Honeymooning!

Honeymooning was one of the things I was most excited about from day 1. Newlyweds, tropical beach vacation... what's not to like about that idea? John and I took the longest time figuring out where we would go... seriously, we started thinking about it when we got engaged, but didn't make a decision until November 2008. That's a year and a half of thinking about it.

We knew we wanted tropical, and we knew we wanted to leave the US. Hawaii was out, too touristy. We also wanted a place that would not be considered kid friendly. We love kids, and want kids a few years down the line, but we did not want them to be an aspect of our honeymoon in any way, shape or form. Hopefully, including the conception of them.

First, we loved the idea of Bora Bora. The travel sites said it was one of the best places to go in July, it looked beautiful, there were white sand beaches and overwater bungalows... but there was also the price. Regretfully, flying halfway across the globe was not in our budget, and . So we started to look in closer locales: we began with Aruba. It was so nice, and out of the hurricane belt, too! But was it too commercial? Then we thought about Mustique or Young Island. Also very nice. But maybe too quiet. Then we thought about Belize. Modern Bride said it was like Bora Bora on a budget, which was definitely what we were going for! Then we realized that the site we wanted to book through hadn't updated in about a year... yikes.

Then, we found it. Local, low priced, and all-inclusive. We can also afford the airfare, woohoo!

I am so excited about our honeymoon. We'll be going to Couples Negril in Negril, Jamaica. It's the resort pictured above :) It has beautiful beaches, everything is included, and the only bad review I found of the place was from someone who was there during Hurricane Ivan. We bought trip insurance in case of a hurricane, and we're spending a week there for under $4K, including flights! How many places did you look at for your honeymoon? Where are you going?