Wedding Wednesday: HONEYMOON!

Our honeymoon is booked! But, it wasn't the glamorous experience I was hoping for (planning it, not the honeymoon itself).

First of all, the coffee shop. As is it now there is no possible way J and I could leave for a week. We work 98% of the time and with one part-time employee it's just not possible for us to take off. But, who knows where we'll be come November. The hope is that business is booming and we have more employees allowing us to get away for the first time in almost 2 years. We decided we couldn't let the unknown come between us and our honeymoon. We want to spend our first week as a married couple in paradise and we just couldn't wait until November to figure out if we could do it.

We have a regular customer at Coffee Buzz who has her own Travel Agency. She is THE BOMB. If you are looking for a GREAT, experienced, fun, and affordable travel agent get in touch with Meg from Amera Travel. She seriously is amazing. AND, she offers travel protection, which we got so that we can cancel for any reason, which will come in handy depending on how Coffee Buzz is doing!

Originally, J and I wanted to go to Hawaii. Oahu to be specific. We met with Meg and she put together three trips for us, two to Hawaii and one was a wild card she thought we would enjoy. The Hawaii trips were incredible and we were pumped, then we saw the price. The wild card trip was to an amazing all-inclusive resort in Negril, Jamaica. For less than the trip to Hawaii we could go to Jamaica and have EVERYTHING included. We mulled it over and decided that the Jamaica trip would make the most sense with our budget. Hawaii was just going to be too expensive. But, something was holding us back. I don't know what it was but something about Jamaica just wasn't making me jump for joy. So, I talked to Meg and she put together a couple more trip options for us. After talking to a lot of friends and family who have traveled we decided that for our honeymoon we're going to RIVIERA MAYA in MEXICO!!!

We're staying at the El Dorado Royale for 6 days and 5 nights!

"A Conde Nast Traveler Readers' Top 100 Hotels in the World and a AAA Four Diamond Resort, El Dorado Royale is an adults-only destination that provides the ultimate in service in the ultimate setting.
El Dorado Royale offers an escape like no other. All the luxuries you can imagine, combined with personal attention to your every need, make this an ideal location for especial getaways, romantic weddings, honeymoons and anniversaries."

We're staying in an Ocean Front Suite

Complete with views of the Caribbean, access to the white sandy beach, a personal suite Jacuzzi., 24 hour room service, bathrobes and a daily stocked minibar (key!)

How amazing are those personal jacuzzis?!

The resort also includes seven restaurants, thirteen bars, thirteen pools (with swim-up bars!) and a spa!

We are also hoping to do some fun activities while we're there like swimming with dolphins, snorkeling, getting a couples massage and going to a tequila tasting. All of which we registered for on our honeymoon registry (more on that later.)

I AM SO EXCITED! I don't know how I'm going to wait this long to go!