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Hi ladies! Yep, I'm going there. We're all friends here so I want to know what the cost of your honeymoon was/will be? If you could answer a few specifics that would be even better:
1. How much?
2. Where did you go?
3. How long did you stay?
4. What did you get for it (all-inclusive. private pool, butler, etc.)
5. Would you recommend it to others?
FI and I are starting to look at honeymoon destinations and we definitely want beachy and all-inclusive. We want privacy when necessary, but a fun social scene so we don't get bored. I really don't want to spend more than 5k, airfare included. Thanks so much!
Oooo I'm curious about this too. We both go to school full time, and work full time, so a relaxing honeymoon is definitely something we want and are willing to pay for. It's more important to us than the wedding itself.
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It's hard for me to think of our honeymoon as a wedding expense. The main cost will be our flights to Africa, which will be more than $1,000 each... but usually when I travel, I do it on the cheap-- staying in local hotels/hostels or friends where I can (I used to live in Africa). We do hope to have a couple of beautiful days on the beach in Zanzibar, and I'm sure that will cost us a fair amount for hotel.
I guess what I'm saying is that it will be expensive, but it's the type of expense that I would have whether or not I was getting married. We are doing everything we can to minimize those expenses.
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I am going to Kauai, and I found a place I can go to for $700 for the whole week (Aston Islander on the Beach) We will also have to buy flights, about $700-$800 each. The hotel is not a luxury resort, but I think it'll be a great deal for the price. There is a pool, hot-tub, a free upgrade for honeymooners, and it is right on the beach. The only negative is that it doesn't have an on-site restaurant, but there's a huge marketplace literally next door with restaurants, shops, etc.
We just couldn't see spending $5000 for a honeymoon when there are SO many wedding expenses to pay!
1. How much? Approximately $12K total
2. Where did you go? We're going on an extra long holiday through Western Europe, beginning in Amsterdam, ending in Barcelona, with a 14 day cruise in the middle.
3. How long did you stay? 22 days baby!
4. What did you get for it (all-inclusive. private pool, butler, etc.) Cruises are somewhat all inclusive, which will greatly help us keep our spending money intact for our days in port. That total cost includes airfare, hotels, and all meals and all non-alcoholic drinks on the 14 day cruise.
5. Would you recommend it to others?
Everyone wants something different out of their honeymoon. A lot of people just want free time to be alone with the sunshine, surf and a cocktail. Some people want romance, others want a big adventure. I say do whatever you really want to do as a couple to make it a meaningful vacation for you both, but definately don't consider NOT doing a honeymoon in favour of a more expensive wedding. Your honeymoon is an important memory-making experience in your life as husband and wife, I think. To give ourselves enough time to save, and enjoy both our wedding and our honeymoon, we're getting married in May and honeymooning in September. We're also doing a honeymoon registry as we've been an "established" household for several years and have all the home stuff people usually want to buy you. If people dont' want to contribute to the registry fund, we're planning on saving enough to pay for it ourselves either way.
For us, we're doing one of the major "lifetime" trips we both want to do, and I'm so excited we're doing it together :-) We usually go on some kind of holiday, even if it's just a cheapie three or four days in Vegas, once a year. We haven't done ANYTHING but camping and the occaisional dinner out date night since our engagement over a year ago, and I know we're almost more excited about the trip than the wedding itself.
1. 8K
2.Royal Davui Island Resort, Fiji
3. 10 days
4. All-inclusive, deluxe villa, all food, all non-alcoholic drinks and non-motorized water sports
5. YES! We have traveled a lot together doing the tourist thing and just wanted to relax after the wedding. because the island is so small (you can walk all the way around in 20 mins), you have to be into having a lot of privacy and a low-key trip. You can do lots of side trips and learn to dive though, so plenty of chances to get off the island!
1. $4K
2. Playa del Carmen, Mexico
3. 7 days
4. all-inclusive... all drinks, food (great restaurants!!), activities (non-motorized water), beach front balcony
5. YES!! We stayed at the Secrets Capri in Playa del carmen and it was absolutly beautiful. I would have paid more to stay there - everything was top notch and we had a really great time. The pools were crystal clear, the beach was beautiful, the hotel suite was amazing... I could go on for days. We can't wait to go back.
