Perhaps no Hawaii after all...

[Cashy98]

Okay, I told all you guys about how we got a week in Hawaii from my FH's parent's timeshare. Well, I'm not sure how we are going to go now. His parents were very nice in giving us this room... but it never occurred to them that we cannot afford $2000 for plane tickets. And it never occurred to us that they were going to take back their "comment" about giving us some money for plane tickets.
You see, my FH's mom got a new (part-time) job. She used to work 60 hours a week and now she only works 30... so she took a serious pay cut. Also, his dad just retired. And he just needed surgery this month and he doesn't have health insurance anymore. So his mom suddenly changed her tune and said that they couldn't help us with plane tickets and why would we ever ask such a thing. So now we don't know what to do because my FH's parents will lose their timeshare points if we don't take the trip. I guess the reservations are final... or something along that line. There is so way we can come up with that much money before June. We can't even afford the wedding bad enough as it is.
Any suggestions? I don't think we can cancel the room without his parents losing money. :(

[Ann0916]

Could some other friends or family take the trip and you two could go somewhere else for your honeymoon?

Or you can put it on a cc and hope that you will get enough money from gifts to cover it.

[dgirl12]

Or, (and I hate even saying this), have a 'honeymoon registry'? People are doing these now and maybe some of the family will contribute?

[SOM Z28]

I hate to say this, but if they originally offered to pay for the plane tickets, then took it back knowing that your money situation was so tight, then they might just have to suck up losing the money on the timeshare if you can't afford to go. It's not your fault. I mean, I can understand (although if I were you, I'd be disappointed too) that they are now in a financial bind. It seems a bit rude to take back the gift, but maybe they figured that since they weren't purchased yet, it was ok. *shrug*

You might be able to find some good priced tickets. Ours came out to be about $1500 for the 2 of us. I know it will vary depending upon where you are flying from and to. Have you guys done a registry for gifts yet? Have your bridesmaids been spreading the word about gifts? Maybe when people ask your family or bridesmaids what you guys want, they could suggest money for the trip. I mean, if you don't need household stuff. I know it's hard, because it seems so rude to want just money. Gene and I were in the same situation, but only because we didn't want gifts that we had nowhere to store. Fortunately for us, most people knew our situation, and opted to give 'honeymoon money'.

[Cashy98]

I checked around at several websites and at a travel agency... the best quote I could get was $943 + tax. But this is per person, it it will be over $2000 with taxes and stuff on there. I had thought about the honeymoon registry, but the lady at the travel agency said that you can't register for airfare. She said that airfare had to be purchased in full at least 6 months prior to the wedding. She said the registry was so people could buy you massages, activties, and meals. I understand that having those things paid for would definately help... but we still would not be able to come up with $2000 before the "cut off". If we put it on a credit card... then that means every couple at our wedding would have to give us $50. I'm afraid to rely on that to pay back the credit card... because most people don't give that much or they buy a gift. At least people I know don't give that much. LOL! Perhaps its a regional thing... but usually "regualr" guests giving money will only give $20.
I feel bad because my FH's parents got this room for us and they would lose the points if it is canceled. His mom, of course, is like this... she always just assumes we have money. It is completely beyond her that we cannot afford our own wedding, let alone many other things. She thinks my parents can afford to help pay for our wedding too. But guess what, my dad had to sell his brand new truck so he could have some money to give us for the wedding. They really can't afford to do it... so I feel bad about that too. Anyways, my FH has told his mom like a zillion times that we just can't afford certain things... but its really just in one ear and out the other with her. :rolleyes:

[alley06]

What about taking up a part time job to try to earn some extra money? Or clear out some of the junk you have and have a garage sale and start saving up for the trip? What about your parents, could they at least help you out with the tickets to take some burden off, or grandparents? For my best friend's wedding, two of us went in together to get them a limo because they couldn't afford that. Could your attendants help out (not pay all) towards that as a gift to you?

[milnes06]

Maybe you could tell your attendants instead of gifts and bacholor/bachelorette parties you need the cash for air fair??? or maye you could have a garage sale like Alley06 suggested?? you would be surprised at how much $$$ people will pay for your "junk".

[Vixen]

Cashy i gave Tasha this website and it saved her a bit of money. And the funny thing is that you wouldnt even think of this place for cruises, plane tickets, hotels. so anyway check it out ans see if there is something for you:

www.walmart.com

no on the left hand side 3/4 the way down click on vacations
this will take you to the vacation secton. this will hopefully help you out some.

i did it from dallas area and this is what i got. Mind you i just picked a couple of dates for next june:

Fri, Jun 9 Return: Mon, Jun 19 Adults: 2
DALLAS [DFW] HONOLULU [HNL]
HONOLULU [HNL] DALLAS [DFW]

prices started at Adult Fare $788

[Lacey]

I know that www.weddingchannel.com has a registry where you can have your airfare included. You might want to check that out.

