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The trip after the wedding

Palm Springs or Phoenix?

Both work for a group after the wedding. Here is what actually separates them, from our own rows rather than from a template.

The trip you take with your friends right after the wedding — instead of the honeymoon, or before it.

Plan our friendsmoonFree. No account. About two minutes.
  • Palm Springs has 3 stays that sleep a group of twelve in one place, against 1 in Phoenix. If keeping everyone under one roof is the point, that is the difference that matters.
  • The cheapest whole-group house starts at $400 a night in Palm Springs and $600 in Phoenix — roughly $200 a night between them, before anyone has eaten.
  • Both are at their best in March, April, October, November, December. Palm Springs also holds up in January, February.
  • We carry noticeably more to do in Palm Springs (11 things) than in Phoenix (5), which matters most for the middle day when the group splits up.
  • Palm Springs is in CA, Phoenix in AZ.

Palm Springs

Whole-group stays
3
From
$400 / night
Things to do
11
Places to eat
19

Desert wine tasting at Miramonte and Bouchaine in the Coachella Valley with a guide — surprising quality and gorgeous mountain backdrops.

Build it in Palm Springs

Phoenix

Whole-group stays
1
From
$600 / night
Things to do
5
Places to eat
3

Echo Canyon summit then walkable bars

Build it in Phoenix