Just remember that the beautiful lakes of northern Italy are a bit low on water these days.
Lago di Garda
One of the driest summers ever, canāt helpā¦ Now it started snowing a little bit, letās see
I think thatās your answer right there, as Iād imagine she would rather head to Europe. Itās a āweā decision, but if you make a āherā decision you will reap the benefits. Me thinks.
Pick somewhere in Asia your betrothed (and hopefully you) hasnāt been before.
You might change your mind once you see the utilities bill in Europe.
Stay in Asia this winter. Things are not going well in Europe. Inflation is out of control.
Also, FYI, Iāve never had a good Christmas experience in Europe unless Iām with family. Everything will be closed or closed early. Youāll also need to budget that prices will be more expensive for Christmas. Any dinners and lunch on those days will need to be booked in advance and prepare for a huge bill as Christmas menus is going to cost more plus some up their gratuity for those days.
Have you considered Turkey? You can basically check off Europe and Asia 
Have you considered Kansas? Itās not Europe or Asia, but it aināt a bad place
How about the Canary Islands? They still count as Europe, but the weather is more like Hawaii.
Why not Hawaii, airfare there is not so much. Invite more rich people to the wedding and you can have a bigger profit, haha and some fat red envelopes.
5000 USD? Europe is an expensive placeā¦ the lodging alone would cost that much not to mention flight. How long is your honeymoon?
Youāre going to spend no less than 50 euros per day anyhow.
Itās a long story but basically I have to pay everything myself although Iāve made a small wedding, 5,000 is about all I can afford for the honeymoon part.
Because of work contracts and other factors we will need to do the marriage paperwork and the honeymoon before the wedding ceremony. Maybe I can spare 6,000. Iāll double check my finances, do some more math
Wow, Hawaii is pretty cheap. And you can get additional tickets from Hawaii to US west coast as a bonus at a very low cost as well. Lots cheaper than flying directly from Taiwan into LAX or SFO.
Oops ā¦ I thought the cost was for two passengers but that is per passenger. I guess itās not much cheaper.
I found Hawaii flights that werenāt bad. But the hotel prices are another beast entirely. From what I saw any savings I make by going to Hawaii I lose X2 in hotel costs alone
The cheapest 3 star hotel is 200 bucks a night even on black Friday
In Paris for example, itās half the price
Airfare is 1,800 roundtrip on Turkish air. But have to miss new years as the return is December 31
Also everythingās expensive in Hawaiiā¦ not just hotels.
But 5000 for a vacation in Europe is really pushing itā¦
You know what your girlfriend would want you to do.
Could barely tell the differenceā¦
Most of parts of Europe (Baltics, Nordic, Austria & Germany) got past this winter 2023 well! We had a late snow in Estonia/Latvia/Vilnius in April, but other than that not much snow this winter.