We paid extra for: couples massage, mani & pedi, a snorkeling boat trip to Dunn's River Falls, a private dinner on the beach with a personal waiter, and some professinal photos of us on the beach.
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1. $5K
2. Swept Away (Negril, Jamaica)- haven't gone yet; will in June
3. 1 week
4. All inclusive- airfare, transportation, hotel accomodations including: unlimited dining; horseback riding, sunset cruise, glass bottom boat ride, snorkeling, local shopping tours, half-hour complimentary his/her massages, & some other
5. Our wedding/honeymoon is in June, so we haven't been yet. The travel agent highly recommended this location and claims she's never had anyone be unhappy with their stay at this location. I let my fiance choose and take care of accomodations. He upgraded to a more private room with an ocean view, claiming if we are going to be there, we might as well. He says he choose this location because they offered a lot more "activities" included in the price, because while I can stay on a beach doing nothing for hours, he prefers to be doing something.
$2,000
We are only going for 4 nights to Montego Bay Jamaica. We can't take many days off work, and are already taking a few days off for our hometown wedding, so we are making the best of our tight schedules and budget. Hopefully it is enough time to unwind a bit and enjoy our first few days as newlyweds! It is an all-inclusive resort, including airfare.
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We went to Cozumel, Mexico last september for our honeymoon. We had an amazing time and were lucky to get off the island due to hurricane coming into Texas.
1. A little over 1K for the hotel (which was mostly given to us by our guests through our honeymoon registry, $450 in spending money and tips, $0 for flight (my dad let us use his airmiles since he has a ton)
2. Stayed at the Aura Wyndham on Cozumel, which is the luxury section of the resort. I booked a swim up suite at the Sabor (the adults only section) and hoped to get upgraded when we checked in, which is exactly what happened and it was amazing. They took us by cart over to our lobby where they gave us champagne as they checked us in and gave us our bracelets that let us go anywhere on the resort.
3. 5 days
4. All-inclusive: Food was excellent, service was great, we used the 24 hour room service every night around 11pm for midnight snacks, premium drinks were abundant, we got free run of all three parts of the resort including restaurants
5. Definitely! I hope we get to go back someday because it was worth it. Hopefully, next time we'll get a chance to do some of the activities that we weren't able to do because of the incoming hurricane. All the water activities had been cancelled because of the dangerous rip currents from the hurricane.
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1. How much? $8,000
2. Where did you go? Venice, Santorini, and Paris
3. How long did you stay? 2 weeks
4. What did you get for it (all-inclusive. private pool, butler, etc.) Infinity pool at an amazing hotel in Santorini
5. Would you recommend it to others? Absolutely!
1. How much? Hoping to spend $4,000 or less.
2. Where did you go? We are doing a microbrewery and geology tour of Oregon: Portland, Hood River, Bend, and Newport.
3. How long did you stay? It will be 8 days total, late August-early September 2009.
4. What did you get for it (all-inclusive. private pool, butler, etc.) Complete control over our itinerary, lots of flexibility in what we do day-to-day, change of scenery/new activities frequently (I get bored easily!), and a totally unique trip highlighting our 2 favorite things (good beer and rocks!!)
5. Would you recommend it to others? I hope it is going to be awesome!! If you are a geologist and/or like awesome microbrews, yes. If you want to do something similar, let me know and I can share our tentative itinerary.
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Hi there-
We're doing something a bit different. We are renting a cabin in the Eastern Mountains of Tennessee. I live in SW Georgia and that is where we are getting married. I'm an encore bride-2nd for both of us. We decided early on that we didn't really want to fly anywhere and with having to work around school vacations, but avoid holidays, we decided that the mountains was a perfect choice for us. It's a luxury cabin, secluded location, fireplaces in the main room & bedroom & hot tub on the deck. We are going for a full week and the cabin rental is less than $1K for a full week. We are planning some nice dinners out, visiting the aquarium, which I hear is supposed to be amazing, taking some scenic drives, but mostly enjoying the cabin, a fire, & each other. We are getting married in October-so it will be prime leaf changing season up there. Moderate days and chilly nights will make for the perfect escape for us. We are renting an SUV for the week, and planning on hitting the grocery store on our way up to the cabin for basics, breakfast & cookout supplies, a couple of bottles of wine, & snacks.
