Honeymoons

stargazer 68 · 21-08-2015 12:43PM

CBFi wrote: »

Thanks Dovies-great advice! Any recommendations?

Ye are right of course-at least 2016 won't be a year of saving and I'll be married to my best friend!

Where are you staying - dont need to name the hotel obviously but which area?

caveatemptor1 · 21-08-2015 03:23PM

We just got married two weeks ago and are heading on Honeymoon next weekend to Cape Cod and New England. Cant wait, we have a cottage on the beach on the Cape for a week followed by luxury hotels in Nantucket, Newport RI and Boston for a second week.

We booked it all ourselves and it has worked out much cheaper than what we were quoted by Trailfinders but the lady we dealt with said that was because they have limited enough accomodation options in that part of the world. In places like the Seychelles, Maldives etc that are more aimed at honeymoons, we would have had a lot more to choose from. If you have time and patience to go digging for your own accom options it can pay dividends.

EJ Aza · 21-08-2015 03:26PM

westernlass wrote: »

We are May 2016. We have it mostly planned out now its just to put the dates together and start booking after watching for the next few weeks.

I'd love to do a stop over on the way to Bangkok but can't seem to figure out how to do this without going through a travel agent. I'll keep googling and I'm sure there's a way.

Book directly with Etihad and get a free stop in Abu Dhabi for up to 3 days, reduced rate in their top hotels. On the way home it's a lovely stop. Have done it twice. Once transferred to Dubai and the second time stayed in Abu Dhabi.

Stayed in the towers, beautiful hotel, absolute luxury, the most amazing breakfast I have ever come across..... And I am all about food! For three nights including breakfast it worked out about 300euro for 2! Breakfast alone was 50€pp....

Emirates have their stop in Dubai.

EJ Aza · 21-08-2015 03:27PM

jaja321 wrote: »

We are going to Guatemala and Belize for 3 weeks - spent some time initially looking at lots of options and getting quotes from various agencies and in the end just decided to do it ourselves - working out cheaper overall and we are staying in some really great places. I can't wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :-)

Love GT been there a few times :-) it's going to be amazing!! Lago Atitlan is superb.

fits · 21-08-2015 03:31PM

caveatemptor1 wrote: »

We just got married two weeks ago and are heading on Honeymoon next weekend to Cape Cod and New England. Cant wait, we have a cottage on the beach on the Cape for a week followed by luxury hotels in Nantucket, Newport RI and Boston for a second week.

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Thats quite different! I did J1 in newport. Would love to see it again.

westernlass · 22-08-2015 11:57AM

EJ Aza wrote: »

Book directly with Etihad and get a free stop in Abu Dhabi for up to 3 days, reduced rate in their top hotels. On the way home it's a lovely stop. Have done it twice. Once transferred to Dubai and the second time stayed in Abu Dhabi.

Stayed in the towers, beautiful hotel, absolute luxury, the most amazing breakfast I have ever come across..... And I am all about food! For three nights including breakfast it worked out about 300euro for 2! Breakfast alone was 50€pp....

Emirates have their stop in Dubai.

Yeah that could work. The big problem is other airlines are a lot cheaper. Might try Ethihad as emigerates are 400pp difference

caveatemptor1 · 24-08-2015 11:02AM

fits wrote: »

Thats quite different! I did J1 in newport. Would love to see it again.

Ive actually never been, really looking forward to it. We do a bit of sailing so might try and rent a boat for a day or at least get on a harbour sail.
Neither of us are great sun holiday/resort people so we decided we would prefer to be under our own steam rather than a package with a holiday agency etc. e have rented a car for the two weeks and it just means if we get bored of beaches and seafood (highly unlikely!) we can visit cities, towns and islands and explore somewhere different without having to adhere to organised excursions. Really looking forward to it now!

CBFi · 24-08-2015 02:10PM

Dovies wrote: »

Where are you staying - dont need to name the hotel obviously but which area?

Chaweng beach

fits · 24-08-2015 03:37PM

Its a good time to buy Malaysian ringgits with current instability. 1 euro was about 4 rinngits when we were there, now its almost 5.

1 EUR = 4.89606 MYR

sm213 · 24-08-2015 03:49PM

We are thinking of going to Norway for a few days so we are waiting until winter time for northern lights, husky sledding, ice fishing etc.
I also love the look of that cave hotel in Italy its fab.

fits · 24-08-2015 03:51PM

sm213 wrote: »

We are thinking of going to Norway for a few days so we are waiting until winter time for northern lights, husky sledding, ice fishing etc.
I also love the look of that cave hotel in Italy its fab.

Never been to Norway, but just so you know, Sweden is cheaper, and Finland cheaper again

I have done all of the above. Best chance of clear weather for northern lights is around March.

michellie · 30-08-2015 10:54PM

For those of you who did twin\multicentre honeymoons, how did you manage currency wise?

nosietoes · 30-08-2015 11:19PM

michellie wrote: »

For those of you who did twin\multicentre honeymoons, how did you manage currency wise?

We just went to the ATM whenever we needed money in any country we were in...

michellie · 31-08-2015 02:32PM

nosietoes wrote: »

We just went to the ATM whenever we needed money in any country we were in...

I was thinking that was the only logical way to do it!

michellie · 16-09-2015 03:11PM

Has anyone ever booked with or dealt with Tropical Sky?

The guy I'm dealing with just isn't listening to me at all. Checking over the details on the invoice he sent earlier and 2 of the flights in the middle of the flights details were for Oct 2015!!(were going in Aug 2016) in my over active imagination I have visions of us stranded in Bangkok with no flights

michellie · 21-09-2015 09:32PM

So i've now been dealing with a really great girl in Trailfinders the past few days now and she has given us a great quote, great flight times and hotels. She's really been really attentive and listened to exactly what we wanted and I'm thrilled with it, I couldn't have done it for this Price myself. Even got a discount on private transfers to the airport(no waiting on coaches yay!) Think we will be booking soon.

stargazer 68 · 22-09-2015 09:25AM

CBFi wrote: »

Chaweng beach

Chaweng beach has changed so much since I first went there 20 years ago. There were no paths, dirt tracks, little stalls selling knick knacks, little bars you could stop off as you walked up the beach. Completely different now. The main street is mcdonalds, spas etc. The market stalls are pushed right out. Beach is still gorgeous though.

There is an Irish Pub (name escapes me) food is good and they show the games (just in case the OH is having withdrawal). Take a trip to Fishermans Village which is where we stayed the last time. Lots of bars and restaurants and great just for a wander and a stop off at a different bar!

Milly33 · 22-09-2015 02:01PM

Yeah getting ready to book our next mini moon. Going to head to Bologna for a few days.. Cant remember is it ebookers or what but I shall come back

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