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Help on the Great Honeymooning
MetroidZoid
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Huh. "Honeymooning" is a funny word.
Anyways, as some of you might know from my last thread about planning the wedding, (and rather than dig that one up from the grave), I've been given the task of finding a suitable place for a honeymoon, both in terms of location and cost. Location, in that we would really like to be able to come back and visit, whether that's in 5 years or 50. Cost is, well, we're trying to keep it at around or under $2000, which I think is reasonable, this including flight and hotel and transportation for the week-long stay.
So far I've really been focusing on San Diego. Oh, and for the reference, we live in southern Oregon. San Diego gives us a nice warm sub-tropical climate, and plenty of options for attractions, and hell a beach with water warmer than ours. All good. Plus I've been to the area a few times as a kid, so I feel more comfortable booking places around there than say Hawaii, which I've never been too.
There was also one other stipulation attached to this: whatever place I find, has to have a whirlpool tub in the room. Apparently this is a must for my fiancee, and I shall do whatever it takes (I have a feeling that this is for her having to move into my place that has only a horrible tiny shower) to find one.
Okay, right now this is my best bet: Pacific Inn & Suites (or, apparently, Marina Inn & Suites ... one was changed into the other, and I'm still not sure on the correct order). Reasonably priced, plus apparently every book-it-online site says that you can upgrade from the regular King bed suite to one with a whirlpool tub. SUCCESS! Now, can anyone in the area vouch for this? Or alert me to some grizzly murder thing that happened at said hotel that would be quaint information to know indeed?
Or just in general, is there a better way to go about booking these things rather than Orbitz / Expedia / Travelocity? So far, Expedia's giving me the better deal (about $1,660) for the week, followed by Orbitz at about $1,700 somthing, and apparently Travelocity doesn't know this hotel exists. Or maybe it does, I didn't check yet under the different name.
Also, do people even use travel agents anymore? And would either be a better guarantee of getting the upgraded room? Both booking sites mention the whirlpool tubs, via the motel's provided information, but neither has the "Upgrade here" option. Would I book it first and then call the hotel?
And since it probably matters, we're looking at doing this next year in June. The 27th to July 1st, specifically. Which unfortunately makes it impossible to book this far in advance online, so I'm giving myself quotes on the sites by inputting a weeklong stay on the same days (Sunday night thru ... Thursday? Yeah), anticipating a possible change next year but hopefully not alot.
Please help. Hell, if anyone has a sweet as place in San Diego with hot tub and wouldn't mind clearing out for a week, I would pay!
Anyways, as some of you might know from my last thread about planning the wedding, (and rather than dig that one up from the grave), I've been given the task of finding a suitable place for a honeymoon, both in terms of location and cost. Location, in that we would really like to be able to come back and visit, whether that's in 5 years or 50. Cost is, well, we're trying to keep it at around or under $2000, which I think is reasonable, this including flight and hotel and transportation for the week-long stay.
So far I've really been focusing on San Diego. Oh, and for the reference, we live in southern Oregon. San Diego gives us a nice warm sub-tropical climate, and plenty of options for attractions, and hell a beach with water warmer than ours. All good. Plus I've been to the area a few times as a kid, so I feel more comfortable booking places around there than say Hawaii, which I've never been too.
There was also one other stipulation attached to this: whatever place I find, has to have a whirlpool tub in the room. Apparently this is a must for my fiancee, and I shall do whatever it takes (I have a feeling that this is for her having to move into my place that has only a horrible tiny shower) to find one.
Okay, right now this is my best bet: Pacific Inn & Suites (or, apparently, Marina Inn & Suites ... one was changed into the other, and I'm still not sure on the correct order). Reasonably priced, plus apparently every book-it-online site says that you can upgrade from the regular King bed suite to one with a whirlpool tub. SUCCESS! Now, can anyone in the area vouch for this? Or alert me to some grizzly murder thing that happened at said hotel that would be quaint information to know indeed?
Or just in general, is there a better way to go about booking these things rather than Orbitz / Expedia / Travelocity? So far, Expedia's giving me the better deal (about $1,660) for the week, followed by Orbitz at about $1,700 somthing, and apparently Travelocity doesn't know this hotel exists. Or maybe it does, I didn't check yet under the different name.
Also, do people even use travel agents anymore? And would either be a better guarantee of getting the upgraded room? Both booking sites mention the whirlpool tubs, via the motel's provided information, but neither has the "Upgrade here" option. Would I book it first and then call the hotel?
And since it probably matters, we're looking at doing this next year in June. The 27th to July 1st, specifically. Which unfortunately makes it impossible to book this far in advance online, so I'm giving myself quotes on the sites by inputting a weeklong stay on the same days (Sunday night thru ... Thursday? Yeah), anticipating a possible change next year but hopefully not alot.
Please help. Hell, if anyone has a sweet as place in San Diego with hot tub and wouldn't mind clearing out for a week, I would pay!
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I worked for a wholesale luxury tour operator for years, and still do a bit of travel planning for a few groups each year. I can't think of any good reason to use a travel agent for domestic travel. For something like what you have in mind with San Diego just do your online research through sites like TripAdvisor, and book the room either directly through the hotel's website or any online booking agency you might find with a lower rate.
You might also want to just pick a city like San Diego and some dates on a site like TripAdvisor and then just scroll through their listings by rank looking for highly rated hotels that meet your budget. The Marina Inn and Suites has pretty awful reviews on there, as does the Pacific Inn Hotel and Suites. Not sure which one is the one you were actually looking at, but they have a number of much better rated hotels/motels that appear to still be within the price range of those options.
I'll be using that TripAdvisor in addition to comparison shopping of Expedia, Travelocity, Orbitz, and there was that one other one ... anything else anyone can recommend that I may be missing? Anything obvious?
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I think $2000 is about what the package my wife and I got cost, though this was going on four years ago. But it included tickets to all the parks, two meals (no limit on how much you spend per meal) a day and a decent Disney hotel, it wasn't actually in the park but the shuttles were frequent and free of course.
I'd check out the website and see if they still have that sort of thing going. You could also wander around Florida if you really wanted but to be honest I think that Disneyland made for an awesome honeymoon. Never a worry about transport, food, facilities, shopping or things to do. They even have a thing called "Pleasure Island" which is less adult than it sounds but more adult than what you expect from the rest of Disneyland.