We have spent roughly 2500 so far. We are going to Ocho Rios Jamaica. It is an all inclusive resort. This amount is for airfare and hotel. We are staying 7 days. One tip I have is fly on week days of you can. (We are leaving on a Tues and coming back on Mon) By doing this, we were able to stay 6 nights for the same price as 5 if we would have flown on a weekend.
We also plan on taking extra cash for excursions and if we want a meal or two away from the resort. I have heard many good things about Jamaica particularly Negril and Ocho Rios although all parts are nice.
1. How much? A little over $2000
2. Where did you go? We're going on a cruise to Jamaica, the Cayman Islands, and Cozumel, Mexico.
3. How long did you stay? We haven't went yet, but it's a 7 day trip.
4. What did you get for it? It includes ALL of our food, non-alcoholic drinks, our room of course, and just about anything else on the boat. The only thing we have to pay for is our off shore excursions, spa treatmets & alcoholic drinks.
5. Would you recommend it to others? I'll let you know in a couple weeks, but it seems WONDERFUL!
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1. How much? approximately $5000
2. Where did you go? We're going on a week long cruise in the Caribbean (turks & caicos, puerto rico, st. thomas, and the bahamas to be more specific.)
3. How long did you stay? 1 week
4. What did you get for it (all-inclusive. private pool, butler, etc.) all food is included and onboard entertainment.
5. Would you recommend it to others? I don't know about this particular cruise because we haven't gone yet, but i would recommend all the other cruises i have been on.
We will be going to Punta Cana in the DR.
1. How much - $5500
2. Punta Cana in the Domincan Republic at the Excellence Resort
3. We will be there 8 nights and 9 days
4. It was all inclusive with EVERYTHING included. Also FI's parents, cousins and other family had been there before and raved about it. Plus we are getting a junior suite with ocean view AND its a swim up!
5. Havent gone yet :)
1. $5k
2. We will be going to New York City- we're both total museum crazies, and there's such a diversity of stuff to do that we'll be entertained in pretty much every way imaginable.
3. We'll be staying for 5 days.
4.We're a part of the Priority Club Rewards program which lets you build up points at hotel chains like Holiday Inn, Staybridge Suites (our favorite- full kitchen, yes!), Candlewood Suites, etc. Since this is a long-distance relationship, we've built up quite a number of hotel points and airfare points so I think 2 or 3 of those nights will end up free and one of our flights will be free! Other than that, we're pretty simple people and just want good food, a soft bed, and intellectual stimulation, so we've got that in spades. :)
5. I will definitely let you know!
We are still trying to decide where to go/how much to spend etc so keep on posting!
1. How much? I think total the trip will cost about 6k for two people. This included R/T airfare for $800/person, 14 day JR Pass for $700/person, and lodging at hotels & ryokan ($1500 total).
2. Where did you go? We are going to Japan on a backpacking trip. Neither of us are the kind to sit on a beach and definitely love to immerse ourselves into some serious culture. The places of lodging inlude: Miyajima, Kurashiki, Takamatsu, Kyoto (2 nts), Koyasan, Takayama, Hakone, Tokyo (2 nts). There are other places we will be visiting including Hiroshima and Nara.
3. How long did you stay? 13 days.
4. What did you get for it (all-inclusive. private pool, butler, etc.) Um its a backpacking trip. We selected mostly Ryokans (Japanese B&B) so we get dinner and breakfast included in a lot of our meals. It is mostly eastern style lodging, futons, shoes off at the door, baths, etc. A couple of our locations inlude private hot springs to bath in.
5. Would you recommend it to others? We are definitely excited! I have heard only compliments on Japan, but will update you when we return! I will say it is not for the type who would just like to sit on a beach and relax, there is a lot of traveling via first class train, and some rather cultural experiences like sleeping in a Buddhist temple.
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How much: $5K ($2.5 for flight and hotel, $2.5K planned for spending money)
Where: Cabo San Lucas
How long: 7 nights @ Villa de Estancia
Not all inclusive. Haven't gone yet so I don't know if I would recommend it yet. It looks amazing though!
We are also doing the all inclusive Sandals Jamaican resort for 6 nights in May. My best friend told me it is a great idea to go someplace relaxing where the people wait on you hand and foot. She said right up until the wedding you're so stressed and busy that to take a few days after all the excitement to chill out with your new hubby is the best idea. The cost is about $2,500 including airfare. We're looking forward to it!
