Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Hawaii Cost a bunch, but Damn it, We are giving it a go

So I emailed our travel agent (http://www.travelleaders.com/southfieldmi/index.htm) and asked about the cost of traveling to Waikiki for our wedding and honeymoon and packages that we could take around the time of our wedding. He found a package at hotel we liked (Waikiki Beach Resort & Spa/Marriott) With flight, hotel stay and tax included the package would be $2980. Now the agent also gave me an option for a cruise through Norwegian Cruise Line that would last 7 days porting in all major Hawaiian ports and can include the wedding. The cruise itself would cost $2400 for the inside cabin, $2816 for an ocean view cabin, $1800 for the airfare, $2150(plus 5% sales tax) for a port wedding in Maui and $2650(plus 5% sales tax) for a beach wedding in Maui. At minimum the cruise option would be $6456 including the wedding and $4200 without the wedding. Now I did look at beach weddings through the hotel and the off that option through a private company (My Hawaii Wedding) and we are looking at a package that would cost $485 for a simple elegant wedding including a photographer, photo cd with a minimum of 50 shots and framed wedding certificate. We would add the DVD video (assuming that is not just a video of the pictures with music in the background) for $445 bring the total cost of the hotel, airfare and beach wedding option to $3910

With all that said, it I think we can do the trip if we choose the flight and hotel stay without too much trouble, it's all the little things we may want to add that may make this tough to do.

Anyone have any thoughts?

1 comment:

  1. We have already placed a deposit on the first option and are planning to fly to Hawaii on 08/05/10 to start our honeymoon.

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