[Cashy98]

Cashy i gave Tasha this website and it saved her a bit of money. And the funny thing is that you wouldnt even think of this place for cruises, plane tickets, hotels. so anyway check it out ans see if there is something for you:

www.walmart.com

no on the left hand side 3/4 the way down click on vacations
this will take you to the vacation secton. this will hopefully help you out some.

i did it from dallas area and this is what i got. Mind you i just picked a couple of dates for next june:

Fri, Jun 9 Return: Mon, Jun 19 Adults: 2
DALLAS [DFW] HONOLULU [HNL]
HONOLULU [HNL] DALLAS [DFW]

prices started at Adult Fare $788

Thanks for trying! It's $1048 per person on that website. :(

[Cashy98]

What about taking up a part time job to try to earn some extra money? Or clear out some of the junk you have and have a garage sale and start saving up for the trip? What about your parents, could they at least help you out with the tickets to take some burden off, or grandparents? For my best friend's wedding, two of us went in together to get them a limo because they couldn't afford that. Could your attendants help out (not pay all) towards that as a gift to you?
LOL! We don't really have much junk to sell. My parents are already taking out a loan to help pay for the wedding... so I don't think they will be willing to pay more. My grandma might be a good shot... but I'll have to play it cool. She just got remarried... AGAIN! And this guy is a super control-freak, especially when it comes to her money. He likes to spend it on himself. She gets tons of money from SS and IRAS, so I'm sure she could afford to help out. Its just a matter of getting past my new "grandpa". :p

[brideinpa]

Hi,
I don't know much about where in Hawaii you are going and where you are coming from, or even when you are going, so I also did Dallas to Honolulu and picked some dates in June at this site. http://www.onetravel.com/Air/AirSearch.aspx?module=Eair&DK=1000000280

this is called farebeater. With the airports and dates I put in I came up with flights for 740 a person. There are lots of other cheap flight places out there. cheapflights.com is one of them, but they tend to run a little more than the others.

Also, if you can be a little flexible on times of flight and so on you can try priceline.com and name your price. The worst that can happen is they tell you they can't give that price. (Read the rules before you do this).

I used to be pretty good at finding inexpensive flights. (I once flew from NY to Zurich Switzerland for 299) I'm glad to help you if you want to pm me with some flight info or something.

Best of luck!
Michelle

[Cashy98]

Hi,
I don't know much about where in Hawaii you are going and where you are coming from, or even when you are going, so I also did Dallas to Honolulu and picked some dates in June at this site. http://www.onetravel.com/Air/AirSearch.aspx?module=Eair&DK=1000000280

this is called farebeater. With the airports and dates I put in I came up with flights for 740 a person. There are lots of other cheap flight places out there. cheapflights.com is one of them, but they tend to run a little more than the others.

Also, if you can be a little flexible on times of flight and so on you can try priceline.com and name your price. The worst that can happen is they tell you they can't give that price. (Read the rules before you do this).

I used to be pretty good at finding inexpensive flights. (I once flew from NY to Zurich Switzerland for 299) I'm glad to help you if you want to pm me with some flight info or something.

Best of luck!
Michelle

It just must be Dallas that's cheap. I live in Nebraska... and its still giving me a quote of $1050 per person. :( Thanks anyways though... it looks pretty hopeless too me.

[Cashy98]

Hey, I just looked at priceline.com... they have $840 per person. Otherwise I can name my price, but it won't tell you what time you'd be leaving. It was letting me put in $650 per person... but it said it could be a like 2:00 am! The problem is that my FH's mom decided it was a "good" idea to book our room for the day after the wedding! No way am I driving over an hour to the airport on our wedding night!!!! LOL!

[brideinpa]

No, I don't blame you for not wanting to leave on your wedding night to drive to the airport. How much would it cost your inlaws to have you miss one night of what they booked?
Where in Nebraska do you live, or rather where would you fly out from. We can figure this out!
Also, this might sound ridiculous, but my FH thinks he can make all kinds of money by selling weird random stuff on ebay. I'm willing to let him try, if it will get me to WDW for my honeymoon. Try to sell old tapes, videos, cd's etc. Even old school books or something.
Don't give up, you DESERVE a honeymoon to Hawaii. :)

[Cashy98]

No, I don't blame you for not wanting to leave on your wedding night to drive to the airport. How much would it cost your inlaws to have you miss one night of what they booked?
Where in Nebraska do you live, or rather where would you fly out from. We can figure this out!
Also, this might sound ridiculous, but my FH thinks he can make all kinds of money by selling weird random stuff on ebay. I'm willing to let him try, if it will get me to WDW for my honeymoon. Try to sell old tapes, videos, cd's etc. Even old school books or something.
Don't give up, you DESERVE a honeymoon to Hawaii. :)

We live in Lincoln... so it would be best if we left from there. If the flight was in the afternoon, we could drive to Omaha. But I'm afraid to leave my car there all that time and I'm not sure if I can get anyone to go pick it up. Hmm...

I don't know if they would lose money for a missed day or not. I know that they can't reschedule it. And that you have to check in the first day to confirm things. Oh my gosh... what if they gave our room away if we weren't there in time?!

LOL! The e-bay thing seems to be a common idea amoung men. My FH wants to sell stuff on e-bay, but I'm embaressed to admit what it is he wants to sell. LOL!