Planning our HM has been just as stressful as planning our wedding. Fiance and I decided on Secrets St James for 7 nights in a preferred club suite, and since we planned to stay 7 nights, we got the HM package complimentary. I believe it was around $3800 which was good for out $4k budget. We sat down with his parents to book (We don't have a credit card that a high enough limit but they do, so we gave them the money) but decided not to because we wanted to make sure that we could get the complimentary HM package even if booking through a travel web site. (If this is a no brainer, forgive us. We have never done this.) So the next day, I stumbled onto trip advisor. My heart sank as I saw the bad pictures and read the bad reviews. The resort was rated 76. I understand completely that different people have different standards, but even the reviews written by people who rated the resort pretty high said the food wasn't that special.
Then we somewhat decided on Sandals Montego Bay. It isn't that much more expensive dollar wise, but we don't get nearly the amount of stuff we get at Secrets. The room is $3900 without a HM package. Plus, the excursions/tours are a lot more expensive.
I don't really know what to do. It's a rough subject between fiance and I because he says that I have taken everything over and he would never attempt to plan any of it because he sees how picky I am about everything. He wants me to just make a decision and stick to it but the problem is, I can't find a place that I really really like that has good reviews.
Fiance is dead set against Mexico, so that's out. Hawaii is nice, but everything I've looked at it too expensive to not be AI. My absolute favorite place to go would be Costa Rica, but I want to stay on the beach, and I haven't found anything there either.
I feel like I'm being too picky, but at the same time, we have a nice enough budget that I should be able to find something. I just don't really know where.