What to do on a honeymoon.

[SquareDaff]

The Maldives - you can get some deals there that would bring it to about £1k each. Sunshine, unclutterred beaches, clear seas with loads of marine life, no news no shoes attitude. I went there and felt fantastic when I came back. Totally destressed.

 

[Arch]

If you tell folk you're on a honeymoon you might get upgrades

Or billed at twice the going rate! People assume money is no object for weddings...

We're hoping the hall at my workplace will provide the venue for the reception, it's fairly cheap to hire, and who knows, they might give me a discount.... After all, all the staff will be invited!

 

[Andrew_Culture]

[QUOTE 2240613, member: 1314"]...and a Tank World.[/quote]

The sign for monkey world and tank world used to be side by side so it looked like the monkey was chasing the tank. Wareham roundabout if memory serves

 

[Canrider]

Morocco? It'd be hot in Marrakech but the coast should be bearable (and inexpensive)..

 

[ttcycle]

No gems to offer on the honeymoon but congratulations!

 

[AndyRM]

Congratulations!

We went to Edinburgh and rented a flat in Stockbridge. I think it was around £800 for a week and there's plenty of lazing/cultural gubbins to be had.

 

[Milo]

Two weeks in a travel lodge in Swindon.

 

[TVC]

Congratulations.
Assuming you don't really need a wedding list because you've got everything, then try what a friend of mine did and ask for contributions to a honeymoon fund... they managed to up their budget by a tidy amonut

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Assuming you don't really need a wedding list because you've got everything, then try what a friend of mine did and ask for contributions to a honeymoon fund... they managed to up their budget by a tidy amonut

Mercenary gits*, if you've got everything you need you should insist people don't give you anything.


*in the nicest possible way!

 

[MissTillyFlop]

You could try Canvey Island

They won't let me in with my ankle tag - sad times...

 

[MissTillyFlop]

I better not tell you how much my (2nd) wedding cost.
Daddies little gurl and all that...All I had to really do was turn up.

This wedding is costing decidedly more than the first one (not hard!) and both sets of parents have contributed quite a lot to it (which I find very moving given the current financial climate!)

 

[MissTillyFlop]

We went to Australia on honeymoon but the wedding was done on the cheap. We didn't buy new clothes! We wore clothes we already owned and saved a lot of money. Getting to Aus was expensive though but once there, not so bad.

Have you thought of Croatia, Estonia or Poland for a holiday. All lovely and inexpensive. Or Cornwall - you can drive there and take dogs if you have any. We go to Cornwall quite often, would like to live there (Should have moved down when we left Scotland!) There is diving, surfing, decent beaches and quiet bits, even in the middle of the summer hols.

Have you considered a plan B of getting away for a long weekend after the wedding and then having a nice (cheaper) holiday, off season? I am assuming by your window of dates that you might be teachers or some such though.

Congratulations on your impending wedding :-)

Thanks! amazing suggestions. He's a teacher. I'm rather less sensible in my choice of career - though I do admin in a schol to pay the bills sometimes! October half term is quite cheap - we went to Sicily on a groupon deal this year ( I booked it before he proposed) and the whole thing cost under £500 for us both, including flights and car hire.

I'm quite liking all these suggestions of central/southern Europe.

 

[MissTillyFlop]

I really like the idea of spending less then £600 with Arch, for a lifetime together!

That is (and I mean this quite genuinely) one of the most beautiful things I have ever read.

 

[MissTillyFlop]

[QUOTE 2240613, member: 1314"]...and a Tank World.[/quote]
HOLD THE FREAKING PHONE!

Next someone'll tell me there's a "monkeys driving tanks world"