The trip after the wedding
A friendsmoon in Martha's Vineyard, MA
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.
Where the group sleeps
- Chilmark 5BR farmhouse$1,200–$2,800 / night
Up-island acreage with pond + outdoor shower + private beach rights
Sleeps 12
What you do
- Katama Bay private sail charter
Edgartown catboat charter with rosé + cheese board
- Plein-air painting class at Featherstone Center
Oak Bluffs arts barn — take home a vineyard watercolor
- Tennis clinic at Farm Neck
Har-tru courts + pro clinic at the island's social club
- Menemsha lobster-boat day + clam bake
Pot-haul with a working captain + shore bake on Lobsterville
- Vineyard Golf Club round (Edgartown)
Members-guest all-organic course near Katama
- Chappy Ferry + striped-bass surfcast
Chappaquiddick wade-fishing with a local guide
Where you eat
- State Road Restaurant
West Tisbury cottage with the up-island farm connection
- Beach Plum Inn
Menemsha hilltop with the island's best sunset seating
- Larsen's Fish Market
Menemsha dock lobster + chowder — BYO wine on the jetty
- Art Cliff Diner
Vineyard Haven brunch — the line is also the tradition
Still deciding?
How Martha's Vineyard stacks up against the other places in the Northeast.
- Martha's Vineyard or Finger Lakes?
- Martha's Vineyard or Gettysburg?
- Martha's Vineyard or Hudson Valley?
- Martha's Vineyard or Kennebunkport?
- Martha's Vineyard or Killington?
- Martha's Vineyard or Lake George?
- Martha's Vineyard or Lake Placid?
- Martha's Vineyard or Lancaster?
- Martha's Vineyard or Montauk?
- Martha's Vineyard or Mystic?
- Martha's Vineyard or Nantucket?
- Martha's Vineyard or New Haven?
- Martha's Vineyard or New York?
- Martha's Vineyard or Newport?
- Martha's Vineyard or Niagara Falls?
- Martha's Vineyard or North Conway?