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Honeymoon Discussions
sparklerunner
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January Honeymoon Ideas
For some reason the January 2014 board isn't working so I thought I'd try my luck here.
My fiance and I are getting married in January 2014 and looking for a good honeymoon location. We'd prefer to go somewhere tropical and once-in-a-lifetime, but I'm having trouble finding infomration on good places to go in January. Hawaii is the only place I know with beautiful weather year-round, but we'd like to go somewhere that neither of us have been before. Has anyone gone on an amazing tropical vacation in January that you can suggest? Thanks!!
My fiance and I are getting married in January 2014 and looking for a good honeymoon location. We'd prefer to go somewhere tropical and once-in-a-lifetime, but I'm having trouble finding infomration on good places to go in January. Hawaii is the only place I know with beautiful weather year-round, but we'd like to go somewhere that neither of us have been before. Has anyone gone on an amazing tropical vacation in January that you can suggest? Thanks!!
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Re: January Honeymoon Ideas
French Polynesia would be a dream! And I know FI has been to the Carribbean but I haven't so I'll definitely be looking into that as well. Thanks for the suggestions!
I agree with pp about Australia (we just got married and HMed there) but January, the GBR areas will be quite warm and I think trying to do it on $6K may be tough. The airfare alone will probably be $1400/person. That being said, Sydney may be a good option for a mix of beach and city and it's more doable than some of the other areas.
BTW- there are a TON of islands in the Caribbean and they are all so vastly different. I would talk to your FI about trying out an island that he hasn't been to and I can guarantee it will be a completely different experience. Also, check out some of the all inclusives in the Riviera Maya area of Mexico. Beautiful resorts and great beaches with reasonable prices.
We seriously considered Fiji, Thailand, Antigua, Anguilla and New Zealand, and had a VERY hard time choosing. Ultimately we decided on a spendy resort in a cheaper location (Cabo) vs. spending the same amount of money but having to be more frugal w/ our lodging and dining (NZ, Fiji). It's our honeymoon, so I felt it was the only time we'd splurge on such a nice resort (Capella Pedregal). Antigua and Anguilla both looked great but we knew we wanted to either begin or end the trip in Vegas (we love it), so it just didn't make as much sense to go to the Caribbean. Plus we live in CT so it's relatively easy to hop a 3 hour flight to the Caribbean for a long weekned.
With your budget you have a ton of options. I was in Riviera Maya last January and it was nice during the day, but does get chilly at night, which I was a little surprised by. And if the sun went behind a cloud, it was a touch uncomfortable in a bathing suit...but still better than CT, so we didn't mind!
Aruba will have guaranteed warm weather, great food. As PP said, all the different islands have something to offer, so start researching and see what appeals to you.
We probably won't be booking for a few more months and I'm still going to do some research on the other places suggested but I just thought I'd update in case anyone else has the same questions
i've been to costa rica-I went at the end of july-during the rainy season and it was fine-it just rains in the afternoons every day. it's a country with a lot of different climate areas so you can't group the whole country into one. head to your library and take out a book about it and see when is ok weather wise and when isn't.
You really don't want to have to get on a plane for some 10 hour plane trip to a foreign location with different language and different money and so on.
Go to San Diego for four days, THEN go somewhere exotic. We did a local mini-moon for four days right after the wedding, THEN got on the plane. We thought it was just right.