One of the first things a bride or groom probably fantasizes about is the honeymoon, because where you stay is just about as important as celebrating those first special moments together.
Have you ever heard your friends tell you of a trip that went incredibly wrong, how their room wasn’t what they saw on the internet, or worse yet there was no beach at the resort? We’ve all heard nightmares about a vacation gone wrong and your honeymoon is certainly not the time for that to happen.
When my husband and I were planning our honeymoon with our local travel planner, we had a few things in mind. My husband was in the military, so he had some travel abroad already under his belt. I had moved quite a bit around the states, so I was really looking for something outside the US. We both liked to travel and we both decided we wanted a warm location. For me, one of things was being able to see and do as much as possible in one trip and ultimately our planner steered us away from a single island stay to a Southern Caribbean cruise. With my husband planning on going back to school, we knew it would be some time before we would get to travel again. Her guidance was perfect and we visited 6 beautiful islands during our honeymoon.
Many things will all come into play when picking your ideal destination like: weather, time of year, your activity desires, your desire for culture, and your food desires.
The best way to make sure you pick the destination that matches your personality is to work with a travel planner. To help you discover your perfect place, we’d like to share our top Incredible Favorite Honeymoon Escapes.
French Polynesia– More widely known as Tahiti or Bora Bora, which happen to be islands that make up French Polynesia. It’s best known for being the birth place of the Over Water Bungalows with incredible shades of blue waters.
Perfect year round destination
Can do a multi-island stay and build the experience
Choose to cruise the islands
Water lovers paradise
Enjoy Polynesian culture
Shop for pearls
Quiet evenings
Hawaii- A South Pacific destination, but part of the United States. Popular destination thanks to film and television industry using the lush islands in their backdrop. And of course, the famed Pearl Harbor.
Perfect year round destination
Can do a multi-island stay to visit the various island personalities
Choose to do a cruise; NCL’s Norwegian Pride is our favorite
Surfers paradise
Plenty of land, water, and air activities
Enjoy Polynesian culture
Night life on the island of Hawaii
No passport required
Mexico- Part of North America offering resorts both on its east and west coast lines. By far, the area from Cancun south, known as the Riviera Maya has been a favorite spot for couples looking for romance.
All-Inclusive resort options and traditional resort stays
Mayan culture
Nightlife
Cruises stop at several of the Mexican city ports
Now offers over-water bungalows at select resort
A variety of activities to explore land and water
St. Lucia- Located in the Caribbean, this island offers a look and feel in
landscape to Hawaii and the South Pacific with its ancient volcano and notable Piton Mountains.
Experience the Caribbean Sea or the Atlantic Ocean
Enjoy authentic culture
Choose All-Inclusive and Boutique properties
A variety of activities to explore land and water
Jamaica- Located in the Caribbean, this lush tropical island offers a variety of experiences depending on which part you choose to stay.
Great “no worry” Jamaican vibe
Nightlife
Water and land activities
All-Inclusive and Boutique options
Public and private beaches
Most cruise lines do stop at either Montego Bay or Ocho Rios
Costa Rica- Located in Central America and more for your adventurer than your beach goer, but has both to offer.
Lush landscape with rainforest, volcanoes, and interesting wildlife
Black sand beaches due to active volcano region
All-inclusive and boutique resort options
Perfect for the eco tourist
Coffee plantations
These are just some of our top favorite places for you to consider. There are so many to choose from and not every destination suits every couple. Working with a travel planner can help sort out the destination that will become your dream honeymoon.
Lisa Rossmeissl is the owner of Boomerang Escapes, a home-based agency located in Old Bridge, New Jersey with agents in TN, MS, and WI.
She has been a professional travel consultant since 2008 and specializes in Australia and the South Pacific. Australia, New Zealand, Tahiti, Fiji, and Cook Islands are among the specialist certificates she holds. Her agency’s focus is on creating custom itineraries with their client’s wants, desires, and budgets in mind. She and her planners believe in getting to know the traveler to ensure they have a vacation to remember. With each planner specializing in a different market area, Boomerang Escapes can offer a wide variety of leisure vacation planning.
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