What is your HM costing you?

Original post by Mici n KC

Mar 06, 2008 04:25 PM

We are trying to book soon so we know what we have to pay. FH wants to splurge since it's our HM. I would like to keep costs at a minimum.

Mrs.C 102608 Posted: Mar 06, 2008 04:44 PM

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Ours is over $7000 which includes 10 nights in Hawaii and 3 nights in Vegas. Everything included except food and excursions.

MrsHtobe Posted: Mar 06, 2008 04:44 PM

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Ours is somewhere inbetween $5k and $6k with airfare. . .we're spending a week in Sandals Jamaica and going on a week long cruise. With airfare we might end up just at $6k. eek.

JoeJo Posted: Mar 06, 2008 04:46 PM

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Ours is $3285 for hotel and flight

so who knows how much we are gonna spend on food and drinks...but i voted for 3000-4000 without food and drinks soo we will def be way over 4000

bluegreen08 Posted: Mar 06, 2008 04:47 PM

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Posted by Mici n KC

I think finding the exact travel date and time you want is what's killer. I just booked my flight to Vegas for work and it was $650! Thank God it's not out of my pocket

Plus a lot gets factored in with resorts. There are peak months so it will be more, plus the type of room you are in. When FH and I went to Couples Swept Away (an AI) I think we paid just over $3k for both of us including airfare. But we had a regular room, not a fancy suite.

We were very limited with respect to dates. We are getting married 8/17, leaving for our honeymoon 8/18, returning 8/25 and FH goes back to work 8/26 (he's taking off Monday). I thought I started classes again on 8/25 and decided to skip the first day so we could have one more day of honeymoon but was happily surprised to see that classes are starting on a Wednesday this year, so I'll actually have a day to unpack, buy my books and do my HW since we get in late.

Luckily I think our flights are slightly better since we are travelling on 2 Mondays? Either way, we had to take what we could get!! (we weren't going to book Sandals St. Lucia if we had to do 2 connections or the overnight connection to return -- we would have picked a different island)

Mici n KC Posted: Mar 06, 2008 04:49 PM

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Posted by JoeJo

Ours is $3285 for hotel and flight

so who knows how much we are gonna spend on food and drinks...but i voted for 3000-4000 without food and drinks soo we will def be way over 4000

I dont' even want to think about what our spending will be with the Euro!

jessica08bride Posted: Mar 06, 2008 04:51 PM

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ours is about 6500 for flight and stay. added on some excursions which cost about $1500.

hwolf812 Posted: Mar 06, 2008 04:55 PM

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were spending 2 and a half weeks in Europe and were spending about 11,000 all together

Amy51708 Posted: Mar 06, 2008 04:59 PM

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Posted by minibride08

We're going to Italy .... 11 nights- 12 days. I voted for < $6K ... We felt the same way- it's our HM & we wanted to splurge!! And, I've never been to Europe

We are going to Italy too. Are you taking the night flight on the 18th?

Shelly9697 Posted: Mar 06, 2008 05:02 PM

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$5400 for hotel & airfare - 10 days in Hawaii!!

We booked on our own tho saved about $2200 from what we were quoted from travel agent!!

TrueLoveIn2008 Posted: Mar 06, 2008 05:14 PM

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Ours is about $2500 with flights and hotels. I assume we'll spend another $2500-$3K or so on food, exercusions, souvenirs, etc. (We are doing a lot of pricey things)

DGoldfarb0776 Posted: Mar 06, 2008 05:16 PM

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Normally my HM to Sandal's St. Lucia (including round trip air fare) would be $5,300.00 but since it's a gift from FH's parents it's costing us 0!

Julybride08 Posted: Mar 06, 2008 05:21 PM

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mine is a little over 6,000

Mici n KC Posted: Mar 06, 2008 05:29 PM

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Posted by hwolf812

were spending 2 and a half weeks in Europe and were spending about 11,000 all together

What a trip! Where are you going?

Mici n KC Posted: Mar 06, 2008 05:30 PM

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Posted by JBoothIn2008

Ours is about $2500 with flights and hotels. I assume we'll spend another $2500-$3K or so on food, exercusions, souvenirs, etc. (We are doing a lot of pricey things)

Where are you going?

Mici n KC Posted: Mar 06, 2008 05:30 PM

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Posted by DGoldfarb0776

Normally my HM to Sandal's St. Lucia (including round trip air fare) would be $5,300.00 but since it's a gift from FH's parents it's costing us 0!

What a great gift!

JasonandDana Posted: Mar 06, 2008 06:07 PM

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$8,000 for 9 nights/10 days in French Polynesia.

1 night- Tahiti
5 nights- Moorea
3 nights- Bora Bora

This price included hotels and excursions as well as flights between islands. We saved $4,00 on airfare for using frequent flyer miles that my parents had saved, which was awesome! Yey!

Soon2beAlberti Posted: Mar 06, 2008 06:29 PM

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$4,466 for 10 days at all inclusive sandals st. lucia Regency La Toc.

bella1028 Posted: Mar 06, 2008 06:57 PM

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Posted by yelley77

We came in right under $5,000 and that was our max budget!

same here

lyss0908 Posted: Mar 06, 2008 07:07 PM

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we paid around $6300- for Hawaii- direct flight with 4 nights in Waikiki and then a 7 night cruise inter island. this doesnt include excursions and spending money