155 hotels for a minimoon, checked against their own websites. We tell you which room has the hot tub, which spa is adults only and which hotel will make a fuss of newlyweds.
Planning a minimoon in the UK or Ireland? See our UK guide or our Irish guide.
Most hotels only have a private hot tub in a few rooms. These are the ones to ask for.
Lakeville, Poconos
Book: Champagne Tower
A couples-only, all-inclusive resort on Lake Wallenpaupack in the Poconos, with heart-shaped tubs, Champagne Tower whirlpools and round king beds.
About 2h 38m drive from New York
Kyle, Texas Hill Country
Book: Casita
An adults-only Hill Country inn and spa just west of Kyle, with casitas that have their own hot tub, a restaurant and a Romance Package.
About 28 min drive from Austin
Greenough, Montana & Jackson Hole
Book: Green O Haus
A Montana working ranch resort with glamping tents, homes with private hot tubs and Green O, an adults-only set of forest Hauses with a Romance Package.
About 4h 08m drive from Spokane
Big Sur, Big Sur & Carmel
Book: Hot Tub Suite
A Big Sur resort that describes itself as tailored to adults and best suited to couples, where some suites have their own hot tubs and the rate includes dining.
About 2h 17m drive from San Jose
Napa, Napa & Sonoma
Book: Wellness Suite
Farmhouse cottages on 28 acres of Carneros vineyards, with a spa, an adults-only hilltop pool and an unusually warm welcome for dogs.
About 1h 00m drive from San Francisco
Little River, Mendocino Coast
Book: White Cottage
A family-owned inn on the edge of the Pacific south of the village of Mendocino, where every room has an ocean view and a few have their own hot tub.
About 3h 30m drive from San Francisco
Every minimoon hotel with a private hot tub
We only list a hotel when its own website backs up what we say. Every listing shows the date we checked it (6 November 2026 at the latest) and links to the pages we read. Where a hotel does not say something, such as whether dogs are allowed, we say it is not confirmed rather than guess. More on how we check.
A minimoon is a short honeymoon, usually two to five nights, taken soon after the wedding. Some couples take one instead of a long honeymoon, and some take one first and save the big trip for later.
Somewhere you can reach in a few hours, so the trip is mostly rest. We cover Napa and Sonoma, Big Sur and Carmel, Santa Barbara and the Santa Ynez Valley, Palm Springs, Lake Tahoe, the Mendocino coast, Sedona, the Colorado Rockies, the Hudson Valley and Catskills, Vermont, Cape Cod and the islands, the Maine coast, the Smoky Mountains and Asheville, Charleston and Savannah, the Poconos, Puget Sound and the San Juan Islands, the Oregon coast and wine country, the Texas Hill Country, Santa Fe and Taos, the Florida Keys, Door County and northern Michigan, Montana and Jackson Hole, Virginia wine country, the Finger Lakes, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Muskoka and Prince Edward County, the Eastern Townships and Charlevoix, Whistler, Vancouver Island, the Canadian Rockies, the Okanagan so far, and add new regions as we check them.
We read each hotel's own website for the things couples ask about: a private hot tub, the spa, adults-only rules, dogs and any minimoon or romantic package. Each listing shows the date we checked and links to our sources.