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My FI and I decided to go to Munich and surrounding Bavaria for our honeymoon. Munich has always been a place I knew I wanted to go: the history, world class museums, Olympic grounds, old town, the Alps. My FI wanted to go as well because his ancestors were Bavarian (for those who don't know Bavaria is a state in Germany but was it's own country originally, and most residents consider to be Bavarian before German so lots of pride), he enjoys quality beer, he loves BMW engineering and can't wait to go to the Deutsches Museum (he's getting his MS in transportation/civil engineering so this is heaven for him!).
So when people find out we are going to Munich for our HM they look so confused as to why we would want to go there. I feel a little defensive because I'm sorry we are not like everyone else we know and are not going to a Sandals resort! We are movers and shakers and want to go someplace that actually means something! (I don't feel like you get to experience the country and do what the locals do at an all-inclusive resort)
I know Munich isn't the city of love like Paris but it has so many romantic things about it.
- biking through the English garden and there are swans in the English garden too ( I love swans!)
- exploring the outdoor Viktualienmarket and creating a picnic from our finds
- the Alps and the views from peaks like Zugspitze
- and a little castle called Neuschwanstein, ya know the one that Disney copied for their Magical Kingdom
Sorry just had to vent! Please share you "unusual" honeymoon destinations. I'd love to hear them because I'm in love with traveling.
I didn't think this was so unusual, but when we tell people, they are always like, hm, why?
We are going to Croatia - north to south
I hear it is one of the most beautiful places in the world and I couldn't be more excited!
Munich IS for lovers! It is a beautiful city with beautiful country surrounding the area. Dont be ashamed of your destination! I've been to Munich twice... It has so many amazing hidden secrets! I hope you have a lovely trip!
Heck, we aren't even leaving the state for our honeymoon!! We both love the outdoors...so we are going to Yosemite National Park for 10 days! No one seems to understand why we don't want to spend our honeymoon on a sandy beach, but we are going to Hawaii with the in-laws in November already, and why have a repeat trip 6 months later?
I completely understand where you are coming from. I usually just try to field the responses with something respectful, but in reality I just want to say "mind your own business and be happy for us! We aren't asking YOU to go!"
We're going to NYC! I think that's fairly non-typical as there will not be a beach involved :)
I think it's awesome you're going to Munich. It sounds like you're going to have an amazing time, and it will be really meaningful to you!
My parents went to Montreal for their honeymoon and loved it. I think people underestimate how nice an urban honeymoon can be, or if they think about it, they only think Rome and Paris, for example.
We are going to Las Vegas and when we say that people assume that we are getting married there. It is actually just where we wanted to go though!
We're doing the beach thing, but we're going to Anguilla. When we tell people, they're always like, "where? I've never heard of that."
We live in MA and are spending 4 days in Bar Harbor, ME, two nights in Boston, and two nights in a seaside town north of Boston. People make comments like it's sad we couldn't afford a real honeymoon but I have no desire to go to an all inclusive beach island and Europe is out because I have a 7yo and don't want to be that far from her. We made our decision based on having always wanting to go to all three of these locations and spending the money we'd use to fly somewhere and do things we've always wanted to! We'll be sea kayaking, hiking Acadia, having dinner on a schooner, have awesome seats to a Sox game, staying at five star hotels, taking a Segway tour of our favorite city, sunset cattaman cruise, deep sea fishing. We're obviously not 'sit on the beach' kind of people so this works for us.
Munich sounds amazing......enjoy!!!!
I would LOVE to go to Munich again! I went about ten years ago, but I would love to share my love for Germany with my FI. We can't afford Europe right now, but we are still going on a non-typical honeymoon. I know everyone expects us to cave and pick someplace like Cozumel or Jamaica - both of which I'd love, but my FI isn't really into beaches and Mai Tais. Right now, we're thinking something like Jackson Hole or Santa Fe. Not exactly a tropical paradise, but I'm pretty sure we'll have loads of fun wherever we go. :)
Monitajb: Montreal was in the running when we were narrowing down our choices...and going over our budget. I'd love to go there someday!
We're going to Australia which is fairly unique for our circle just because being based on the east coast makes it SOOOOOOOOOOO far to get to! Neither of us knows anyone who's ever been except my one co-worker who's hubby was born there.
We're going to Venezuela, which is pretty unusual (although it does involve the beach since Ven's northern coast is on the Carribbean) I think Munich sounds awesome, as do the rest of these places!
I love hearing about the other places! And it's not that I'm anti-beach, but more anti-all inclusive. But I do understand that the convenience of them are very appealing...just not for me. :)
Your honeymoons sound fantastic!! We don't know where ours will be yet, but probably somewhere standard and beachy bc we're semi-low budget (3k) and in February.
We have a crazy summer surrounding our wedding as we are moving back to Florida from Ohio so we are doing a delayed honeymoon next winter to either Sun Valley, ID or a small ski resort in Montana or Wyoming. We figure since we will be in Florida we will do something different and skip the beach and go enjoy some skiing and snow. If anyone has any suggestions for a great ski town out west I would love suggestions. We have been to ones in CO so we are looking for one in one of the other states. Love to hear all the different honeymoon ideas!
@ eriqua: Croatia is beautiful! I went there after I graduated from law school and it's amazing.
@hotchild: We're going to Anguilla too! And Virgin Gorda, which also gets a lot of blank looks.
We're staying in the continental 48 (not by choice, because of money!) and that seems to be the minority choice. We're thinking California, but not sure.
