It's Jimmy's Job

Jimmy is in charge of the honeymoon. He's choosing, planning, and booking where we will spend the days after the wedding all on his own. I tried to look into choosing our honeymoon location, but I ended up getting overwhelmed and decided that this would be a perfect project for my groom.

We talked about it a little over the weekend and decided that we both have a few criteria for our trip.

• somewhere we can relax, but not feel like we're confined to our resort
• all-inclusive would be a plus, but not a must
• at least a week-long trip
• affordable
• somewhere we've both never been
• accommodations we would not normally splurge on: suite, villa, etc.

We just did an all-inclusive trip in July to the Dominican Republic and enjoyed that all our meals were paid for. Our resort was in the middle of nowhere, so we couldn't leave unless we paid for an excursion outside of the hotel. By the end of the week I was ready to go home because I was getting bored of spending all day every day at the pool and beach. I definitely want something different for our honeymoon.

While watching our shows last night (How I Met Your Mother and The Big Bang Theory) we googled some possible locations. Some were merely pipe dreams because of the cost, but it's given Jimmy some ideas where to start.

These are some of the places we've come up with.

Mexico.

Out of all the places we looked at, Mexico would be the most affordable. Neither of us have been there before, but I feel like it's a ho-hum option and I don't know where that's coming from. Anyway... there are a lot of all-inclusive options available, and there would be opportunities for us to get out and see the sites outside of our hotel.

Caribbean.

The Caribbean would be another possibility, but we'd have to find an island we hadn't been to. Jimmy would have to research a lot more than we did for the Dominican Republic to find a resort that was central to a main city so we wouldn't be trapped on the grounds of the hotel. Lots of all-inclusives out there so we'd have a lot to choose from which is much more budget friendly than more exclusive destinations.

The Mediterranean.

I would LOVE to see Greece. If we went with the Mediterranean for our honeymoon we'd probably do a cruise so we could see multiple places and not have to worry about hotels, meals, or transportation. The only thing is that Jimmy and I have never been on a cruise before and we don't know if we'd like it. We'll know by next July because we're going on a Disney Cruise with my entire family. Flights would be expensive, but the all-inclusiveness of a cruise appeals to us.

Fiji.

I've never been west of Hawaii so Fiji sound so amazing and foreign for me. From what I've seen online it's a very romantic location. It's also a very EXPENSIVE location. I think it'd be a memorable and unique honeymoon, but as soon as Jimmy saw that it required a 12 hour plane ride, he laughed at the idea. Still in the running if we can pull together those kinds of funds.

I love to plan vacations so it'll be hard for me to hand over the reigns to Jimmy. Whatever he chooses I'm sure it will be amazing.