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I think any room anywhere would be acceptable to Ric as I don't think he plans on ever leaving it.

ahhh, venice.

i think that is a good one.

Go somewhere where you have fun stuff to do, but not TOO much stuff. Don't get bogged down in all the activities of the vacation and forget you're on your honeymoon. That's all I have to say about it. And splurge a little, because God knows your next big vacation will be a long time off after you finish paying for this one and the wedding.

I love hotwire, but the only problem with it is that you can't pick your flight time, only your date. Yahoo travel can be pretty cheap, or Orbitz.

Now that I got my wisecrack out of the way, here's my real advice. :-)

I'm not saying this is for everyone, but Becky and I purposely went to some out of the way place that didn't really have any distractions (Mammoth during the summer).

This was good because it gave us our chance to be ALONE and be with each other. This was important because prior to the honeymoon was the wedding with all the insanity that accompanies it. After the honeymoon it was all about getting settled into our new place and back to work.

So having a relaxing honeymoon was rad. And I'm not just talking about sex. Just being a couple with no family, jobs, wedding or anything was great. I can't imagine having to cram touristy activities into it.

Splurge. This is your ONLY honeymoon. You'll have other vacations down the line, but you'll never have another honeymoon. Spend whatever money you need to have a good time. You can get back into stressing about money and the daily grind when you get back. But the time you spend on your honeymoon is time away from planet earth. You shouldn't have a care in the world.

The only (outside)activites we had was an occassional drive through the countryside, a small hike, and we rented a boat and sat on the lake. The roadtrip home was cool too. Once again, enjoying being a couple before we had to get back into the daily work grind.

It really just matters what you enjoy doing TOGETHER. Josh and I did all sorts of stuff on our honeymoon like snorkeling, boat rides, horse back riding, attempted helicopter ride, etc. We practically had one major event each day which was perfect. But the best thing was being far from anyone we knew and not having to wake up to an alarm and go to work.

splurge? i dunno. i would be more conservative on that personally. we attempted to splurge, it was a ride in a ricksha and then we ran out of money. then came home to a ton of bills. i kinda wish we would have been more conservative. that sounds lame but it would have saved some heartache after coming home to disaster. yuck. thats the worst part.

as far as places in italy that arent touristy talk to ruth, she is a pro at that. i remmeber her going off about how romantic cinque terre was. she also mentioned that it was a good deal.

http://homepage.sunrise.ch/homepage/avong/cinque_terre/

I think we splurged because we got more money in cards than we had expected.