I'm kind of anti-all-inclusive as well. I'd rather be blending into the cities I'm visiting than holed up in a resort. I loved Munich! It is such a pretty city - and great beer gardens and bratwurst. My sister and I stopped there when we were backpacking a few years ago, and didn't stay long enough.
Right now our thought is to go to Buenos Aires (same as cbee!) and explore some other areas of Argentina as well. Wine tasting anyone??
@cbee
I've never been to Argentina, but I've been to Peru (does that count? haha) where my brother is in the Peace Corps. I mentioned to him that my FI and I were thinking about Buenos Aires for a honeymoon and he thinks we're just going to love it. He says it's a very European old-style city with lots of great different neighborhoods. He also recommended going into the country for a few days to do wine tasting. And Patagonia and Mendoza, haha, he was pretty excited about it!
We are going to Asia, & one of my friend actually asked me "why would we want to go there for honeymoon?" I said, "it will be more meaningful and exciting for us." I don't have anything against all-inclusive resorts like sandals, but for us, we can't be sitting around and relaxing at the beach for many days. Plus, we live right by the beach (15min).
We're going to New Orleans! That seems pretty unusual to me. We've both been there before and love the city. We're going to rent a little room in the french quarter and stay up all night trolling for weird bands in hole-in-the-wall bars. lol.
We did a round the world backpacking trip--definitely not the honeymoon suites and such, but the adventurous style fit us and was totally perfect.
we're going to Japan. now this may sound all exotic and all, but we're basically visiting family and doing our wedding paper work there. my mom bought us tickets with her airline mileages, and we will mainly be hopping from relative to relative, so it'll be on the cheap.
so. very. excited!
my honeymoon is 10 months:
buenos aires > mendoza, argentina > bariloche, argentina > greece > dubai > nepal > hong kong > chengdu > bali > australia > new zealand > oahu > maui > hawaii > home.
i little diff.
The first part of our honeymoon was typical (Mexico) but we mixed it up a bit and went skiing for the second part of our trip!
We're considering Greece, Croatia, Spain, Thailand, Japan, and Buenos Aires. I guess that's not too typical? We're not beachy resort people.
We're also going to Germany, but with my mom, dad, and best friend in tow. Basically we made the decision not to do a proper honeymoon right after the wedding because it would be really rude to only see my parents and best friend who are flying all this way for my wedding just for a week when they're all staying a month. So we booked a luxuary cottage in a vacation park near Hamburg.
Even if we didn't have my folks coming with us, we'd probably go camping in South France or in Northern Italy.
We're going to Thailand-it is a wedding-moon, we are getting married there too. I didn't think of it as unusual but I guess it isn't common.
@dana926- I've never skiied here but I've been to Jackson Hole in the summer and it's so beautiful, plus I have lots of friends who have skiied there an loved it...
We are going to Bangkok. Not A Thai island, not a resort paradise- the city. We are staying in a hostel (we booked a private room though!).
we're hoping to go to peru- my grandfather is peruvian so it'd be really really cool to visit. its also very different/unusual because we live in hong kong where so many gorgeous beachy places are nearby (we did consider the maldives at one point).
@pishgirl- i'm sooooo envious of your 10 month honeymoon! how'd you get all the time off??
@gcwest- any tips on peru?
We are also doing a non-traditional honeymoon. I didn't want to fly for our honeymoon and FI wanted to do something active. The solution? B&B bike tour in Vermont. We are both pretty excited about having some pampering but some activity.
We're going to a tiny island in Maine for a week after our wedding. When I tell people this I usually feel defensive and add on a "... but hopefully we'll have a 'real' honeymoon next year!" But really, I couldn't be happier about going somewhere we love and just relaxing together for a week. Planning an international trip on top of all these wedding details is not something I feel up for right now :)
@princess poolau - My family and I travelled to Peru over Christmas two years ago, so that's their summer down there, but the weather throughout the country is very different depending on where you're at, so make sure you look at typical weather before you go! We didn't do much big city touring (only one night in Lima - thank goodness, was not a fan), but we spent several days in and around Cuzco and one day hiking to Machu Picchu which was amaaazing and I totally recommend it. The high altitude is definitely drastic though, and if you're not looking for such an active trip, they definitely have trains to take you up there also. Well worth the trip. We also took some tours of smaller ancient ruins around Cuzco and those were interesting as well.
The second half of our trip we went up to Northern Peru near the coast (closer to where my brother works) and spent a few days in Chicalayo on the beaches and visiting some museums and sights around there. We also went to his work site in Chungoyape, and visited the Chappari nature reserve he works on there which was beautiful.
I have to say though, having my fluent in Spanish brother as a kind of guide was definitely necessary, so take that into consideration if planning on visiting less touristy areas. Private message me if you have any questions!
We're going to Atlantic city with a day or two in NYC. We wanted a little bit of beach and a little bit of city and to stay in the continental US so it seemed like a great choice for us. Plus FH is from NY and can't wait to go back for a day or two. We're getting a lot of raised eyebrows but the way I figure its my honeymoon and no one else has to understand it!
We're going somewhere typical, but in an atypical way. Instead of taking a 2 week honeymoon, we're moving to Puerto Rico about 6 months after the wedding. We'll take a month off when we get there to get acclimated and island hop in the Caribbean and then we'll live in paradise for a while, until we decide to go somewhere else.
I love reading all the great places people are going, this summer my FI and I are doing a tour of the British Isles so I am calling it our pre-moon!!
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