What made your honeymoon special?

aimindahouse

Would love to know what you did for your honeymoon! What made it special for you and your husband? Doesn't matter if you travelled, stayed at home, or did whatever, let's hear it!

 

Ida

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Kat174

Honestly, ours didn't feel very special.  After the wedding $$ we didn't have a lot left over.  So we spent a night at the Mandalay Bay in Vegas (local to me at the time - now I live elsewhere w/o him).  The room was alright.  But he was tired, I was tired.  We really didn't want to do anything..  Yes... anything, (cough).  LOL.  I Went down to check out "the beach"/poolside, but he wasn't even into that.  So probably the only memorable thing from the honeymoon was the jets in the tub that made the most outrageously loud noise when turned on, to the point that neither of could stand it. 

sillygoosegirl

Nothing about it would sound very special.  What made it special was being newlyweds.  We've been on many vacations since then that were better in all other ways.  

WendyGR

It was very relaxed. We spent our first night at home, then the next day had breakfast with friends. Then the next day drove to a B&B in wine country a few hours away. Spent a week wine tasting and exploring the area. It was awesome.

SmrBrd2012

H and I went on a 7 day cruise to Bermuda. It was our first time doing the cruise thing and we found out that we were not "cruise people". We didn't get sick or anything at least . Half the time was spent traveling and the other half (3 days) was supposed to be spent in Bermuda. However, we had to leave a day early because of an approaching storm. So we basically spent 5 days at sea. Eh. We've had better vacations. As a PP said, what made it special was that we were newlyweds.

emily1004

Our honeymoon was fun and relaxing after months of stress and planning a huge wedding. We went to Aruba for ten days, lied on beach, drank, ate a lot and... well you know, we "honeymooned". We like food. I guess the hipsters would call us "Foodies" but one particular night after we were coming back from one of the the hotel restaurants a stranger giggled at us and said, Honeymooners? We said, "yes, how can you tell?" She replied, "We saw you in the restaurant and no one ever looks that much in love." We had a laugh and told her good night as she got off the elevator. It's small and maybe meaningless to anyone else, but it's something I will never forget. That made it special. 

dancingthrulife

We spent a week in Bali. It's the farthest we'd ever traveled (short of going to space, I'm not sure we *could* travel any farther from home). We alternated days of sightseeing with rest days at the resort, so we got to have both adventure and relaxation time. What made it special, though, was mingling the sense of newness of place with the newness of marriage, and having so much time to discuss our dreams for our life together.

ashleybunny8

DH's boss let us stay in his summer beach home in South FL for a week. It was in a tiny little beach town, so we went to a bunch of hole-in-the-wall diners and restaurants (I am a foodie, so that was great!). We also got to spend tons of time at the beach, since it was in walking distance to where we were staying. And the movie theater was only $3 a ticket, so we went almost every day!!

Then on the drive home, DH surprised me with a 3-day stop at Disney World. His parent's bought us 2-day tickets, and we spent a day at Downtown Disney. We stayed in a ridiculously swanky hotel. It was amazing. We just had so much fun hanging out with each other, since we both were very busy before the wedding (planning, working, going to school, moving, etc).

Disneygeek77

We went to Vegas for 5 days.  I can still remember the first night we were there, walking up and down the strip amazed at all the sights.  I can even remember what we had for dinner, how strange is that ? 

We had a wonderful time and have talked about going back one day. 

 

TarponMonoxide

We were married not long after 9/11.

He was too scared to get on a plane and he'd heard somewhere that cruise ships were targeted by terrorists. I have no idea where he heard that so we wound up cancelling what we planned on doing: flying to Miami and then taking a Carribean cruise from there.

We wound up driving to Key West. I was not crazy about the drive; we did the drive to the Keys in 21/2 days. This mean we only had 4 short days in Key West itself. And then it was 2 1/2 days to drive back. 

I'd do the Keys again but only if I did the flight to Miami. I'd do the drive from Miami to Key West; you can't beat it for the scenic surroundings.

R.Wilsonny

My H & I went to Playa Del Carmen and stayed at an all-inclusive resort. It was the first time we ever took a trip like this and it was awesome. To just disconnect from everything and everyone, without a care in the world - we didn't want to come back! I'm hoping we'll get to do it again at some point...maybe next year

anssett

Hm...Well, having my husband and no other distractions was pretty special. I didn't check my work email the entire trip (3 weeks). I can't remember another time in life I've ever done that!

chrisnjay05212010

We went to Sandals Grande in St Lucia. it was wonderful. So nice to just be the two of us, enjoying the beautiful island and relaxing. Not having to worry about anything for 7 days.

Kimbus22

It was our first 'big' vacation.  We were dead broke at the time and didn't want a wedding.  Got married in the courthouse and my parents were so happy we didn't do a huge wedding that they gave us the honeymoon as a gift.  They flew us to Florida and sent us on a week long Caribbean cruise.  DH had never even been on an airplane so he was pretty psyched.  We had a great time, we'd only really gone on vacations with friends before. Never alone for more than a night or two.

aimindahouse

Wow ladies, I love it. It really doesn't matter what we do as long as we enjoyed it. My hubby and I wanted a hot and cold honeymoon and decided to go to Austria and then to Tanzania. Since we were living in the UK we got a great deal for both holidays. We love to travel and explore different cultures.

One thing that really made it memorable was the giant MOTH I found and the Starfish as well. I felt like one of those National Geographic animal show hosts!

Ida

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hordol

I really enjoyed reading about all these honeymoon experiences--it makes me feel a little more "normal" about my feelings about my own! Haha.

