Creative Ideas for a Honeymoon at Home?

shannonalise · May 2010

Good morning!

FI and I decided to use our honeymoon savings to purchase a home, instead of taking a honeymoon somewhere out of the country.

We're getting married in Napa, and we'll be there a week early, so we'll do wine tastings and such, which will feel like a honeymoon, except that it will be before the wedding and a ton of OOT guests will be there too.

So... not at all like a honeymoon actually.

We live in north Florida and have a week off together after the wedding. We are trying to think of some ideas for how to spend that week - either at home, somewhere close, or both. We are already planning to take a 4 hour trip southwest to an awesome place on the gulf where I practically grew up, and stay for a couple of days, but we're trying to think of some other romantic things to do.

Any thoughts besides the standard Orlando theme park things, and the beach (which we'll probably do a lot of)? If you had to have a honeymoon where you live, what would you spend a week doing? I will probably post this on my local board as well, but I don't necessarily want specific details pertaining to where we live - more just general thoughts or suggestions.

And now for a poll!

shannonalise · May 2010

Stupid cake avatar.

atayk21 · May 2010

What about Discovery Cove? My H and I did that while we were down there for our honyemoon. Or maybe just go to the keys and relax for a couple days whilst soaking up the sun on the beach?

atayk21 · May 2010

PS I voted take the doggies! I can't imagine leaving my pup that long, but thats just me!

BecW2be · May 2010

If I spent my honeymoon at home, I'd just schedule what restaurant was delivering on what day, and throw on a sweatshirt at those times to go to the door.

danieliza1127 · May 2010

Stay at a bed & breakfast or a fancy hotel, get dressed up and go to a fancy restaurant and swanky bar one night, go to the spa and get massages, go do touristy stuff in your town that you wouldn't normally do like art museums, galleries, tours,etc.

shannonalise · May 2010

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[QUOTE]If I spent my honeymoon at home, I'd just schedule what restaurant was delivering on what day, and throw on a sweatshirt at those times to go to the door. :)
Posted by BecW2be[/QUOTE]

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shannonalise · May 2010

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[QUOTE]Stay at a bed & breakfast or a fancy hotel, get dressed up and go to a fancy restaurant and swanky bar one night, go to the spa and get massages, go do touristy stuff in your town that you wouldn't normally do like art museums, galleries, tours,etc.
Posted by danieliza1127[/QUOTE]

I love those ideas! I didn't think about the massages, but that is a good idea for sure.

baystateapple · May 2010

I like all of Dani's suggestions. Unplug the phone and internet. If you can find someone to come stay at your house for a night or two with the dogs, get a really nice hotel room. Go out to dinner or order in every day. I like the massage idea, too.

shannonalise · May 2010

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[QUOTE]I like all of Dani's suggestions. <strong>Unplug the phone and internet.</strong> If you can find someone to come stay at your house for a night or two with the dogs, get a really nice hotel room. Go out to dinner or order in every day. I like the massage idea, too.
Posted by baystateapple[/QUOTE]

Good suggestion! Thanks!

bel138 · May 2010

Since you live in Florida, I'd vote for Wizarding World of Harry Potter. But I'm a tinsy bit obsessed and trying to figure out a way to get there this summer.

Anyway, if I were in your situation, I would try to stay at one of the nicer hotels in town and make reservations for nice dinners and spa trips. Maybe do some sightseeing that is considered "touristy" but you haven't done.

shannonalise · May 2010

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[QUOTE]What about Discovery Cove? My H and I did that while we were down there for our honyemoon. Or maybe just go to the keys and relax for a couple days whilst soaking up the sun on the beach?
Posted by atayk21[/QUOTE]

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strawberrycrz · May 2010

I would just stay at home, and do everything like Dani suggested. It would be nice to have time to do everything that the tourist come to do in your own town that you never seem to have the time to do.

sarah0725 · May 2010

Yeah, I like the no phone/internet thing, although it might kill FI.

We'd probably take the opportunity to go local places where we hadn't been before. Maybe camping... historic sites or museums? A few days at the beach in a nice B&B? I'd want to go somewhere like a battlefield or something, and FI would probably grumble. Or we could go on a road trip and look for crazy roadside attractions. A week is long enough to get pretty far in the United States - maybe you could think of some category of things in the southern states that you'd like to tour, and do that?

shannonalise · May 2010

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[QUOTE]Since you live in Florida, I'd vote for Wizarding World of Harry Potter. But I'm a tinsy bit obsessed and trying to figure out a way to get there this summer. Anyway, if I were in your situation, I would try to stay at one of the nicer hotels in town and make reservations for nice dinners and spa trips. Maybe do some sightseeing that is considered "touristy" but you haven't done.
Posted by bel138[/QUOTE]

