Honeymoon trip suggestions

[Anonymous]

London. Stay at the Savoy.

Then head to the Cotswolds. Charming old villages. Stay in a thatched roof cottage, walk around, travel to the various villages.

Train to Scotland.

[Anonymous]

Welcome to Vietnam, Nha Trang - Vinpearl land or Phu Quoc Islands or DaLat is the best for Honeymoon trip. I swear.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm not getting much by way of suggestions from her.
I feel like it is approaching the last minute.
Because of our work we are having to be very flexible so we can split the wedding apart from the honeymoon trip.
She says London and go to the Harry Potter museum. I think that sounds horrible. I've explained that London/Paris in the fall doesn't sound great to me because it will be cold/rainy.
I've suggested Tahiti. I've traveled a lot for work but never for pleasure so I'm at a loss here.
She wants a month long trip (ha ha) I'm thinking 2 weeks (max) including travel and re-assimilation.
I figure we need some sort of activities (light adventure stuff) to do during the day. When I was younger (30s... now early 40's) I liked rock climbing, scuba, running but I messed up my back so it needs to be judicious about adventure activities. She is early 30's and is more into her phone than museums so I don't know what we would do in Europe.

We don't drink so sitting on the beach boozing it up or getting drunk at a club doesn't excite us.

I don't have high hopes for your marriage.

Seriously. You sound contemptuous of her. Why are you getting married?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm not getting much by way of suggestions from her.
I feel like it is approaching the last minute.
Because of our work we are having to be very flexible so we can split the wedding apart from the honeymoon trip.
She says London and go to the Harry Potter museum. I think that sounds horrible. I've explained that London/Paris in the fall doesn't sound great to me because it will be cold/rainy.
I've suggested Tahiti. I've traveled a lot for work but never for pleasure so I'm at a loss here.
She wants a month long trip (ha ha) I'm thinking 2 weeks (max) including travel and re-assimilation.
I figure we need some sort of activities (light adventure stuff) to do during the day. When I was younger (30s... now early 40's) I liked rock climbing, scuba, running but I messed up my back so it needs to be judicious about adventure activities. She is early 30's and is more into her phone than museums so I don't know what we would do in Europe.

We don't drink so sitting on the beach boozing it up or getting drunk at a club doesn't excite us.

I don't have high hopes for your marriage.

Seriously. You sound contemptuous of her. Why are you getting married?

$5 says Indian arranged marriage.

[Anonymous]

We went to Ireland on our honeymoon. Stayed in a romantic castle for 3 nights... then joined a bus tour of the country. Neither of us are lay on the beach people, but we did enjoy having a few days on the front end with nothing scheduled. Splurging on room service. Etc. By the time we joined the tour group we were ready to see all the sights. It was also nice to not have the stress of driving during the trip.

[Anonymous]

Being that your budget is limited, I'd suggest one week in Hawaii and call it a day. Neither of you really seem to be into the honeymoon, but you can't go wrong with Hawaii.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here....

Budget is somewhat flexible I really don't want to spend of 10K but I guess I'm willing to go that high.
I would feel "comfortable" spending 5 - 6 K.

I haven't traveled for pleasure so I'm not sure if this budget is reasonable or not.
Please let me know if my expectations are out of line.

As for Europe, I've done a lot of business travel in Europe (France, UK, and others).
My experience (in France at least) is always that restaurants are closed when I'm hungry and service is poor. The food has never been that great even at "fancy" dinners with clients. When I rent a car I find myself lost driving around a maze of one-way cobblestone streets. So... I'm a little nervous about trying to pull off a relaxing (happy and carefree) honeymoon trip.

Honestly, you sound really high strung, anal, and just...yikes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm not getting much by way of suggestions from her.
I feel like it is approaching the last minute.
Because of our work we are having to be very flexible so we can split the wedding apart from the honeymoon trip.
She says London and go to the Harry Potter museum. I think that sounds horrible. I've explained that London/Paris in the fall doesn't sound great to me because it will be cold/rainy.
I've suggested Tahiti. I've traveled a lot for work but never for pleasure so I'm at a loss here.
She wants a month long trip (ha ha) I'm thinking 2 weeks (max) including travel and re-assimilation.
I figure we need some sort of activities (light adventure stuff) to do during the day. When I was younger (30s... now early 40's) I liked rock climbing, scuba, running but I messed up my back so it needs to be judicious about adventure activities. She is early 30's and is more into her phone than museums so I don't know what we would do in Europe.

We don't drink so sitting on the beach boozing it up or getting drunk at a club doesn't excite us.

You're speaking of your fiancé in a negative way and you aren't even married. Are you sure you want to marry her?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm not getting much by way of suggestions from her.
I feel like it is approaching the last minute.
Because of our work we are having to be very flexible so we can split the wedding apart from the honeymoon trip.
She says London and go to the Harry Potter museum. I think that sounds horrible. I've explained that London/Paris in the fall doesn't sound great to me because it will be cold/rainy.
I've suggested Tahiti. I've traveled a lot for work but never for pleasure so I'm at a loss here.
She wants a month long trip (ha ha) I'm thinking 2 weeks (max) including travel and re-assimilation.
I figure we need some sort of activities (light adventure stuff) to do during the day. When I was younger (30s... now early 40's) I liked rock climbing, scuba, running but I messed up my back so it needs to be judicious about adventure activities. She is early 30's and is more into her phone than museums so I don't know what we would do in Europe.

We don't drink so sitting on the beach boozing it up or getting drunk at a club doesn't excite us.

I don't have high hopes for your marriage.

Seriously. You sound contemptuous of her. Why are you getting married?

No way. An Indian woman in her 30s would be all about an exotic beach destination that she can Instagram

$5 says Indian arranged marriage.

[Anonymous]

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[Anonymous]

If you have two weeks, then do a stopover in London to see the Harry Potter museum and then spent a few days in Santorini.

[Anonymous]

We did two weeks in Ireland for our honeymoon. Similar to PP above, several of those nights were in a castle. We rented a car and drove...Dublin, Northern Ireland, Dingle peninsula, the Aran Islands, Connemara...it was an amazing, beautiful trip, all in for around $5000 (fall of the year, just after their tourist season, so, even though we splurged, costs were lower).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What about a Mediterranean cruise coupled with a few days before/after in Europe? Most Med. cruises are port intensive, so you don't have days and days of hanging out on the ship, and then you can explore cities without having to pack/repack. I think most go out of Barcelona, Rome or Venice, all great cities to explore for a few days.

Along these lines....consider Greece!

I was going to say Greece. You could split your time between Athens and Santorini. Santorini is amazing. We did Bora Bora for our honeymoon and it was perfect for us, but not sure if it is right for you. And to do it right, even $10k is not enough for two weeks.

On another note, are you sure you and your fiancé are compatible??

[Anonymous]

I don't think any of those comments are negative, just true.

What about Peru? There is lots of easy hiking (b/c of your back) and beautiful places perfect for taking selfies (since she's in to her phone). My husband and I went for our 1st anniversary and had a great time. You could do the trip for $6k and even include some splurges.

We went to the Bahamas for our honeymoon. It wouldn't have been my choice b/c I don't really like the beach but DH planned it so I agreed. Marriage is about compromise, right? It was very relaxing. We went on our honeymoon 2 days after the wedding so I really wanted to just sit and relax after the stress of wedding planning. But since then, we go on a 2 week somewhay adventurous vacation for our anniversary each year. Peru was one of our favorite trips.

[Anonymous]

Thailand! My favorite place we've ever been (and we have been to a LOT of places). It's an amazing country with so much to do.