Honeymoon destination?

[herm]

I am thinking that Greece might not fit the budget...........


Last time I priced Airline tickets to Europe, tickets were around 900$ a person and that was to Germany

maybe, but everything else in greece is dirt cheap.

just make sure you spend all your Drakma (greek currency) before you leave........no one else will honor it.

[El Matador]

Isla de Margarita, Off the coast of Venezuela.

- It's basically a different country, the politics don't  apply
- Some of the best beaches in the world.
- The Rainy Season is during December, and That's gone
- Some of the best Partying you will ever find
- The people there are relaxed, laid back, and very tourist friendly.
- The exchange rate will make for some extremely cheap times there.
- Exotic
- You can fly to Los Roques from there to spend a couple of days, to go have sex in a deserted island and the best fresh lobster you will ever have.
- Some of the best food and fruits you will ever come across
- It is a duty free island so the booze and imported foods are scary cheap.
- There are a wide variety of beaches, from the ones that have nice waves for surfing to the ones that are as flat as a plate
- It's not "too" touristy, so it will still feel like an adventure

I have a friend there who's father came from spain to spend two weeks there, he ended up staying for 6 years.


And if you need anything, you can just ask me, I have an apartment there and have gone no less than 100 times 

Congrats on the honeymoon BTW

Some pics:

Random Beach



El Tirano:



Playa Parguito: (You can see my apt from afar here)



My apartment:



A key in los roques:

[cyrus buelton]

Depending on the cost of flights, Tazmania would be awesome, but maybe a bit cool in June. I went there in April of 2002 and LOVED it!

Um........a flight to Australia would be around 1,000$ a person, minimum.

Not to mention, a 4 day trip to Australia.........

You'll be amazed at how low airfare to Europe is these days.

Where are you looking to fly into?

Also, what time of year?


The wife and I wanted to go to Stuttgart this Fall to visit her cousin.

Cheapest flights right now are 1200$ a person............

[OT_Ducati]

try Tonga
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/tonga

[silvy1200]

Congrats!  

my recommendation:
2 years ago we honeymooned in St. Thomas. we got the all-inclusive at the Marriott Frenchman's Cove. it was great, free booze and food all day at the hotel with a private beach. not too pricey when it was purchased as a package.

link to hotel
http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/sttuv-marriotts-frenchmans-cove/

[NAKID]

Um........a flight to Australia would be around 1,000$ a person, minimum.

yeah, just checked about 1165 each on travelocity from Denver to Hobart....

[cyrus buelton]

We just checked flights again to Stutgart


They were 1300$ a few weeks ago in September


Now they are down to 500$ direct through Atlanta


WTF

[NAKID]

Isn't that a good thing?

[DoubleEagle]

Jamaica . I've been there. It is a beautiful Island , especially on the North side of the Island. Montego Bay, Ocho Rios . Ruanaway Bay. You could do the Sandals all inclusive or book a Hotel and hang out on the beach by day , or swim in the pool with the floating bar at the Holiday Inn at Montego Bay. It's actually about a 1/2 hour by taxi from the Airport up the coast from Montego Bay.

When we were there they had 7 dance bars in the Hotel. You can take a day trip on a 2 car train to the interior of the Island up and through Mountains to the Appelton Distillery where they make liquor for many of the big name liquor brands.

The train leaves in the morning and gets back by supper time.

It is very hot in late June when we were there. There was always a 15-20 mph breeze blowing near the water.

The water was almost clear as tap water. We snorkeled right off the beach from the hotel and it was like being in an Aquarium. The water temperature was warm .

Lots of fresh fruit and Blue Mountain Coffee. Friday nights were Surf and Turf . Fresh Lobster and Steak Buffet.

Friendly people , duty free shops at the Air Port, No snakes . Golf courses . River drifing trips and the Falls at Falls River and a whole lot more.

Lots and lots of Rum and Red Stripe Beer.   Dolph        

[cyrus buelton]

Isn't that a good thing?

Yeah, but we are in the midst of planning our alternate fall vacation. Luckily, we haven't financially committed, so now comes the decision to re-think the first option.......




Sorry for threadjack........



I vote Sea of Cortez........

[T. Rush]

Con-grates! You may want to look into the BVI's. The people on Virgin Gorda and or Tortola are great. Friendly and relaxed. Great calypso. The "Baths of Virgin Gorda" are natural hot spa caverns. They are both relatively small islands with good beaches, cheap rum, and day excursions to ship wrecks near Salt Island and Anagoda. Oh and by the way, there is a rare book library in the south end of Virgin Gorda but I imagine that may be more of interest  during your 25 wedding anniversary.

[superjohn]

I've heard Thailand is nice with cool beaches, good food and lots of "adventure" activities.

[herm]

if you're thinking about the virgin islands, check this out.

http://www.maho.org/

not sure its your kind of thing, but pretty affordable, and st. john USVI is a great spot

[the_Journeyman]

Greece, probably too much but I'll check it out.

Greece is awesome.  Look up an island called Mykonos.  You could also check out Santonini and Rhodes.  Fly into Athens & take a boat

JM

[NvrSummer]

Thanks for all the congrats and all the suggestions!  Keep em coming.

Yeah flights to Greece are looking around $900/person, so that's probably out.  Thailand is around $1400/person, also out.

Don't mind spending some more money to make it that much better, but can't go broke.  This will be a once in a lifetime trip, but realistically can't spend that much more than $3k.  The $3k was a gift, so anything above that comes out of our pocket.

Matador, that Island looks awesome!  Not sure I'm totally comfortable traveling to Venezuela right now, but I'll check it out.  Found a few good websites on it so I'll do some reading.  Looks like airfare is around $800/person, so not that much cheaper.  May just have to bite the bullet and pay for the flight if we want to get somewhere cool.

Dolph - The thing that turned me off about Jamaica is I've heard you HAVE to stay at the resorts.  Like you show up, check in, and never leave your hotel.  Obviously you didn't do that with your tour, but I definitely want to be able to travel around wherever we go.  Most things I've read say you don't want to be wandering around the island.

Anyone been to Belize?