Saturday, February 28, 2009

Getaway 4 Romance: Planning Your Honeymoon

By Linda Beckett

Planning your honeymoon|Honeymoon planning|Planning a honeymoon can be stressful, but it doesn't have to be. Honeymoons are exciting and you should be looking forward to your honeymoon. You can avoid much of the frustration by taking some time to do research and get advice from all your married colleagues and relatives. It is important to arrange the honeymoon of your dreams and not have someone push their wants on to your honeymoon plans.

You want to determine how much time you are going to be on your honeymoon. Will it be for a few nights to several weeks. Think about the cost for your romantic getaway and when you want to take it. You can go on your romantic getaway after the reception, a few weeks after the wedding,or at the wedding venue. Also work out where you want to go. Do you want to go to a city beach, mountains, the tropics or maybe several locations.

You need to determine the type of hotel you want to stay at. Someplace secluded, close to nightclubs or entertainment, small with a few rooms or a villa, large with a lot of amenities, all-inclusive, soups or adults only, or in the heart of a city. Determine|Figure what activities you want to engage in and figure out where your food will be coming from. Will you prepare all of the meals, eat at cheap local restaurants, order in room service or resort food, have an all-inclusive package or do fine dining? Finally chose what activities you want o do at night whether it be live entertainment, bars, clubs, walks in the moonlight, movies or some romantic time.

Will your meals be included, will you have to prepare them, are you planning on doing any fine dining, or simply use room service. Finally want activities do you want to do, take some long walks on the beach, go to clubs and bar, see some live entertainment or have some romantic time.

After you have chosen the perfect locaton then you should find the perfect hotel or resort. This should only take more than 15 minutes online, but should take some extensive research. If you can, you should try and book a honeymoon suite and have a luxurious honeymoon experience.

If you are on a budget you should look into doing some off-season travel as you can find some fantastic deals. Whenever you are booking your honeymoon for yourself you should inform your hotel or cruise about it. This way they may have some specials or extra for you that travel agents know about but you may not.

Honeymoons have an average price of $3500 dollars and tend to be about 8 days long though this can vary. Most hotels are found through travel agents and travel websites. Popular honeymoon destinations are Hawaii, Mexico, the Caribbean, Europe and the Mediterranean. More exotic locations are French Polynesia, Fiji Islands and Thailand.

Make sure to pay attention to the extras such as room placement and room options. Do you want bathrobes, a plunge pool, air conditioning, CD player, minibar, DVD player, king size bed or whirlpool bath in your room. DO you want your balcony to overlook a gorgeous white sand and turquoise water beach? A little planning can go a very long way.

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