Desperate need help
 

Over the last few months I have been trying to get my Honeymoon planned. I have sought your advice on where to go and I have also tried making plans of my own. None of these seem to work for my Fiancé. So I am at my wits end. She is normally not hard to get along with but I think this wedding stuff is making her nutty.

So here is where I am living at. I would like to get the most bang for my buck, not trying to be cheap here but the wedding is taking its toll every where. I would like to stay under 3000.00 if that is possible. I have thought about the all inclusive resorts but we don’t drink and I can’t see paying an inflated cost based upon liquor consumption.

I would like to go for a week or so, I want to be able to relax, to enjoy the location to sleep in a hammock or couch or beach to sleep anywhere without being disturbed.
A tropical climate would be nice; I don’t want to deal with a bunch of drunks and don’t care much for places that have wonderful night lives. I

What I really want and what I think she would like is a nice warm kind of quite place where we can shop, enjoy nature and relax.

If any of you have any Ideas or suggestions please let me know.

What time of year are you looking for?

Sorry I always seem to forget something any more we will be getting married September 13th and would like to leave on the 14th or 15th

What about looking into a cruise? Looking at travelocity, there are cruises that per person are around $900-1200 so once you add in airfare you are around your $$$. Be aware it is hurricane season so there is risk involved. These prices do not include alcohol, but do include your meals on the ship.

Where are you departing from?

Why not Acapulco? Or Playa Conchal in Costa Rica? Costa Rica you can do as much or as little as you like, and the dollar goes really, really far.

Vieques or Cuelebra in Puerto Rico.
Or fly to Panama, rent a car and drive up to Santa Clara. Rent a cottage on the beach and live like kings for very reasonable $$$$. The Georgia Isles (stay in St. Mary's and take the ferry over to Cumberland Island).

Best wishes on your wedding.

Out islands of Bahamas.

Can't help with specific question - but normally nice, sane people have been known to become temporarily otherwise when planning wedding.

I am not usually a travel agent user, but it might be good to have someone in the middle here - take your requirements to a travel agent and see what they say. Then fiance can get mad at travel agent andnot you.

And anytime you think it can't get any worse, see if you can find an episode or 2 of Bridezillas on TV - it will make anything she does seem tame.

maybe tell us what sorts of ideas haven't gone over well w/ your fiance . . . . . .

Ok folks here are the ideas that flopped.

Thailand-to expensive wants to save toward a house did not know if she could be gone that long from work. (I had this one completely planned)

Pa - (Amish country, Hershey) thinks that it would get dull, not really a honeymoon.

Cruise- is ok with the idea but does not like the idea of being on a set schedule

Hot Springs Ar- Laughed and said it was not what she was expecting

We also talked about staying at an island in the Bahamas but she wants to see more then one so that went by the wayside.

It was at this point that I have asked for guidance. To be fair she is a really wonderful woman and she is not as bad as what I have seen from some in regards to the wedding. I just feel like that with all the work she is putting into the wedding she expects the honeymoon to be as good if not better.

We live in Kansas so we will have to travel to just about any place that we want to go. It’s a great place to live but not for honeymoons.

She has said something about the Gulf coast like in Alabama? Any thoughts on that?

What about Siesta Key in FL? Definitely one of the best beaches I have been to.

How about Nova Scotia. Definately in that price range. It's an absolutely beautiful place. My sister went there on her honeymoon and loved it. We've been twice and love it. It has everything you need for a honeymoon- solitude, very nice people, beautiful scenery, good food (lobster), plain places to stay or fancier B&Bs. We've been all over Nova Scotia. Stayed in one place that I can tell you about, it would make an amazing honeymoon.

Cruise to Bermuda. You can go from Boston, NYC or possibly other ports. It is a good mix of cruise versus land vacation since ship parks in Bermuda for 3 days or so and you use it as a floating hotel for the time you are there. You are free to tour Bermuda on your own - and it is very easy to do so since everyone speaks English, British influence is still there and so everything is very organized and orderly, public transportation system is excellent, it is very safe.

You also get about 3 1/2 days at sea to/from port - so you are also on your own schedule. Bermuda cruises tend to attract fewer nutty drunks than some other destinations, and in September it should not be over-run with kids.

Only downside of Bermuda cruise or anything Carribean is that September is hurricane season, so ship plans could be changed. But it is early enough in season that chances are you will be OK.

She will refuse anything you say! Just tell her it's a surprise, and take her where you want to go!

I personally would pick a cruise. 24 hrs room service if you wish, get offshore whenever you wish, and do what you want all day and all night!

I'd give Costa Rica a serious look.

Alabama's coast in the middle of September? September 10 is, on average, the height of hurricane season, and even at that, I'd rather be on a Florida Gulf coast beach. The great thing about cruising is that they can avoid hurricanes - have you looked at any that go to several Caribbean islands?

You might give this site a look. I've linked to the Florida page, but you can navigate from there.

allaboutthehoneymoon.com/florida.html

Also the Sanibel Inn has an interesting site to check out.
sanibelcollection.com/sanibel%5Finn/

Sounds like Costa Rica might be the place. Bugswife1 is correct, dollar goes far in CR. I have wonderful memories of sitting on the balcony in a leather chair with a view of the rainforest and the Pacific Ocean.

Congratulations on your upcoming wedding.

Hey Sunflowerguy03-

What happened to the great ideas mentioned in your previous thread, "need help with my Honeymoon"?

Are you no longer interested in small towns and antique stores?

Have you asked her for her suggestions?

Not many of these suggestions are going to come in at under $3000 I'm afraid (except the cruises perhaps).

Maybe the Sanderling Inn in the Outer Banks of North Carolina? Nice beach, lots of nature.
http://www.thesanderling.com/

Other than that I agree with the suggestion that this might be the rare time to hit a travel agent.