For all of you who don't know what a stay-cation is, it is a stay at home vacation. My fiance and I have been talking about just how expensive honeymoons are. We were thinking of so many places, then narrowed it down to Puerto Rico. Everything there looked perfect and we were excited about the prospect of going somewhere like that. Nothing was set in stone... Which turned out to be good. It is really a good thing we didn't get our hopes up too high because it got to be time to get our heads out of the clouds. We're on a budget. I don't have a job, his isn't great paying and we are both basically surviving on school grants.
Tonight we have tossed around a few ideas-- staying home and saving the money for an even better vacation at a later time, doing a weekend thing not too far out of town, or maybe even going to this place (I don't remember the details) that his parents really wanted to go to with us. That last one doesn't sound too terribly romantic, but oh well. As long as we're not sharing a room with them, I'm good!
I want to go somewhere with a spa. No matter what we do or where we go, I would love to get a couple's massage with him. It can be romantic, relaxing, and maybe get someone in the mood? Just kidding about that last part.
Another place I'd be interested in going is maybe renting a cabin for a few days and go camping. Toasting marshmallows by a fire, fishing during the day... Maybe not the most romantic of things, but we both love camping and fishing. It would be fun and outdoorsy. What would you think of something like that?
Something you have to ask yourself when planning a honeymoon is: "What can I do that will be fun and within my means?" Do NOT get your hopes up and daydream about what you COULD do, just think about what you CAN do. You will enjoy yourself a lot more if you don't keep thinking you wish you could have done something better or gone somewhere nicer. Doing that will only take away from what is supposed to be a very special time in your life. Money can't buy memories, after all!
We were married this past September and still haven't gone on our honeymoon. The plan though is to go to Greece later this summer, so hopefully we can actually make that happen.
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DeleteHere via Weddingbee - I actually think camping sounds like a really fun idea, but my husband and I are outdoorsy people :) If you rented a cabin it wouldn't be bad at all! We visited a state park this past summer where the cabins were almost like hotel rooms.
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