re: Honeymoon ideas

Bumping this thread because i would like some ideas as well. Honeymoon would take place first week of october. Id say my budget would be around 5-6k

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated

Ideally 7 days but i am flexible as far as number of days
Flying preferably, budget edcludes flight but preferably under $500 round trip per person

Yes we have passports

Personally I wouldn't do Europe for a week. You're pretty much limited to one or maybe two cities as there is so much to see and do. Also, I don't do jetlag well and with most flights to Europe being overnight the first day is mostly a waste.

For a week and for the airline ticket budget and for a honeymoon the Caribbean makes a lot of sense.

Yeah that’s what I meant when I said Europe. One place, not hopping all over.

I agree with you about beach destinations. Our honeymoon had a good mix. We were gone two weeks and had maybe 4 days total on a beach villa. The rest was exploring. I get bored at the beach.

Ya I was on a tiny island (Ko Yao Noi) for part of my honeymoon. I read there was a secret beach so I rented a scooter and set off to find it. Had to follow written directions and just look at my digital Google map to guess I was going the right way. Saw parts of the island most don't and it was a cool adventure.

My wife stayed at the beach/Villa

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I'm not sure why so many ppl are hung up on "tropical escape" as the ideal honeymoon. Island paradises can be boring as hell if you're not a diver, aren't into lying on the beach or pool, and are into food/drink. I'll take a city destination any day over middle-of-nowhere....but to each his own.

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I kind of agree, as for us we decided it would be a waste to spend 10 days laying on the beach and doing pretty canned activities. There is a lot to see out there, and we prioritize that first and foremost. When everyone was getting married at 24-25, I think the tropics for a week makes more sense. But if a little older, you probably find it easier to do that as a long weekend trip, and less easier to get 2 weeks to go explore new places.

I do disagree about the cities only thing, because some of my favorite European days have been spent in smaller areas.

I also disagree with most everyone about the idea that a week means you can only see one or two places max in Europe. Knocking out jetlag is pretty easy for me, so that helps. But I'd much rather spend 2-3 days and see more places now, when I'm able to do it, so that I have a better sense of where I might want to spend a week in the future. We won't be able to take multiple flights and train trips in a 2 week span as easily with kids or when we're older.

Plus, airports and train stations and taxis are part of "traveling" to me. While like most people I don't find them interesting domestically, I find them very interesting and a significant part of the journey when abroad.

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So by your math, if they have a week and spend 2-3 days in each place, that would be three places at the absolute max, but more likely two places. That's pretty much what we were saying.

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If you say so. Sometimes a single day will be plenty. It depends on the person, the location and their interests.

The point is that every time this comes up there is a Rick Steves-like tendency to lecture the new international traveler going abroad for the first time to only do a couple of cities (if that) over their 7 or 10 day trip. The reasons posters give for this are very valid considerations, but it's a one size fits all approach to travel from people who travel frequently to people who don't, and who may not in the future.

Just booked my honeymoon last week.

Getting married a month prior but:

Going to London for 3 days(shes a fashion major whos never been out of the country) than Prague, than Bratislava, and finishing off at Budapest. Since we're going in dec we'll be stopping at some Christmas markets and bs things like that. We got round trip and 11 nights hotel for under $1,800.

Miz, how long in Bratislava, just curious?

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3 days, about 3 days in each city.

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Cool

Hope you get good weather, particularly in Budapest as it's a very photogenic city