After much dithering, the location has been selected. I'd promised to go on a "vacation" without much "travel," so the general locale - either Mexico or the Caribbean - was already set. We just needed to pick a specific place. There are so many all-inclusives!! And based on sketchy Internet self-promotion it is very hard to tell which are good and offer the things we want. Sure, they might claim to offer all sorts of activities and edibles, but who really delivers? We spent a great deal of time on Trip Advisor, scrolling through a slew of mini reviews in a wide range of helpfulness.
Puerto Vallarta/Aruba? Our final choices. Not a terrible decision to make, but one I wanted made sooner than later. This whole putting off decisions that could be made NOW was making me nervous enough to make it into my dreams.
Hotel and airline points/cash? Again, not a terrible question, and even having the option is very nice, but still another consideration to factor in.
Layover/not? Not sure I want to leave large swaths of my honeymoon up to the whims of the air-traffic gods. And yet, there aren't that many places you can fly to directly from here. Especially for a reasonable price.
All-inclusive/ALL-inclusive? This one was pretty easy. Our Belize trip taught me about the many ways you don't want your all-inclusive vacation to be. Namely, having set meal times and limited menus and one place to eat and having to sign for every blessed morsel. Also, only offering rum, cheap vodka, and more rum to drink, and again, only at specific times/places. I like me some sparkling wine! Preferably available morning, noon, afternoon, and night. In multiple locations. Such as wherever I happen to be.
Lazy/super lazy? I was a little nervous at the prospect of not scheduling any activities. I like being active and seeing new things, and wasn't sure that an entire week of lying sopped on the beach, participating only in the sport of gluttony, was going to cut it. I wanted at least the option of off-site activities that I would want to do, just in case I couldn't take all the relaxation and would have to leave the reservation, possibly at short notice.
After all that deliberation, we chose...
Sandals Jamaica.
Cheesy? Oh yes.
Expensive? A bit.
Creative? Not at all.
Does it look like they will take care of us completely? OH YEAH :)
I'm trying to stack the odds in favor of my liking a "vacation." Here's to hoping it works!!!
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