Maldives -v- Mexico -v- Thailand

Agree about the Maldives, beyond beautiful but would get bored after a week! Maybe try and think which place has the best excursions for you. Would you rather go to Chichen Itza or Congo Bongos? Or go on an elephant ride in the jungle or to see the River Kwai??

Personally I'd chose Mexico (Cancun), you get the luxury of 5* all inclusive with the ability to go out to shops, restaurants, etc too. And my brother went to Thailand for a month, told me every detail so feel like I've already been!

My OH and I spent absolutely ages deliberating over our honeymoon too! Out of your three we considered Maldives and Mexico. A friend of mine had been to the Maldives and it just sounded so relaxing and always looks amazing. We didn't go for it in the end because it wouldn't have had the best weather in late Sept-October, however I was also really worried about just feeling bored, and would definitely have only gone for a week or 10 days at the most. We've said we'll definitely go there for a big anniversary sometime in the future.

I the end Mexico didn't really shout out to us either as it felt like we'd have to do a lot of travelling around and the cities didn't really appeal. However I'm sure if you put a bit of effort into planning it, it would be an amazing place to go.

I don't know if you're interested in hearing more options at this stage, but we opted for Bali in the end, which we're really pleased with now, as we'll be able to split our honeymoon into staying in the centre of the island, and then staying near the beach. Sounds like there'll be loads for us to do that isn't beach-dwelling, which suits us well. I think we ended up spending about £3000 and we're staying in the most amazing-sounding place. I'm a little nervous about how far away it is, but it's a good kind of nervous!

Up until last week we were going to the maldvies, would have cost us about £4500. But realised for alot less we could get 5* luxury in mexico. so booked The el Dordo Royale yesterday.

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How funny I just posted a thread on 'which honeymoon destination did you choose?'. we've decided to go Mexico as the hotels look amazing and we've had about 10 different friends that have been and have all said that it is the best holiday they've ever had. Thailand is supposed to be beautiful too, our friends went there for their honeymoon and said you get really good value for your money. Like you the Maldives doesn't really appeal to us as we would definitely be bored within the week.

Hi we decided on the Maldives as it was much better value for money for us AI a la carte than Thailand which worked out more expensive on only a B&B basis. I think if you are into watersports/snorkling/scuba-diving or want to learn any of these then the Maldives wouldn't be too boring for you, but I agree there is so much more to do (day-trips/culture) etc in somewhere like Thailand.

It just depends on what you want, many people choose to combine 7 days on Maldives with 7 days Sri Lanka which has the culture etc

HTH

Thanks ladies.

soon to be mrs king - i saw your thread about Mexico, I looked at the Royal in Cancun also and have that listed on my favourites, it looks amazing. I've been trawling the web for the best deals and have found a couple of good ones.
I think we've ruled out the Maldives, so that leaves Mexico & Thailand. I have a friend who I used to work with who is Thai and i've e-mailed him to ask about the cost of restaurants etc out there, although i've been on holiday to Thailand before, to Phuket, that was 15 yrs ago, so things may have changed significantly since then!

i think we're heading to the TA next week after a lot more dates are released so we can get a better idea.

I also think we're going to book early, rather than leave it until the last minute!

so hopefully I'll be able to come back in a couple of weeks with the thread "we've booked our honeymoon"

I always thought I wanted to go to Maldives on honeymoon but I also thought we would get bored. Last year we went to Thailand and it was the best holiday we have every been on (we have been quite a few fantastic places) so we are going back and exploring some different paces and also going for a few days in Cambodia. I loved Thailand and cant wait to go back. I am not concerned about the unrest, it is nothing to do with tourists and tourism is important to them, last time we went we were in bangkok when all the riots were happening and were fine, the protestors did not want to involve tourists and some even gave us a wave and the hotel told us where to steer clear of so it is easy to avoid it.

If you want any other info on Thailand just let me know

Hi we are planning on booking our honeymoon to the Royal Cancun next week, i'm still looking through the web to find the best deal so if you have come accross any can you pass on the info. Thanks x

Hi

Alpha Rooms and Bookable Holidays have both been recommended to us.
I've been looking at quite a few and once we've decided will start a spreadsheet so I can keep on top of it all!! else it all gets too much and i forget every tour operator's price!