Wedding Blog

I think we booked what some might consider to be the least exciting honeymoon ever. We’ve dubbed it our ‘Relaximoon’, because the focus won’t be on seeing and experiencing everything, but rather, it will be on doing nothing. I want to take a book and read the whole thing from cover to cover.  I might even find a little bit of time to blog a post or two, as I have already checked to find out if wireless internet will be available.

The first three nights we will be staying here:

Then we will drive three hours to stay here for four nights:

Each of those adorable little buildings are separate hotel rooms called cliffhouses!

Why would some consider this so boring? The first room is located at Hotel 1000 which is our wedding venue.

The econd location is where I work. Yes, we are honeymooning at my work. The very same place that forced me to work a 13 and a half hour catering shift until 3:30AM (when I live 40 minutes from work) this past weekend. I work at a winery, and neither Mr. Avo nor I even drink wine.

Why would we do this? Because our total cost for lodging for one week at these two hotels (which are both placed on Washington CEO magazine’s Top 20 list of hotels in Washington state) will be less than $1,000. Just for fun, I’ve done the research to see what it would normally cost to stay in these rooms, and the total would be around $2000 after tax. I almost salivate thinking of all of the things we can do with the $1000 we are saving (I salivate because most of that money is going towards splurging on room service and bath bomb-filled bubble baths!).

After I moved home for the summer I started working at Cave B Inn, where I have worked for the past two summers. It’s a long drive to get there, and I complain a lot right now because I don’t want to be working their anymore, but I really love the place. I am sure I will have lots of pictures for you after the honeymoon that will help you understand just how breathtaking the views and the sunsets are. Plus, after working in the restaurant for three years, I pretty much have the breakfast, lunch, and dinner menus memorized. I’ll be able to order all of our meals from memory!

As soon as I started working again, I turned in employee discount applications for all of the properties that fall under the MTM Luxury Lodging umbrella. They have boutique hotels all across Washington state (and some in Boston and San Diego, if you are interested) and if you are working at one property, you can stay at any other property for a discounted rate of $95-$120 per night. Staying for a rate that low is like getting away with murder when you consider that the majority of these rooms start at $300 per night, and go up from there.

The biggest drawback at Cave B will be that our customer service will be provided by the very same people that I work with on a daily basis. I guess it is time to go apologize to that jerk in guest services who freaked out on me after a little disagreement we had on Saturday night. I don’t want him deliberately denting our rental car when I hand him the keys and ask him, ever so sweetly, to trek outside in the freezing cold to bring down yet another bucket of ice for the newlyweds.

Are you utilizing your resources for your honeymoon?