Holiday types · Honeymoon
Honeymoons
Almost every honeymoon we book is a two-centre, and there's a good reason. After a wedding you want somewhere easy first and somewhere quiet second.
Almost every honeymoon we book is a two-centre, and there's a good reason. After a wedding you want somewhere easy first and somewhere quiet second.
The week after a wedding is not the week to be navigating a new country on four hours' sleep.
Three or four nights somewhere straightforward — Dubai, Singapore, Cape Town — lets you decompress while still doing something. Then the beach half, where nothing is expected of you. Doing it the other way round means starting flat on your back and finishing with a city and a long flight, which is the wrong shape. The other thing worth knowing: tell the hotel it's your honeymoon at booking, not on arrival. Upgrades and extras are discretionary and they're allocated in advance.
The shapes we book most, with the beach half always second.
The classic. Three nights of city, seven on a water villa.
More to do at the beach end, and cheaper than the Maldives.
Granite islands, ferries between them, and fewer people.
A private-pool villa in Ubud then a beach. Superb value.
Two islands, forty minutes apart, ending under the Pitons.
City, vineyards and a safari. Almost no jet lag.
Two beach cultures that feel nothing alike.
Big Five, then an island. The most memorable of the lot.
If you'd rather not move at all. One island, nothing to do.
Ten to fourteen nights for a two-centre. Under ten and the second leg feels rushed once you account for the flights.
No. Plenty of people want one island and no movement at all, and the Maldives or Mauritius do that beautifully. We just find most couples prefer the contrast.
Yes — deposits start low and we write the payment plan out in full before you commit, with dates you can plan around.
Then keep the first leg easy — a short flight or an overnight, and somewhere that needs no navigation. We'd build the itinerary around that.
The order matters — arrive tired, sightsee first, then stop moving.
Three nights of city, eight of doing nothing. The classic, and it works.
Three islands by ferry rather than one for a fortnight.
Two or three nights on the caldera, then a week somewhere with a beach.
Reef the whole way round, so the water is flat everywhere. Good value here.
Two islands, one flight home. Pitons at the end.
City, ruins and coast without a long-haul flight.
Guide prices, per person, based on two sharing, including return flights, accommodation and transfers where stated. They indicate what a holiday of this type has typically cost and are not an offer or a quotation. Your price depends on dates, party, board basis, departure airport and availability, and is confirmed in writing before any payment is taken.
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