I'm so excited about Harry Potter! I might need to consider this... <img src="http://cdn.cl9.vanillaforums.com/downloaded/ver1.0/content/scripts/tinymce/plugins/emotions/images/smiley-tongue-out.gif" border="0" alt="Tongue out" title="Tongue out" />

shannonalise · May 2010

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[QUOTE]Yeah, I like the no phone/internet thing, although it might kill FI. We'd probably take the opportunity to go local places where we hadn't been before. Maybe camping... historic sites or museums? A few days at the beach in a nice B&B? I'd want to go somewhere like a battlefield or something, and FI would probably grumble. Or we could go on a road trip and look for crazy roadside attractions. A week is long enough to get pretty far in the United States - maybe you could think of some category of things in the southern states that you'd like to tour, and do that?
Posted by sarah0725[/QUOTE]

Good idea! We hadn't actually considered going outside of Florida, but that sounds like fun! Thanks!

shannonalise · May 2010

I see that nobody likes puppy breath as much as I do. Hrm...

strawberrycrz · May 2010

My parents took a road trip for their honeymoon. They just went whichever way they felt like it. By the sounds of it, they had a really great time just driving around together and seeing different parts of the country.

shannonalise · May 2010

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[QUOTE]My parents took a road trip for their honeymoon. They just went whichever way they felt like it. By the sounds of it, they had a really great time just driving around together and seeing different parts of the country.
Posted by strawberrycrz[/QUOTE]

That sounds awesome.

sarah0725 · May 2010

Ooh, or you could do some of my fieldwork for me, and then send me the pictures. I have a lot of Confederate monuments that need photographing....

atayk21 · May 2010

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[QUOTE]I see that nobody likes puppy breath as much as I do. Hrm...
Posted by shannonalise[/QUOTE]

fwiw I love puppy breath, thats why I chose #1 because I need Molly and her breath with me all the time!

shannonalise · May 2010

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[QUOTE]Ooh, or you could do some of my fieldwork for me, and then send me the pictures. I have a lot of Confederate monuments that need photographing.... ;)
Posted by sarah0725[/QUOTE]

Done and done. <img src="http://cdn.cl9.vanillaforums.com/downloaded/ver1.0/content/scripts/tinymce/plugins/emotions/images/smiley-wink.gif" border="0" alt="Wink" title="Wink" /> But you wouldn't want to miss out on all that fun, would you?

shannonalise · May 2010

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Creative Ideas for a Honeymoon at Home? : fwiw I love puppy breath, thats why I chose #1 because I need Molly and her breath with me all the time!
Posted by atayk21[/QUOTE]

Haha! Yes!

sarah0725 · May 2010

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Creative Ideas for a Honeymoon at Home? : Done and done. But you wouldn't want to miss out on all that fun, would you?
Posted by shannonalise[/QUOTE]

True. I am rather looking forward to it.

TurtlesAllTheWayDown · May 2010

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[QUOTE]Since you live in Florida, I'd vote for Wizarding World of Harry Potter. But I'm a tinsy bit obsessed and trying to figure out a way to get there this summer. .
Posted by bel138[/QUOTE]

Love it. That's pretty much the only reason I would go to Florida.

Shannon, what kind of pklans do you have in Napa, if you don't mind sharing? (Or you can PM me.) We're going there for our honeymoon for 4 nights. We booked a B&B last week, and we're thinking about doing a hot air balloon ride, a tasting tour, of course, and visiting the tasting rooms downtown. The two wineries I want to go to are Mondavi and V. Sattui. Any suggestions?

khornack · May 2010

Check out www.tripadvisor.com It's really for tourists,but I never go anywhere without checking out 'things to do section.' I've found some amazing things to do. Also, google atlas obscura, it's an online 'library' of esoteria and has some very interesting things such as a rock palace in the Keys.

SonaliPop · May 2010

Google private chefs in your area. A lot of them will come to your home complete with a china set and cook you an amazing meal based on a menu you choose together. It is beautiful. And you can even arrange for someone to come from a spa to give you guys amazing massages at home.

Future.Mrs.Carter · May 2010

FI and I are homebodies so we like to stay home, it's our comfort zone. As far as honeymooning at home what could be more true to a honey moon that spending the week in the bedroom with the door barred or just christening every room in the house with your love? I think I'd also like to go out an eat at all those restaurants that we normally pass by because it's not in our budget to eat out, plus it means no dishes and more time for lovins. I'd also like to go on a picnic because they seem so romantic.

polichik · May 2010

I'm not sure if I have any other suggestions, but I want to save this thread

FI and I are moving to San Francisco right after the wedding, and if we can't save enough to go to Monterey and stay in a hotel, we might just stay in our new place and go around the city!

You guys are going to have a lovely honeymoon

MrsWhitneyAmanda · May 2010

If you live in North Florida have you considered Saint Augustine? DH and I originally planned a honeymoon there before his parents gifted us our honeymoon to Costa Rica. We spent a week in Saint Augustine a few months later and loved it so much we're going back for our first anniversary. The little B&Bs are so romantic and there are a lot of neat things to see and do in the country's oldest city

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