Top American Honeymoon Destinations

Since we recently talked about the best beaches in Southeast Asia, it seemed only logical to continue the travel talk theme by remarking on a recent report on top American honeymoon destinations.

Honeymooner's Review Guide is known for the honeymoon and destination wedding planning advice it provides for couples. Now they have released their recent findings for honeymoon couples who are choosing the USA mainland. Reasons range from high airline costs to negative exchange rates. Also, International couples wanting to take advantage of recent great bargains on US soil are coming to the US. The top honeymoon planning website just released their 2008 recommendations for where to go and where to stay for that romantic US mainland interlude.

LaVerne Haller states, "We are seeing more and more US and International couples who are selecting honeymoon travel sites in the United States for their weddings and honeymoons this year due to high costs overseas and bargains in the States." According to Haller, the majority of honeymooners tend to leave their native land or in the case of US citizens prefer Hawaii or the Caribbean to the mainland. However, recent high costs for US couples to fly and honeymoon in Europe, Asia and beyond has driven many to look to home for that special time together. As to European, Asian and other couples, the US looks like a great deal and offers many very romantic locales to start married life together.

Based upon data from returning honeymooners and their research, they recommend that couples consider the following for that special honeymoon or destination wedding on the US mainland (listed alphabetically):

Avalon Luxury Bed & Breakfast - Sonoma Valley, California

Bellagio, Las Vegas - Las Vegas, Nevada

Berry Springs Lodge Bed and Breakfast - Sevierville , Tenn

Blue Lake Ranch - Hesperus, Colorado

Carneros Inn - Napa, California

Hilton Promenade at Branson Landing - Branson, Missouri

Inn at Palmetto Bluff - Bluffton, South Carolina

Inn of the Five Graces - Santa Fe, New Mexico

The Inn at Bowman's Hill - New Hope, Pennsylvania

The Tides Hotel - Miami Beach, Florida

Their latest survey is not intended to be a complete list of all the top honeymoon hotels and resorts in the US mainland, but does provide guidance for couples planning their honeymoon travel. Haller states that, "in addition to our surveys, we check each provider to ensure that they are indeed considered the 'best of the best'."

Ratings are based upon 25 factors and stress ambiance, activities, customer service and romance. Honeymooners Review Guide and its website, http://www.honeymoonersreviewguide.com offers couples online access to 350+ planning pages of tips, articles, ideas on romance, destinations, and a database with over 3,000 hotels and resorts, with direct access to select honeymoon travel agents and destination wedding specialists.

Another of our favorite sources for information about American honeymoon destinations is the
Romantic Honeymoon Vacations website.