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Ask yourself WHAT you want to do on your HM.
Sit by the pool or beach and relax?
Do crazy adventrous fun stuff?
Take a criuse?
Before you can make any real decisions you need to figure your HM "style" first.
Oh, that much we did. We definately want a beach with good/adv. excursions; could we be more bi-polar? HA HA. This is kind of the compromise we came to. I am definately thinking the Caribbean as the wedding is in South Florida.
I looked at Sandals and have talked to many people who have gone and for the price have been unhappy. We are looking alot into Secrets resorts in Mexico. I have done ALOT of research on these three resorts and it seems like Maroma gets the best reviews but it also the most expensive one. Check out there website and if you on facebook you can become a fan and they will offer alot of information. I hope to get my fiance to go along with this plan and enjoy a week long of relaxation, eating, and having fun:)
Good luck
Ok. So both huh? How about Costa Rica or Panama? Both offer those types of settings.
If your thinking Caribbean, maybe get with a travel agent and ask for recs. They usually have a TON of catalogs in their offices. Maybe that'd be a good jumping off point.
I've been through your pain! I say to narrow down the closest options first, then look for the prettiest places within your first options. If I had done that beforehand, I would have saved hours and hours and nights of obsessive sleeplessness!
The pros of finding something close: flight time is reduced and it'll be cheaper! You're lucky you're in Florida and paradise is just a short planeticket away!
What I did was checked Trip Advisor and it numbers all the resorts according to ranking in each city. Then you can go crazy deal-hunting. Good luck!
Dominican Republic--specifically Punta Cana has great & inexpensive all-inclusive packages. I went to Puerta Plata a few years back and spent a week at the Hilton Resort for about $1200 including everything a few years back.
We're staying at a Secrets resort, they seem to get consistantly good reviews!
I've also heard really good things about Dreams resorts too.
Hey, doll... what about Cancun? That's right by the Caribbean Sea. They have all inclusive resorts there for good prices!! Try Crown Paradise Resort. Or you can also try vacmart.com or apple vacations.
I hope this helps! Let us know how it goes!
Have you considered going to a travel agent? They do charge a commission, but they also have access to great deals that are not available to the general public and they are experts in the field of travel. If my FI & I were flying somewhere I would definitely at least take a meeting with a travel agent to see what they have to offer and they may be able to suggest something to you that you may not have thought of.
I use the tripadvisor site because it has consumer reviews of everything. That and Frommers. Helped me hugely!
Our travel agent swears by Iberostar Grand in Mexico, and my bro and his wife went for their honeymoon, they LOVED IT! Our agent goes everywhere and I've tried to bring up other places and she still goes back to Iberostar! There's not a lot of reviews on the BEE about it, but it get's awesome reviews on other websites.
We also don't know what to do, but it's looking like that may be it!
http://www.iberostar.com/EN/Riviera-Maya-hotels/Iberostar-Grand-Hotel-Paraiso_3_117.html
How much are you looking to spend? We went to the Excellence Riviera Maya in Mexico and it was amazing! All inclusive and fabulous food!!! We did something about every other day and had loads of fun relaxing and adventuring!
We're doing Adventura Spa Palace in Riveria Maya Mexico. Lots of lounging to be done (our room is ocean front w/ a hammock on the balcony!), plus excursions are included in the package price. There's trips to the Mayan Ruins, a zip line something or other. Lots of restaurants and fun stuff to do on the resort. It's gotten great reviews.
We choose Costa Rica b/c we also wanted relaxation AND excursions/adventure.
We REALLY wanted to go here: http://www.recreocostarica.com/
We had friends that went here and you get yoru own villa, own chef, own pool, own golf cart...you are a 5-min golf cart ride away from more than 1 beach, there are in-villa massages available, fitness facilities on the resort AND you get to pick what booze you want and it's there when you arrive! PLUS the resort offers excursions in which they drive you to (and if other couples go, you can split costs!!). The excursions are a day trip Nicaragua, volcanoes, ziplining, etc!! CHECK IT OUT! Our friends RAVED about it!
We ended up going with an all-inclusive Marriott though, to save on costs and use FI's points.
My "budget" is about $3000. . . I'm trying to keep the air/hotel around $2k so that we can do excursions . . . I really appreciate all the help here you lovely ladies!!! FI and I have started thinking Jamacia would be a good place to go; rain forest, beaches, and Appleton's rum!! :) But of course, this is the third time we've "decided" on the location. . . I see alot more searching in the future.
@mizrunzou- I am so impressed with that site... It's AMAZING and offers so much!!
Thanks for sharing ;]
@mizrunzou- the costa rica site is well WOW. I think I'm in love!
@starbride- I know, right?! I'm SO impressed... I just contacted a lady from there and she was SUPER awesome... I'm definitely suggesting this place to my FH!!!
I went to a Sandals resort a few years ago just because they offer free scuba diving to those who stay there. I totally understand that you dont want your HM there, I wouldn't want mine there either. I was shocked by all the honeymooners that seemed very angry to be there.
***not to mention that they offer you a free photo shoot and then charge you an arm and a leg to actually purchase the pictures***
I love Mexico and would totally recommend Cozumel or anywhere along the Myan Rivera.
My best friend also just came home from a trip to Costa Rica and has not stopped raved about it.
Good Luck!
We are getting married at the end of May and like you have yet to book our honeymoon! We keep checking cheapcarribean.com to see if any resorts we like come up. All we want is the beach and time to relax. I want somewhere to snorkel b/c I think that looks awesome! hehehe
Hey Ladies! I just want to say, thank you all for the wonderful ideas! We finally bit the bullet and booked a trip. . . JAMACIA BABY!!
@starbride - what resort, may I ask? I was going to send you a link to a website listing all of the all inclusives on various islands, but since you've already booked I will not tempt you ;)
@maryjane - we ended up with Couples Tower Isle. . . the basically gutted it and reopened last year, the location is great for excursions, etc., and well the price was right! I know there are some AMAZING AIs out there, but this one fit our needs and (most important) budget! :) We are very excited for the Appleton's to start flowing!
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Ok, I know that not knowing what to do for your honeymoon is not like a major blow to world peace or anything, but I an tired tired tired of researching locations/hotels/things to do. FI and I are no closer to figuring out where to go than when we started :(
One thing we do know is that we want all inclusive and NO Sandals. PLEASE HELP A STRESSED OUT AND TIRED BRIDE-TO-BE.