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We are doing a 9 day cruise. Princess Cruise Line, Balcony Suite.
Cost: $2800... we are leaving out of New York so there is no airfare needed which was great for us bc if we took a cruise out of the standard ports (FL) we would have had to do the round trip air and all... we are excited!!
1. How much? about $1000
2. Where did you go? We'll be heading to the Smokies in TN (outside Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge)
3. How long did you stay? 4 nights + 1 night in Nashville on our way home
4. What did you get for it (all-inclusive. private pool, butler, etc.) a great newish ( 2 years old) cabin, our own hot tub, and great views. Mostly, we want to spend a bunch of time together, cook breakfast, enjoy the "mountains" and check out the local towns
5. Would you recommend it to others? two of our friends did this for their honeymoons and really enjoyed it!
1. 5K (1K airfare, 3K hotel, 1K spending money for spa, shopping, day trips)
2. Excellence Riviera Cancun (in Riviera Maya, about 30 minutes south of Cancun)
3. 7 nights, 8 days
4. all-inclusive, plus the honeymoon package (bottle of champagne, one romantic dinner, rose petals in the room upon arrival, champagne breakfast in bed, 15% discount on all spa treatments)
5. not sure yet!
5K was our budget, too, which is hard anymore, especially if you like nice things :) After MUCH research, this seemed to us like the best value for your money. We had originally booked at Ceiba del Mar, another spa resort, but they recently opened the resort to families with small children, so that was a deal breaker for us. This won Trip Advisor's "Best for Romance" award last year, so we're hoping it lives up to expectations :)
1. How much?
$1885 for a ocean front beach house, $330 for 2 days at Hotel in Dewey Beach, + spending money
2. Where did you go?
emerald Island, NC for 1 week then drove up to Dewey Beach DE for a few days
3. How long did you stay?
1 week beach, 3 days Dewey beach
4. What did you get for it (all-inclusive. private pool, butler, etc.)
The beach house had 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, kitchen, porch, but we got it for the ocean front location. The water was about 50 yards from the front door and the master bedroom had ocean view too. Very quite, not at all crowed and this was in July.
5. Would you recommend it to others?
If you want a laid back, easy week then yes. It was perfect for us. We love the beach but don't usually splurge on ocean front. The wedding was in Northern VA so it was only about a 6 hour drive, which we did the day after. I loved the drive down, it gave us a chance to just talk about the day before and be together. It was a very quite beach and we felt secluded, but shopping and activities were only 20-30 minutes away. Having the kitchen was great for breakfast and lunch so that we could just come in from the beach and grab and easy meal. For dinner, some nights we picked up fresh seafood to cook at home and other we ate out.
This was a great honeymoon and I would go back in a heartbeat.
1. How much? 4K (gift from the parents, who aren't paying for the wedding)
2. Where did you go? Punta Cana
3. How long did you stay? 8 days, 7 nights
4. What did you get for it: all-inclusive, honeymoon package, horseback riding, non motorized water sports, and all that other good stuff
5. Would you recommend it to others? I'm sure I will! It's a really awesome 5 star hotel and we got a steal on it by using my company's travel agent. Check your own work place for corporate perks!
$4200 = hotel, airfare, food & drink
& thats before the $600 off we will be getting in rebates from the airlines and bahamas.
Nasseu, Bahamas; Sandals Resort
All inclusive; stayin Oct. 25th to Oct 31st
Own villa with butler service, 24 hour room service, rolls royce transfer to n from airport
I cant wait to go! if anyone needs help, my cousin is a travel agent! www.contrinotravel.com
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1. $2,000ish
2. Gatlinburg, TN
3. One week
4. We are going to be renting a cabin in the mountains for one week. We figured $2,000 will cover the cabin rental, getting there (we're driving from Charleston, SC), food, and anything we might do during the week.
5. Not sure...I'll let y'all know! (Wedding is 2/6/10)
1. $2,000ish
2. Gatlinburg, TN
3. One week
4. We are going to be renting a cabin in the mountains for one week. We figured $2,000 will cover the cabin rental, getting there (we're driving from Charleston, SC), food, and anything we might do during the week.
