If your fiance has Greece in mind, there are some fantastic boutique hotels, pure luxury, in some of the islands. Santorini springs to mind.

But I agree with the others. It's nice to have a dream, but the wedding and honeymoon are the start of a whole life together and it would be a shame to have this one day cause so much stress.

Perhaps if it is causing so much trouble you and he might think about getting married abroad?

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after all you will be with your new husband who should make up for some of the shortfalls!


Of course! I knew there was something that was missing from the description of the perfect honeymoon but couldn't quite put my finger on it

And I thought I was joking! Remember that it is his wedding and honeymoon too - he's not just there as one of the bit players. Believe me, it won't be the best day of your life if he feels that he's been railroaded into something he doesn't want and /or feels uncomfortable with. As others have said, lasting marriages are based on compromise. Neither of you might get exactly what you want but you might just get what you can both live with by deciding on what's most important to each of you and then letting the rest go.

SMa

When I speak to people who are getting married and are fixated on getting details right I get quite worried for them.

The more detail you plan and expect to be perfect the more chance of not getting what you want and ending up disapointed.

By all means take advice on the resort and hotel but try and be open minded, flexible and positive and you will get an awful lot more out of the experience.

Our honeymoon was our first holiday together, one week in 4 star hotel in crete. And it was great. We spent most nights in local tavernas rather than the posh hotel and obviously we would have loved to have been able to afford one of the villas with private pool but at the end of the day it's only a holiday and buying a house was more important.

I wouldn't rule out Greece just because you don't like greek food
greek food varies between islands - much of it is very simply grilled meat or fish with rice or potatoes. plus many top hotels will have restaurants serving international cuisine with ocassional greek theme nights. And local restaurants always serve pizza and lasagne etc.

We never argued over any element of our wedding or honeymoon. If one of us suggested something the other one didn't like they just said so and we moved on to another option.

Hi,

Just to say I'm getting married in June, and we're off to Parga, Greece for our honeymoon. It ticked all our boxes, including budget! Hotel on the beach, plenty of tavernas, dive centre and hopefully good weather! I went through all the brochures, and as we love Greece so much we thought we'd stick to what we know and like. We've also booked a week in the Maldives in December, as a second treat, mostly to dive (this gives us time to save up!). Good luck with your plans, let us not what you decide on. Cejay

Bride to be, firstly may I say congratultions on your forthcoming wedding and good luck.

You've been given some found advice on here and now here's mine. When my husband and I got married we had to bring the date forward as his mum was ill and we couldn't bear the thought of her not seeing the big day. As a result we couldn't afford a honeymoon. My uncle loaned us his holiday cottage in Cumbria for a long weekend instead. And do you know what? Incredibly, the fact that I hadn't got my 'dream' honeymoon didn't bother me a bit, I had the most important person there with me - my husband.

Please remember that a wedding is (generally) for life, a honeymoon lasts a fraction of that. Put some perspective on this and chill out. You've got a great budget, you will find somewhere but you will have to compromise on some of the points. You simply won't get what you want in any one place. Someone has already made the suggestion of splitting up your destiantions so that you do get what you want but just not all at the same time. If you are so set on having it all, it'll be the only way you'll get them and look at it this way - that way you'll get more than one honeymoon

BTW - traditionally, did you know the groom is actually supposed to sort out the honeymoon??

Just curious Bridetobe, did you make a decision on your destination?