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@redheadem: It really depends on the length and luxury of each option.
I.e. How much time are you trading for how much luxury?
Longer and cheaper. UNLESS it would have to be a 1 star type of thing which I wouldn't do. if I could do 1 week in a luxury place vs 2 weeks in a place I like, but not as fancy I'd always go with 2 weeks.
Longer and cheaper. I'm all about going somewhere to see the sites and experience the food and culture. I couldnt care less about how fancy my hotel room is, I just use it to sleep. (Assuming you mean luxurious as in the resort.... and not every day fine dining) I'd definitely include a nice meal or two, but not every night.
I put shorter and more luxurious BUT it's kind of hard to say when you don't know the details. Like is one WAY nicer or just a little bit? How MANY more days are we saying? You know what I mean?
We did shorter and more luxurious. I was happy. I'm the kind of person that wants to be home after 8 days no matter what.
Ok... Say 9 nights at a nice resort versus 6 days at a SUPER nice resort.
6 days is a nice amount of days so I would actually prefer that. At 9 I would be itching to get home!
@redheadem: I was picturing HoJo's vs Four Seasons. Definitely longer and cheaper then!
It's a difference of 3 days, so I say that if you will recieve better service, with better food & better environment - go with shorter and nicer.
Uhh DEF length
We went to New Zealand for a month (granted flights were a little salty) and stayed on Sheep Farms and home-stays, etc. It was sooo much fun, way better then hotels.
I don't necessarily think that the things which are more luxurious cost more. Not mutually exclusive concepts! But if those are the choices then I always choose to pay more. You get what you pay for and the honeymoon is not the time I would choose to scrimp and save.
Anyway, when you make movies you hear about "adding production value". It's sort of when you have something that looks expensive in your shot, especially when it got there without you paying extra for it. Same sort of thinking applies to the honeymoon, IMO.
I'd find a happy medium. We stayed in Ireland for three weeks for our honeymoon, and we certainly didn't pull that off by staying in 5 star resort castles the entire time! But I would say the overall experience was a luxury.
As far as cruisey/beachy types of vacations go, I don't think it will make much of a difference if you go for, say, 4 stars versus 5. The general experience will probably be the same. I'd rather save a bit of money for things like fine dining, spa trips, buying high end souvenirs, etc.
I'm no longer a broke student, so I refuse to travel as one. A vacation to me is luxury.
I think I would prefer shorter and more luxurious, but it would have to be at least 5 days long, or it isn't worth all the travel time imo.
We picked the cheapest of the luxury hotels =) So that way we get a 10 day stay in a nice place but not like Grand Wailea nice.
@GreenDream: You get what you pay for and the honeymoon is not the time I would choose to scrimp and save.
Not to pick on you, but only cause you said it... I totally this disagree with this. The "honeymoon" is just another fancy name for a vacation. Unless you dont go on trips much and this is really going to be a once in a lifetime trip, its as much a time to save as you would any other trip. If you normally travel more budget, and want an excuse to spluge, then just go for it! If you're torn and dont normally care about the luxury, why bother this time. My honeymoon was special, cause it was "the honeymoon", but it's not even close to being one the best trip we've been on and no 5 star resort was going to make it any better.
@redheadem: 6 days vs 9, definitely 9. 6 days is over in a blink by the time you get there, relax and settle in.
@pinkshoes: Ahh I meant to write nights for both but now it won't let me edit that! Not sure it makes a difference anyway.
I am so lost with this whole honeymoon thing. First world problems!
I think it would definitely depend on where you're going and what you're looking to do. For examply, if you're going somewhere where in Europe, then you'd probably want to stay longer because there is lots of sight seeing and touristy things to do. But if you're going to a resort in the Bahamas where all you intend to do is sit on a beach, then you might consider doing a shorter and more luxurious trip.
I acutally met with a travel agent last night and he said he doesn't recommend going from a 4 star to a 5 star place because it's usually not worth it. The difference is usually in the minor details and all the activities and extras are also going to cost more at the 5 star place even though there isn't much of a difference. He did however, recommend upgrading from a 3 star hotel to a 4 star hotel since a 4 star is going to go the extra mile and have all the nice details.
For me at least I wanted our honeymoon to be over the top something we never would have ordinarily been willing to splurge on so we went with shorter and more luxurious. Our trip was 8 days which was plenty long for us and we stayed at 5 star hotels all the way. It was worth every penny and we wouldn't have done anything differently.
@Ms. Meowerson: I measure by the AAA traveling rating. Another good indicator is TripAdvisor travel rating.
Keep in mind that for a resort to be a five-diamond from AAA, it must have a full-sized golf course. So, if golf is not your thing you will be perfectly happy at a four-diamond.
We're kind of doing both on our honeymoon. We are staying at Sandals Grande in St. Lucia for 5 nights, and at a smaller boutique hotel in Barbados for 4. At Sandals, we totally splurged. We have a butler level rondoval, which I am so excited about. The place in Barbados is nice - we'll have our own hot tub, a shared (nice looking) pool, but it's across the street from the beach. But all 4 nights in Barbados cost about the same as one at Sandals.
I'm really happy with our plan. We get to extend our vacation, see two different countries (maybe 3 if we hop over to Martinique), and get some time at a really luxurious place.
6 days at a super nice resort!!! frommy personal experience it just feels more worth it in my opinion, sometimes the effect of a less amazing place can make your overall experiance not as great...good luck! :)
for honeymoon, i'd rather it be more luxurious and shorter. I don't want a super long vacation/honeymoon if it means staying at a motel in a super crowded/non-private area. i'd like my honeymoon to be memorable in a good way!:P
We're more of the adventurous types... We don't need somewhere super nice to stay (just somewhere clean) because we won't be there much.
@MrsPom: <---THIS! :D 9 days is way too long to be away from home for me!
I did short and somewhat luxurious. We were going to do Punta Cana for 9 nights at a very nice resort but we ditched the Caribbean honeymoon for Paris! We stayed at a 4 star hotel though. We stayed 6 nights instead but we had an amazing time and I wouldn't trade it for any beach resort!
We prefer length, however, we still go for luxury; we've found that in places like Mexico and the DR we can afford 2 weeks at resorts that are luxurious, although not 'top end' ie they're not the best of the best, but still have gorgeous rooms, good service, 24 hour room service, top-shelf alcohol, etc. We have looked at the super-luxurious resorts, but could only afford 1 week; so length of stay always wins out for us.
BUT, if we were talking 2 weeks at a 3* with far fewer amenities, we would sooner have fewer nights at a 5*, as amenities etc are important to us. So it depends on how big a gap you're talking.
It also depends on the type of holiday IMPO eg I did a tour of Cuba with my parents, and, because it was tailor-made and for 18 nights, it set us back $3k pp without spending money, staying in very basic 2-4* accommodation. But because we were going mainly to sight-see, and just needed hotels as a base for the night, we didn;t mind not having 5* amenities as we were barely there.
For our honeymoon we did longer but cheaper without giving up much luxury. We did 10 nights at Sandals but did not do a butler room. We still got to enjoy all of the facilities and had a nice room and were more than happy to forego the butler in exchange for the extra days. We would have happily stayed 2 full weeks if we could have had the additional time off from work. In life, we typically choose 3 star hotels and on alonger trip will try to work some nights at a 4 star hotel into the mix, usually toward the end of the trip so we can enjoy them and relax.
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