The trip after the wedding
A friendsmoon in Lake Placid, NY
1 place here can put the whole group under one roof.
The trip you take with your friends right after the wedding — instead of the honeymoon, or before it.
Best months: January, February, March, July, August, September, October.
Where the group sleeps
- Lakefront Adirondack lodge$600–$1,500 / night
Private dock + great room with a stone fireplace
Sleeps 12
What you do
- Mt. Van Hoevenberg bobsled ride
Pro-piloted run down the Olympic bobsled track
- Olympic Jumping Complex + zipline
Elevator to the 120m tower + zipline back to base
- Whiteface Mountain ski or gondola day
Greatest vertical east of the Rockies; gondola in summer
- Mirror Lake kayak + paddleboard
Right off Main Street with motorboat-free water
- High Peaks hike (Cascade)
Most accessible 46er summit with big Adirondack views
- Spa day at Mirror Lake Inn
Lake-view treatments at the Five-Diamond inn
Where you eat
- Generations at Mirror Lake Inn
Lake-view fine dining at the AAA Five-Diamond inn
- The Cottage at Mirror Lake Inn
Lakeside deck for cocktails and a casual lunch
- Liquids & Solids
Charcuterie + craft cocktails on a tight seasonal menu
- Artisans at Lake Placid Lodge
The Relais & Châteaux lodge's lakeside dining room, looking straight across the water at Whiteface — seasonal Adirondack cooking, and a wine cellar downstairs you can be seated in.
Still deciding?
How Lake Placid stacks up against the other places in the Northeast.
- Lake Placid or Cape Cod?
- Lake Placid or Cape May?
- Lake Placid or Finger Lakes?
- Lake Placid or Gettysburg?
- Lake Placid or Hudson Valley?
- Lake Placid or Kennebunkport?
- Lake Placid or Killington?
- Lake Placid or Lake George?
- Lake Placid or Lancaster?
- Lake Placid or Martha's Vineyard?
- Lake Placid or Montauk?
- Lake Placid or Mystic?
- Lake Placid or Nantucket?
- Lake Placid or New Haven?
- Lake Placid or New York?
- Lake Placid or Newport?