The trip after the wedding
A friendsmoon in Madison, WI
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.
Plan our friendsmoonFree. No account. About two minutes.
Where the group sleeps
- Isthmus lake-view rental$400–$800 / night
Between Mendota and Monona, walkable downtown
Sleeps 12
What you do
- Lake Mendota pontoon party cruise
Captained pontoon with a cooler and a swim stop
- Dane County Farmers' Market food tour
The country's largest producer-only market circling the Capitol
- Working Draft / Karben4 brewery crawl
Atwood + east-side taprooms with a driver
- Memorial Union Terrace + kayak the lakes
Iconic sunburst-chair terrace then paddle Lake Mendota
- Capitol Square cocktail + slushie class
Build craft cocktails and boozy slushies with a Robin Room pro
- Axe & Arrow throwing lanes
Group axe lanes with local beer
Where you eat
- The Old Fashioned
Cheese curds, brandy old-fashioneds, and 150+ beers on the Square
- Sardine
Lake Monona oysters and a perfect dry martini
- Graze
Capitol-view brunch from the L'Etoile team
Still deciding?
How Madison stacks up against the other places in the Midwest.
- Madison or Grand Rapids?
- Madison or Indianapolis?
- Madison or Iowa City?
- Madison or Kansas City?
- Madison or Lake Geneva?
- Madison or Lake of the Ozarks?
- Madison or Lincoln?
- Madison or Mackinac Island?
- Madison or Milwaukee?
- Madison or Minneapolis?
- Madison or Nashville?
- Madison or Omaha?
- Madison or Overland Park?
- Madison or Sandusky?
- Madison or Sioux Falls?
- Madison or St. Louis?