H & I went to an all inclusive for four nights in the Riviera Maya. We learned that we were NOT all inclusive type people. Not enough to do at an all inclusive resort, not exactly safe enough to leave and wander around, and if you want to do anything fun or exciting, like an excursion, it comes at a high price. Food was TERRIBLE and from what I understand, that is typical of most all inclusives. We didn't even get any authentic Mexican food. The buffets were just soggy fries and weird hotdogs and stuff. Okay, I'm done sounding like a privileged brat now!

 What made it special was it was the first vacation H & I ever took together. We did do a weekend trip once, but since that was only 2 nights away it's not exactly the same as something like this. It was my husband's first trip out of the country, and I'm glad I got to experience that with him. Now I'm trying to plan our next vacation that will have a lot more sight seeing and activities and delicious restaurants--things an all-inclusive can't offer! 

MrsS728

Our honeymoon was our first BIG vacation together. We had previously vacationed in Boston/Cape Cod. We went to St. Thomas 2 weeks after our wedding, which we both really liked having that break from the wedding. We turned off our phones, spent the time just us and it was wonderful.

jessica490

For us, I think it had to do the with resort (Sandals) and location (St. Lucia). It was couples only and very fun/romantic. We will do it again for future anniversaries.

arhayden1

We went to Colorado and rented a private cabin for 4 days. We had a private hot tub that lead to some special romantic evenings. We also treated ourselves to some nice pricey diners which we don't normally do. But the most special thing about the whole trip was just being alone and together the two of us.

BeckyOff

Kat174:

Honestly, ours didn't feel very special.  After the wedding $$ we didn't have a lot left over.  So we spent a night at the Mandalay Bay in Vegas (local to me at the time - now I live elsewhere w/o him).  The room was alright.  But he was tired, I was tired.  We really didn't want to do anything..  Yes... anything, (cough).  LOL.  I Went down to check out "the beach"/poolside, but he wasn't even into that.  So probably the only memorable thing from the honeymoon was the jets in the tub that made the most outrageously loud noise when turned on, to the point that neither of could stand it. 

 

Glad I'm not the only one who didn't have a good time.  Mostly I learned that H is terrible at vacation-y things.  I blame his parents as their idea of a vacation was driving a couple hours to have a picnic.

Emmakins87

My H would no let me pack my bag, my mother did. He would not tell us where we were going until we were at the airport. He said just bring your passport. It was very cool to have the element of surpass. He planted false hints all over the place. It was kind of fun. We ended up going to Australia and New Zealand. 

kipnus

hordol:

H & I went to an all inclusive for four nights in the Riviera Maya. We learned that we were NOT all inclusive type people. Not enough to do at an all inclusive resort, not exactly safe enough to leave and wander around, and if you want to do anything fun or exciting, like an excursion, it comes at a high price. Food was TERRIBLE and from what I understand, that is typical of most all inclusives. We didn't even get any authentic Mexican food. The buffets were just soggy fries and weird hotdogs and stuff. Okay, I'm done sounding like a privileged brat now!

I can relate to this--we actually spent two weeks at an AI in the Riviera Maya! It got boring after a while--it was too hot to play tennis, you can only have so much sex, and we weren't too impressed with the food. We ended up watching a lot of TV! Next time we go to Mexico, I want to stay at hotel with a dive shop attached, and we'll eat amazing food from hole-in-the-wall restaurants.

We actually had more fun last month when we took a weekend away for our first anniversary. We went to a small, touristy town on a lake, not too far away. We enjoyed walking by the water (too cold to go in!), playing board games, trying out new restaurants, playing board games, and sipping wine in our jacuzzi.

rshields13

My H and I took an Alaskan cruise for our honeymoon and had a great time! everyone was shocked we didn' t do something more tropical but we had both been to the Caribbean before. when we first started dating we made a travel bucketlist and alaska was one of our places so we said why not?! What made it so special was that it was some where we both had always wanted to go and spent every chance we got off the boat, hiking and exploring together. it was our first big adventure as a married couple and we planned our next big adventure the whole way home

moonprincessd

We went to Kauai, Hawaii for a week. We definitely want to go back, maybe for our 5th! 

The weather was great, hottest it ever got was 80, but the cool tropical breeze makes it feel 70 all the time! Also just being on the beach is relaxing. 

mrs.h2003

We went on a 7 day caribbean cruise.  It was special because we've never done anything like that together.  1st time is a charm!

PixieChinchilla

We didn't really have a honeymoon. We got married on a Friday, had a long weekend, and H went back to work on Tuesday because those two weekdays were the only ones he was able to take off. We stayed home and spent most of the weekend in bed.

mckenzie915

We went to Fiji for our honeymoon. It's the most beautiful place I've ever seen. We would take a boat to these small islands that you could walk around in 5 min. It was like we were on our own private island. The whole experience was incredible. I hope we can go back sometime!

aimindahouse

The pacific islands are definitely on our list, Fiji and Bora Bora:) 

abloom6510

We went "extreme honeymooning", white water rafting and spelunking in West Virginia. It wasn't a super fancy trip (we stayed at a holiday Inn and ate a lot of pizza and beer from the local bar) but it was very "us" and an awesome experience. I was also good to unplug and have just us time as we already had a 2 year old.

SapphireCounselor

We went to London for our Honeymoon...our first trip to Europe. It was amazing for many reasons, but we were suffering from jet lag the first few days. We are hoping to go back in the next few years.

srgw

We went to Anaheim, CA to Disneyland, SeaWorld, California Adventures and Universal Studios for a week. My parents let us use a week of their WorldMark timeshare so that cut the cost by a lot. We had a blast talk about going back before we have kids but we'll see.