What type of trip do you want this to be, beach, city, or mountains and hiking? How far are you willing to drive? Do you want to stay in one place or take more of a mini-road trip?
Posted by xctennis[/QUOTE]
<div><div style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10px;background-color:initial;background-image:none;background-attachment:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:#1f1f1f;font:normal normal normal 11px/14px Arial, sans-serif;text-align:left;line-height:normal;">Probably staying in one place. Can be anything from beach to mountains. Not too specific. I had thought I was going on a Caribbean Cruise, so that type of feel is still in my head at the moment. We have made the drive from NY to FL before. We've also done the trip by train. It is far though. We probably don't want to go too much further south than maybe North/South Carolina. I'd like a combination of being able to relax comfortably but also have something available to do so it doesn't get too boring.</div></div>
Cape Cod or Nantucket, Massachusetts - relaxed beaches, sleepy beach towns, maybe some wineries. You could stop in Boston for a night or two along the way
Maine and Rhode Island are lovely in the summer
If you want more of a Vegas feel, you could do Atlantic City and enjoy the beach at the same time.
You could see if there is a cruise to Bermuda leaving from NYC - you would arrive there faster by boat than you would the Caribbean
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While you want to stay in one place, since you are driving, what about more than one place? Say, pick a place on the way to the Carolinas, maybe DC (which is one of my favorite cities), then continue on to a relaxing beach vacation in North or South Carolina? If you haven't been to DC, it's an amazing city, almost everything you want to see is free (all the Smithsonians, Archives, the Mint).
The farther south you go, the warmer it will be in June.
I've been to Charleston SC and it is a beautiful, romantic place with cobblestone streets and lots of history. The French Quarter Inn is one of the best hotels in the country. Every restaurant is like a 4 star restaurant. There are also hotels with spas on the beaches.
Pick a few cities on a map on the coast and go to www.tripadvisor.com and search hotels with descriptions of "romantic" or for "couples".
Hilton Head, SC
Outers Banks, NC
Asheville, NC
Cape Cod
Block Island
Portsmouth, NH
White Mountains in NH
Maine Coast
You can save money by having all your meals on the ship while it's docked! And you can buy a multi-day bus pass to get around the island. The pass also works for the ferry!
Finger Lakes Wine Region
Lake George
Chautauqua Institution
And avoid the tailend of the ship as this seems to be the pat of the ship where you can feel the most movement at least on my three cruises htis was true.
Love to cruise look forward to yours
As prior post stated if you can cruise to Bermuda that is the way to do it. I learned that from a couple I met on a cruise that lived in Bermuda. That was heir recomendation to me when I said I wanted to go there, much cheaper to cruise there
Also Charleston is awesome as you have the beach near by also