I crunched the numbers, and thanks to credit card sign-on bonuses and miles, we did a 9-day Argentina honeymoon for under $3,000.
- Flights (international & domestic): $1,200
- All spending in Argentina: $1,560.33
- This is broken down into:
(a) hotels: $220. We stayed at a small hotel in a not-so-good part of town for 4 days, which in hindsight was not the smartest decision. The rest of the time we stayed – for free! – at 4-star and 5-star hotels that normally cost $250-$700/night using credit card points.
(b) food & activities: 1,540.33. We went horseback riding, took a private tango class, and ate empanadas almost every single day. Our most expensive meal was supposed to be $135 for the two of us, but a gentleman at the dinner found out that we were on our honeymoon and INSISTED on paying our bill. I couldn’t believe the goodwill of people, but that made me feel so touched. This cost also includes travel medical insurance.
Total spending: $2,960.33 or $328.93 per day
The romance is alive!
Sounds lovely and quite reasonable! I think we paid a similar amount for our honeymoon in Belize but didn't stay in such nice places. Welcome back!
Wow your trip sounded like fun! I hope I run into a gentleman (or woman) as nice as the one you mentioned during my honeymoon
Wow that's awesome! I'm definitely going to look into using points though I don't think the amount I have will get me very far.
Good job! This is sort of the way I travel, but I would have had free airline tickets (business or first class) thanks to frequent flier miles.
Well done! Sounds like a great trip and so happy you squeezed in some tango!
Please tell me you did some shopping in Palermo! I love that someone paid for your guys' dinner when he saw it was your honeymoon. That would have made my night
Congrats on keeping the costs down on an international trip. Hopefully the sketchy part of town didn’t ruin the trip.
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Aaaw. That was so nice of that guy to pay your dinner bill. I think you did a great job budgeting for your honeymoon, but the generosity of a perfect stranger has left me particularly touched.
Sounds great! I would love to visit Argentina sometime. What was the nice meal? A Goucho style stake dinner? I forgot what the name is…
great job on keeping the costs down. That was so nice of the guy to pay for you meal
Safety is important but I'm glad you're safe and keeping it at $3K is awesome!
That was really nice of that man! What an extra bonus to your honeymoon… sounds like you guys are having a really good time and even budgeting wisely so that you don't have a bad CC bill to look forward to.
That's really great! We still haven't gone on our honeymoon. I hope we have some time this year to sneak away and finally celebrate our union.
Sounds great! Besides, My husband and I went to that Argentina for a honeymoon and that's place is really romantic for a couple. We would highly recommend Argentina …. We hope to return one day soon! "
Everyone should go to Argentina! I think the exchange rate for dollars/euros is still quite favorable. A little goes a long way!