I'd book it now. If you do there's a longer period of time to pay it off so therefore you can get what you want in theory. We are going to Cuba in April, they have a nice stretch of coral reef for diving, I hear it's equally as nice Oct/Nov... as is the rest of the Caribbean. Depends how far you want to go, I wanted Sardinia, he wanted Caribbean - he won but I am glad now.

Hope you find your dream honeymoon x

Great thanks ladies - in order to find the best deals, what's the best way to do this? Is it to google 'honeymoon deals' then take the best ones into a travel agents? I have no idea!!

Id search online for the best deals, then maybe go to the travel agents and see if they can match or beat the deal :-)

We are looking at booking it now for next sep - although the flights arent actually released yet so you can book but they can still change the flight times and even dates which may be a problem if you are going somewhere a bit different. This happened to me when I went travelling and our flights were changed by a day!!!!

If you are looking for hot and diving - egypt? or kenya (that's where we are going :) ) Not sure if its rainy season in the maldives or borneo is another place thats meant to have good diving - closer to home Malta is meant to be really good for diving too

We booked our 11 months in advance as that was the earliest we could get the flights. I'm really looking forward to it now because I know what I have to look forward to.

we booked ours the monday after our wedding and went the next day, we had asked for vouchers as a present, we got a great deal as last minute, we always do last minute anyway 3 yrs ago we went to taba egypt (lovely place so peaceful right on the red sea) we got a buy one get one free basically what would have cost us £1600 was now £855 !! amazing!

we booked our honeymoon monday for october next year! we booked through thomas cook x

We book our holidays about 11-12 months in advance usually. Prices fluctuate, but typically you can get a decent price booking early, plus you have longer to pay it off. Another time which can be good to book is just after Christmas; you often get good deals then. I personally never book a big holiday last minute, as my OH and I can't be too flexible on dates (we both have to book time off way in advance), and we're pretty fussy: we like to research and if we're spending a lot, we want choice and to know it ticks as many boxes as possible. I always track prices after I've booked, and I've never yet seen anywhere we've booked cheaper last-minute.

I would definitely start researching destinations at this stage, as for eg, the weather in the Caribbean isn't always the best in September/October, so this might influence your choice.

As far as booking goes, go with a reputable company that's ABTA/ATOL protected and has a good reputation. I personally avoid companies offering super-low prices, as typically, if it sounds too good to be true, it usually is, and you might have awful customer service, they might overbook hotels, and so on; and obv in the current economic climate, they could even go bust. I find that the major tour operators usually have fairly good prices on package deals, so tend to book with them for peace of mind if I'm parting with a lot of cash (I'm less bothered about a cheap weekend break in Europe).

We use the Caribbean Warehouse for our Caribbean holidays and I'd recommend them. Also check out thomas cook style as they have some very good prices at the moment for next year.

We booked ours over 18months in advance and was better as we got an early booking discount and meant we had longer to pay it off bit by bit, as its the Maldives we've only now had our flights confirmed but thats no bother to us as still a while off yet x

We went to First choice and then Thomas Cook fter getting quotes from both and in the end thomas cook gave us better discount and a much better deal for less money.... We are staying a the Medhufushi 5* resort and since we booked it so early the payments are much more manageable otherwise wouldn't of been able to afford it. defiantely get quotes of loads of companies and see whether the others can do any better deals xx