Your honeymoon is the one trip worth getting exactly right. This guide covers how to choose between a beach, a safari or a bit of both, when to go, and the touches that turn a lovely holiday into an unforgettable one.
What's inside
- Beach, adventure or twin-centre: how to choose
- The best honeymoon months by destination
- How to get upgrades and special touches
- Budgeting, and where it is worth spending
- Our favourite honeymoon islands and lodges
Decide the shape of the trip first
Most honeymoons are one of three shapes: pure beach and switch-off, adventure and experiences, or a twin-centre that combines both. Talk about which of you needs what. A fortnight lying still is heaven for some and torture for others.
A classic twin-centre, a few nights of adventure followed by a week on a beach, gives you the best of both and a natural rhythm: do, then rest.
- · Switch-off: Maldives, Mauritius, the Caribbean
- · Adventure: safari, Japan, Costa Rica
- · Both: Cape Town then Mauritius, or Bali then the Gili islands
Time it for weather and value
The dreamiest destinations have clear best-seasons, and honeymoons are often booked around a fixed wedding date. We work backwards from your date to find where will be at its best, and flag if a small shift in timing transforms the trip.
Booking further ahead secures the best villas and overwater suites, which sell out first.
It is the touches you remember
Tell your travel expert it is your honeymoon and let them work. A quiet word to the right people brings upgrades, a bottle on arrival, a private dinner on the beach.
Decide where to splurge and where to save. One extraordinary night in an overwater villa at the end can matter more than an extra category of room throughout.
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