The trip after the wedding
A friendsmoon in Traverse City, MI
2 places 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
- Ranch Rudolf Bunk House$465–$568 / night
The ranch's bunk house, published at $465 a night for up to nine plus a $55 resort fee, and $16 a head for each additional guest to a maximum of twelve.
Sleeps 12
- Old Mission Peninsula rental$600–$1,400 / night
Vineyard-country house with a bay view + hot tub
Sleeps 14
What you do
- Old Mission / Leelanau wine tour
40+ wineries on the 45th parallel with a driver
- Nauti-Cat sunset champagne sail
Catamaran cruise on Grand Traverse Bay
- Sleeping Bear Dunes day trip
National Lakeshore dune climb + Lake Michigan overlooks
- Grand Traverse Bay paddle + beach day
Clear-water kayak and SUP off Clinch Park Beach
- Old Mission lavender + flower-crown afternoon
Lavender-farm workshop with bubbles on the peninsula
- Brewery + distillery crawl
Downtown taprooms + Hop Lot in Suttons Bay
Where you eat
- Firefly
Sushi and fondue plates a half-mile from downtown
- Apache Trout Grill
Waterfront dining on Grand Traverse Bay
- The Towne Plaza
Downtown brunch + patio for big groups
- Cellar & Flame
The Riverside Room for a smaller sitting, or semi-private and full-restaurant arrangements above that, with the wine pairings handled in-house.
- Artisan
Full and partial buyouts from 10 to 160; the Birch Room is the small one, and the patio looks over West Bay.
- The Burrow
Booth seating facing the open kitchen — the rehearsal-dinner room downtown.
Still deciding?
How Traverse City stacks up against the other places in the Midwest.
- Traverse City or Minneapolis?
- Traverse City or Nashville?
- Traverse City or Omaha?
- Traverse City or Overland Park?
- Traverse City or Sandusky?
- Traverse City or Sioux Falls?
- Traverse City or St. Louis?
- Traverse City or St. Paul?
- Traverse City or Wichita?
- Traverse City or Wisconsin Dells?
- Traverse City or Black Hills?
- Traverse City or Branson?
- Traverse City or Chicago?
- Traverse City or Cincinnati?
- Traverse City or Cleveland?
- Traverse City or Columbus?