Wedding Forum - Where is everyone going on their honeymoon?...

Thanks ladies. Guess i just need to do some proper research and get some prices xx

We are still undecided. I've always wanted to visit Egypt for religious reasons being a patron of Osiris, but the Mister has already been before and he hated it. He basically explained how dangerous it can be and how when you walk out of your hotel/off your boat you just get hounded by people trying to stuff things into your pockets, or put hats on you and accuse you of stealing them, or pickpockets.

Our other ideas were:

Reykjavik (Since I know people from there and have always wanted to visit)
Florida (The Mister loves Florida and Universal Studios)
Route 66 Tour (Since we can't drive we'd do a coach tour
Santorini (I love Greece, it's my home from home, so Santorini has always been a big deal for me)
Rhine/Danube River Cruise
Med Cruise (There's a great deal on for April of next year at Vision Cruise. 11 nights with Celebrity Cruise around places like Athens, Rome, Turkey.)
Cadgewith Cove (Cornwall. Been there and it's gorgeous)

Argh, too much choice!

We decided to upgrade our seats on the plane to premium club seats. It's the same as buisness class but they can't call them that as the seats don't go into a bed but they recline quite a way back. We are so excited as we have never done this before and thought seeing as it's a special occasion then we might aswell go the shabang lol. Just got the confirmation email through

Yay Bethan, how exciting! :D xx

Yes do it! We see it as a once in a lifetime as there will be no need to do it again really and it's another special touch to the honeymoon. You get so much more and it's well worth the money. x

Fair enough, I'm sure it won't be a problem. It cost us an extra £458 in total for the 2 of us x

They told us the price can vary so we thought we'd book quick incase it went up. We are happy with that price seeing as it's for the both of us and what you get included. I can't wait to feel like a VIP lol :) x

I've fallen in love with a hotel in Corfu. Really tempted to book. We will prob need a loan lol. But a honeymoon was always something we decided on last minute as I'm really not sure if I'll be prepared to leave my lo for a week. Oh says he will be older then and it may not be as hard and he will have a ball getting spoilt by his grandparents. I still want to wait but don't wanna risk not getting that hotel!!!

What age will they be Katie? And where are you going ? My LO will be just over 2 and a half. Oh is insisting that it won't be a honeymoon if we take him and that we could take him away for a few days and go to the zoo etc. then I'm like it's not fair on him as he would have a ball on holiday lol

Sounds amazing Katie. Your boys will be old enough so in sure they will be fine. I'm just panicking already lol we always said we would love Dominican Republic or Mexico as our honeymoon but I def wouldn't leave him did any longer than a week so would be little point going somewhere so far. We would have to fly to England 1st also. Oh said that too the hotel we are looking at is 5 star adults only somewhere we would never take LO so would be nice to relax and enjoy it all

We're thinking Madagascar for our honeymoon. We went travelling for 7 months last year, so we got to see a lot of places then, but we didn't go to Africa and Madagascar has been on my list for years. Just need to figure out if we want to book it as a tour of do it independently!

We're going to Crete in Greece; 5 star all inclusive hotel for 2 weeks :D

Where are you going Katie?

Th0m50n

Hope you can get it sorted and get a good deal Flossie. Definitely good to have a contact on the inside ;) x

Still waiting to see prices. This particular hotel may be a bit pricey lol x

Not sure, we've not thought about it toooo much at the moment as there are lots of ifs and buts. We will wait and see what the prices are like and then decide! This one is very luxurious and everything you would expect from a dream honeymoon, just not sure if it's unrealistic at the moment. We'll see! x

Just been tormenting myself looking at potential honeymoons again haha. The original hotel we liked in Jamaica is S3cr3ts W1ld 0rch1d, which we cannot get a price for in June 2016 at all, but I've just discovered that a hotel that Th0ms0n has (S3cr3ts St J@m3s) is linked to that hotel and they share all the same facilities, restaurants, pools etc... That one works out just under £3800 in total for 11 nights with a £500 deposit. Just don't know if it's doable as the final balance would need to be paid by 28th March :(

OH is also called James so I think it's fate! Haha.

That was my original thought but I think I'd feel so cheeky asking, especially considering my parents in particular are being soo generous already and OH's parents are chipping in where they can too. OH's dad has already offered us £1k to go towards our honeymoon but he doesn't have it yet, so who knows if he would have it saved by that time... I would have no idea how to approach the subject without feeling really spoilt and cheeky!?!

It might work out that with the £500 deposit already paid by us, and the £1000 from FIL, we could manage to pick the rest up ourselves and then top our account back up with any monetary gifts we get given at the wedding, BUT I just don't want to put so much financial pressure on us as I know I'll be worrying constantly about paying everything off at the same sort of time. I already feel a bit of a brat because we really want to go as soon as we can after the wedding - we're ideally looking at going on the Monday straight after, which is why we will put strain on ourselves financially. If we waited a couple of months it would probably be more manageable, but then I think it takes away the 'honeymoon' feeling a little and I just want everything to be exactly how we imagined :/ xx

It might be worth waiting another few months to see if you could realistically save up more without putting too much pressure on yourselves. Even if you wait a few weeks after the wedding you will still be in the 'honeymoon phase' and it would mean you could probably get a cheaper deal and you will have the money that you get as gifts x

The thing with waiting until after the wedding to book a last min deal is getting the time off work. The holidays at OH's work get booked off really quickly, especially in summer holiday season... and my work would need quite a bit of notice too. So it's either book in advance waaay before, or potentially wait a long time waaaay after the wedding lol! x

Hmmm possibly. I think we'll wait until the year/ 11 month mark to seriously consider doing anything, as there should be a wider range of flights and holidays available then.

Or we could just look at going on a cheaper honeymoon knowing we could afford it and knowing we don't have to worry...

Why is nothing ever easy?! xx

I think in my head I know we probably shouldn't do Jamaica (or this particular hotel, as there are cheaper hotels available) but both our hearts are set on it now. I think we will just wait it out and see what's available in a couple of months time and then make a decision. I feel like such a spoilt brat for wanting everything exactly how I want it, I know we're lucky to even be considering a honeymoon at all as lots of people can't! x

Is there anywhere else you have looked at or are considering? x