December 2010 Weddings
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Help needed for a December 2011 bride!
I ladies I hope you are all enjoying being married!!!! I posted over on the knot and was told to come over here and ask my question! I am getting married this December and need honeymoon ideas! I want you to tell me all about your honeymoon, where was it, what did you do on your honeymoon, where did you stay and most of all how was it, would you recommend it! Also what about the weather! There are so many places I want to go Im having trouble narrowing it down! Thank you for all your help!
Re: Help needed for a December 2011 bride!
Hello and congratulations for being a December bride! Best of luck with the wedding planning!
As for honeymoon, H and I decided to postpone ours because I am a teacher and with the wedding and holidays, I wasn't going to have enough vacation days to cover it without going on a "break" time. Thus, we will be going in April to Maui. We are staying at a resort and will be going for 9 days. The weather is supposed to be fabulous practically year-round (low 80s in April) and it's still whale watching season in early April. We plan on biking down a volcano, snorkeling, zip lining, and whale watching plus attending a luau! We're very excited.
I would recommend booking plane tickets wherever you go online at Orbitz because they will refund you the $$$ if someone else pays less than you do! I did our rental car through Priceline.
I was a destination bride and got married and honeymooned in St. Thomas USVI. It was such an amazing place and we had such a great time. The weather there is perfect in December, it is in the 80's and 90's everyday and it hardly ever rains, I think we only got rain one days out of our 12 day stay. St. Thomas has some of the most beautiful beaches in the world, so we did beach hopping and we went shopping. The best part is you can go over to St. John it's just a 15 minute ferry ride over and it's so great over there as well. Lots of hiking on the island if your into that. You can also take a ferry over to the British Virgin Islands if you want to do that. You don't need a passport to go to St. Thomas and St. John but you do need one if you want to go to the British Virgin Islands.
I think it just depends on what you want to do on your honeymoon. If you want to relax and just hang out on the beaches then St. Thomas would be a great honeymoon. But you can go to the other islands and do stuff as well. The Virgin Islands are very relaxing and easygoing.
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Congrats on getting married! This year is going to be full of planning and fun for you, enjoy it!
We went to Napa Valley for our honeymoon. December is like their off season and they can get a lot of rain during that time. The weather wasn't bad while we were there, chilly and a sprinkles on a couple of days but not bad. It was like we had the place to ourselves though, it was awesome! There was only two couples staying at our bed and breakfast and one night it was just us! There was never a line at any of the wineries, we got a lot of personal attention during our tastings and I'm pretty sure we got more than normal. Dinner reservations were a breeze, but mostly not needed. The vineyards were still beautiful even in the fog. We also spent some time in San Francisco, which is one of my favorite places. You'll have a wonderful time no matter where you go, because you'll be so excited to finally be married!
Hope this helps!!
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Congrats! December weddings are so gorgeous!
We went to Sandals Grande Antigua. It's actually the best time to travel there so it was our perfect Caribbean vacation in a nutshell. Weather was low 80s= tons of pool, beach time. The resort was magnificent...newly renovated (Mediterranean side). Let me know if this is the type of vacay you are looking at and I can give you more info. GOOD LUCK!
We went to Thailand. The weather was fantastic. It was a bit muggy but we're from the south and humidity is nothing new to us. We were there for a week and there was only a light sprinkling of rain one afternoon. It was an amazing trip and Jan is a great time to visit. We visited Bangkok and Chiang Mai but there are tons of great beaches to see too, we just didn't have time. We didn't have any problems getting around but I did do a ton of research and I've traveled internationally many times before. The food was delicious, the architecture is breathtaking and the people are very friendly and welcoming. And Thai massages are super cheap!
The flights there and back weren't fun. Do NOT fly Delta. I thought it was guaranted these days that when you fly internationally there are tvs in the backs of the chairs. Nope, Delta is still flying ancient planes on 13 hour trips that have 1 giant projector screen in the front...needless to say we couldn't see the tv at all and we were cramped in the middle two seats of the 4 across row. Not a fun ride. On the way there we flew Korean Air and it was amazing. Great service, great food. If we get around to that trip to Japan in the next few years we are definitely flying Korean Air.
They definitely do not water down your alcohol. The bartenders and alcohol are top shelf which is part of the initial price point. I'm also a hard person to pin down to sit by the beach day and night so my H and I planned very well to do two spa days and two tour days. The first tour was a full day Catarmaran tour that took you all around the island and through the Atlantic. We rec'd an authentic Antiguan meal for lunch, stopped at this quaint private island and snorkeled to see some of the most amazing colorful fish. The other tour we did was Shirley Heights which was a local place about 45 minutes from the hotel to view the "world's prettiest sunset". They had the largest steel drum band I have ever seen with 12 pieces! It was such a great time partying and hanging out with other tourists and the locals. They also had bbq available for purchase, but we were planning on eating at the resort.
We stayed for 9 days, and I believe the cheapest inclusive price point for two was around $3500. Be very careful though that you book in the Mediterreanean side of the hotel not the Caribean side. Of course with various categories, they go all the way up to 8 or 9K, We did the Butler service but ONLY because a sales rep called me a week before we left and offered me a tremendous deal. Originally we were just in a standard room which would have also been just fine.
I don't think you can be disappointed with this resort! Let me know if you need to know anything else. I have been to a ton of all-inclusives and the food at this one was hands down memorable and delish!
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I was a destination bride too - we had our wedding and honeymoon in Hawaii. It was stunning and it's a great place to honeymoon in December!!! The weather was generally wonderful except for three days (including our wedding day! oops!)
Good luck this year!
Where we met - Mount Isa
a small mining town in the Australian Outback. Neither of us are from there but we both moved there in the second last year of highschool. He was moved next to me in maths class to stop him talking. It didn't work.