# You've been given $15,000 for your Honeymoon. What do you do? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 21, 2005, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-been-given-15-000-for-your-honeymoon-what-do-you-do/309183 "2005-06-21T11:10:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![buttonjockey308](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@buttonjockey308](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buttonjockey308)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2005, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-been-given-15-000-for-your-honeymoon-what-do-you-do/309183/41 "2005-06-23T02:12:30Z")
Tickets? TICKETS? Well, ok. R/T Tickets to London 1st class on Virgin. What remains will buy you a mess of Private Jet. Board at Gatwick, wake up in Prague, etc… Europe will never be the same. ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2005, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-been-given-15-000-for-your-honeymoon-what-do-you-do/309183/42 "2005-06-23T03:07:32Z")
> [@psycat90](#): > > I’d use the $15K for a honeymoon. > > Charter a nice sailboat in the Mediterranean and stop all over the place, Greece, Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, The Canaries, etc. That’s exactly what I would say, though I would suggest the islands of [Croatia](http://www.croatia.hr/home/Default.aspx?setlang=en) . There are a lot of boats available for charter out of Split or Zadar. If not that, then the Seychelles. ---
**Author:** ![Mint\_Julep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bc79bd/32.png) [@Mint\_Julep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mint_Julep)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2005, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-been-given-15-000-for-your-honeymoon-what-do-you-do/309183/43 "2005-06-23T15:03:41Z")
I’d settle for a date, much less a fiance and a honeymoon. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2005, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-been-given-15-000-for-your-honeymoon-what-do-you-do/309183/44 "2005-06-23T15:13:51Z")
Rent a luxury motorhome and drive all over the country. ---
**Author:** ![IAMBIC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b3f665/32.png) [@IAMBIC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IAMBIC)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2005, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-been-given-15-000-for-your-honeymoon-what-do-you-do/309183/45 "2005-06-23T15:37:14Z")
1. Golf and spa in Carmel, San Diego or Sedona (optional trip to Grand Canyon): [Pebble Beach Spa and Golf](http://www.pebblebeach.com/page.asp?id=1683) [Golden Door Spa](http://www.goldendoor.com/html/Rates.html) [Sedona resort and spa](http://www.hiltonsedona.com/packages.html) 2. Luxury Mediterranean cruise, or Venice and Rome at first-class hotel: [Seabourn cruise](http://www.seabourn.com/default.asp) [Hotel Danieli](http://danieli.hotelinvenice.com/main_en.htm?source=) [Hotel Excelsior](http://excelsior.hotelinroma.com/main_en.htm?source=) At least $15,000 for two weeks accomodation, food, activities and first-class air fare. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2015, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-been-given-15-000-for-your-honeymoon-what-do-you-do/309183/47 "2015-03-18T13:54:32Z")
Reported. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2015, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-been-given-15-000-for-your-honeymoon-what-do-you-do/309183/48 "2015-03-18T17:33:17Z")
OK, this is weird. Here’s this thread (or here WAS this thread; it’s now disappeared) near the top of the IMHO forum page, showing 46 replies (+OP = 47 posts altogether) including one at 9:54am today, but I can only see posts 1-45, which are all from back in June 2005. So it’s been resurrected, but I can’t see the new posts. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2015, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-been-given-15-000-for-your-honeymoon-what-do-you-do/309183/49 "2015-03-18T17:36:37Z")
There was a spam post but it’s been sent to the cornfield. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2015, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-been-given-15-000-for-your-honeymoon-what-do-you-do/309183/50 "2015-03-18T19:25:22Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > There was a spam post but it’s been sent to the cornfield. Ah - it was not a _ **good** _ post. ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2015, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-been-given-15-000-for-your-honeymoon-what-do-you-do/309183/51 "2015-03-19T00:30:37Z")
If it’s not too late to reply to the OP: Away from the things of man, my love. Away from the things of man. –_Joe vs the Volcano_ ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2015, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-been-given-15-000-for-your-honeymoon-what-do-you-do/309183/52 "2015-03-19T02:30:34Z")
Two words: Ciao, Italia! ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2015, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-been-given-15-000-for-your-honeymoon-what-do-you-do/309183/53 "2015-03-19T03:52:41Z")
> [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > Europe, the museums and pretty thingies of Europe. > > My husband could ogle the italian ladies and I can ogle the italian men. I imagine we’d have done the same thing we already did (Prague, Budapest and London), only we’d have flown first-class instead of coach. Maybe stay in nicer hotels if we had the cash available after the first-class tickets (assuming we could even afford the tickets). ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2015, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-been-given-15-000-for-your-honeymoon-what-do-you-do/309183/54 "2015-03-19T04:59:40Z")
Somewhere that we could see the Northern Lights in a romantic setting. No, not Minnesota tonight! I was thinking something like northern Europe, Maine, Canada, Alaska. Maybe dog sleds and some brandy or mulled wine/glogg under the stars. 😃 After that, we go to a warm beachy place where everyone speaks English. (I have food allergies and they’re difficult enough to communicate when we all speak the same native language). We spend the remainder of the time doing beach stuff. I really miss swimming in warm water. Love snorkeling and all that kind of thing. ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2015, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-been-given-15-000-for-your-honeymoon-what-do-you-do/309183/55 "2015-03-19T12:57:36Z")
Cruise around all of South America, spending some time exploring the Galapagos Islands. 1 night in Cuzco, then on to Machu Picchu. A few days in Quito to visit friends, and then I would end it with an expedition to Antarctica. ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2015, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-been-given-15-000-for-your-honeymoon-what-do-you-do/309183/56 "2015-03-19T13:28:39Z")
Invest it in triple-tax free Treasury Bills. Re-invest the dividends in same automatically. And forget about it. In 40 years, it’ll be rather useful. ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2015, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-been-given-15-000-for-your-honeymoon-what-do-you-do/309183/57 "2015-03-19T13:42:11Z")
That’s a lot more money than if normally spend in that amount of time. But if we had to spend it, I think we would do one heck of a trip around Brazil. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2015, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-been-given-15-000-for-your-honeymoon-what-do-you-do/309183/58 "2015-03-19T15:35:27Z")
Hmmm. Our honeymoon was a week in a rented house at a beach in North Carolina. 15K would buy us round-trip tickets - first class, of course - to a beach in Hawaii, plus a very nice hotel to boot. Or perhaps to somewhere in Europe. I’ve never been to Paris, and I think this omission must be rectified. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2015, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-been-given-15-000-for-your-honeymoon-what-do-you-do/309183/59 "2015-03-19T15:38:34Z")
Consider Amsterdam’s Red Light District. Send the wife off to a museum while you go window shopping. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-been-given-15-000-for-your-honeymoon-what-do-you-do/309183.md?page=2)