5. Not sure...I'll let y'all know! (Wedding is 2/6/10)
1. How much?: around $1600-2000 (CAD)
2. Where did you go? We will be going to Long Beach Lodge in Tofino, BC. Its usually a pricey place to go, but we're going during storm season so the prices have gone way down.***
3. How long did you stay? We will be staying 4 nights and 5 days
4. What did you get for it (all-inclusive. private pool, butler, etc.): A private cottage, which usually sleeps six (it includes a kitchen, two floors, to bathrooms, to bedrooms, a private hot tub), housekeeping and free breakfast at the great room in the main lodge (which has spectacular views of the Pacific Ocean).
5. Would you recommend it to others? Yes! This is the exact same place where we got engaged so its special to us. But we really enjoyed our last visit, thats why we're going back!
*** We don't mind going during the storm season. The great room is a perfect place to storm watch! Also, we wanted to relax during the honeymoon and save the travelling for next year, so this is perfect getaway for us.
We are still deciding on our honeymoon plans...this thread is SO encouraging though. We don't have thousands and thousands of dollars to spend and it sounds like some of you have had GREAT honeymoons for much less. Keep the ideas coming! :) (Were deciding as of now between something Caribbean, Maine, or the upper west coast...has anyone gone any great places in these areas?)
Love this thread. We're still looking for a destination too and have budgeted $3000 for 12-14 days. After reading your budgets, I feel like we may have been too idealistic.
1. How much? $607 for airfare from Chicago. 4BR ocean front condo *free* wedding gift from a close friend.
2. Where did you go? Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. November 2009.
3. How long did you stay? 7 days 6 nights
4. What did you get for it (all-inclusive. private pool, butler, etc.) Thus far the only cost has been airfare. The condo we will be staying at is a friends and he gave it to us for the week as a gift. We figure about $1000 for spending money. PV is gorgeous and we have already visited together. Lots of lovely restaurants, plus we can eat in at the condo.
5. Would you recommend it to others? YES! I love Puerto Vallarta. I have been to Cancun, Cabo San Lucas, Cozumel, Punta Cana, Grand Cayman, etc.......PV is by far my favorite. It is so romantic and has many award winning restaurants. The people are friendly and it is easy to use the bus to get around the city. The condo we are staying at is in the Marina Vallarta area and is so lovely to walk around. The nearby neighborhood is gorgeous, too.
1. How much? $2100 (all expenses included in this)
2. Where did you go? We went to Bermuda to a resort called 9 Beaches.
3. How long did you stay? 5 nights.
4. What did you get for it (all-inclusive. private pool, butler, etc.) We got a private cabana and full breakfast served every morning. Also included was trip/travel insurance and the transfers to and from the airport. We paid for lunches and dinners and all other incidentals on our credit card.
5. Would you recommend it to others?We would definitely recommend Bermuda as a destination. The people were super nice, the water and the beaches are gorgeous (my husband and I are both NOT beach people, but we had a lot of fun). We did snorkling out over the reefs and saw some beautiful fish. Ate some of the best sushi we'd ever had (and we lived in Japan for more than two years). It was basically a blast. The only downside is that the food is very expensive, so finding an all inclusive is probably worth it, though we managed to only spend $400 on top of what we booked as a package.
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Love this post, keep them coming! We can't honeymoon until after the new year, so we're still trying to come up with ideas.
It's a bit large, but we are planning on spending around $8000 for a 14 day vacation. We are flying from Canada to LA, spending a few days in LA, then flying to Tahiti for a 10 day cruise of French Polynesia. this cost includes cruise, hotel, airfare, food and non-slcohoolic drinks... plus some extra spending money. We are having a large wedding, and are using a honeymoon registry, hoping to re-cup some of the costs, but also prepared to spend that price on our own if we get nothing! It's our honeymoon, and we want to have the trip of our lifetime!!
Love this post!
1 & 4. So far $3200 - package deal that includes flights and hotels. We haven't gone yet, so I can't really say how much we'll spend on extras, but we love to eat, so I'm sure it will be mostly on food and drinks!
2. Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires.
3. 3 nights in Rio and 4 in Buenos Aires, so 7 nights total.
4. See #1
5. Don't know yet, but I can't imagine why not! I guess the only thing would be that we're going in December, which is summer in South America, so weather will be perfect. Not sure what it's like other times of the year.
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