A honeymoon is romantic time that marks the beginning of your marriage. The hectic preparation needed for the wedding usually means that couples spend less time on planning their honeymoon. To make your honeymoon a memorable experience, you will need to be very organised. In planning your honeymoon, you will find the following tips prove useful.
Six months ahead
- a budget.
- Start trading honeymoon fantasies. Where do you want to go? What do you want to do? Bat around destination possibilities, troll the Internet, talk to your travel agent, and poll friends for ideas.
- Find a travel agent (if you don't already have one) who specializes in your destination
- Book your tickets, get seat assignments, order special in-flight meals, and check luggage allowances.
- Research hotels, check room availability, and reserve a room.
- Reserve a rental car.
- If you're travelling abroad and are feeling ambitious, sign up for a foreign-language class or buy a language course on tape and start practicing at home or on your way to work.
- Ask your travel agent to check whether certain vaccinations are recommended or required before visiting your destination.
- Start trading honeymoon fantasies. Where do you want to go? What do you want to do? Bat around destination possibilities, troll the Internet, talk to your travel agent, and poll friends for ideas.
- Find a travel agent (if you don't already have one) who specializes in your destination
- Book your tickets, get seat assignments, order special in-flight meals, and check luggage allowances.
- Research hotels, check room availability, and reserve a room.
- Reserve a rental car.
- If you're travelling abroad and are feeling ambitious, sign up for a foreign-language class or buy a language course on tape and start practicing at home or on your way to work.
- Ask your travel agent to check whether certain vaccinations are recommended or required before visiting your destination.
Three months ahead
- Obtain your passports and visas, if necessary.
- Consider signing up for travel insurance through a reliable insurance agency
- Consider signing up for travel insurance through a reliable insurance agency
Two months ahead
- Buy a camera and camcorder. Practice using them and be sure to take lots of pictures to make sure it's working properly.
- Buy essential items for your trip
- Buy essential items for your trip
- Research and book tours, theatre tickets, hot restaurant seats, and any other activities that require advance reservations, earlier if you're travelling during peak times.
One month ahead
- Make a packing and shopping list.
- Reconfirm all reservations.
Two weeks ahead
- Pick up airline tickets and all applicable vouchers from your travel agent. Read all material carefully to make sure the information is correct. If not, your travel agent can correct it.
- Buy travelers' checks; stow numbers someplace safe in case they're lost or stolen.
- Exchange an amount of money into the currency of the country you'll be visiting. There is usually an exchange counter or ATM at the airport, but it can be nice to have cash in hand.
- Buy travelers' checks; stow numbers someplace safe in case they're lost or stolen.
- Exchange an amount of money into the currency of the country you'll be visiting. There is usually an exchange counter or ATM at the airport, but it can be nice to have cash in hand.
One week ahead
- Make two to three sets of photocopies of your passport, credit cards, insurance, travelers’ check numbers, wills…basically any paperwork people would need if your wallet were stolen or something happened to you. Give one each to a parent and/or a relative or friend, pack one in your luggage, and leave one in your safe deposit box.
- out clothes to pack; buy what you need.
- Make sure you have extras of everything you can't live without: medicine, glasses or contacts, etc. Carry all medications in their original prescription bottles to avoid questions at customs.
- Touch base with your hoor cat sitter to reconfirm when they'll be coming over, hand over the keys, give them a copy of the vet's number and your contact info, etc.
- out clothes to pack; buy what you need.
- Make sure you have extras of everything you can't live without: medicine, glasses or contacts, etc. Carry all medications in their original prescription bottles to avoid questions at customs.
- Touch base with your hoor cat sitter to reconfirm when they'll be coming over, hand over the keys, give them a copy of the vet's number and your contact info, etc.
Three days ahead
- Reconfirm overseas flights.
- Buy books and magazines for the trip.
- Transfer the addresses of friends to whom you'll want to send postcards plus important phone numbers (house/cat sitter, doctor) into a little travel-sized notebook or journal.
- Make arrangements for your rides to and from the airport.
- Leave a copy of your itinerary and a of hokeys with a relative or close friend in case of emergency.
- Check weather forecasts for your destination.
- Prepare your hoor apartment for your departure, eat or dispose of perishable food, water plants, etc.
- Buy books and magazines for the trip.
- Transfer the addresses of friends to whom you'll want to send postcards plus important phone numbers (house/cat sitter, doctor) into a little travel-sized notebook or journal.
- Make arrangements for your rides to and from the airport.
- Leave a copy of your itinerary and a of hokeys with a relative or close friend in case of emergency.
- Check weather forecasts for your destination.
- Prepare your hoor apartment for your departure, eat or dispose of perishable food, water plants, etc.
One day ahead
- Reconfirm flights.
- Make sure your luggage (carry-on and checked) is labeled both on the outside and inside with your name, hotel address, and phone number.
- Make sure your luggage (carry-on and checked) is labeled both on the outside and inside with your name, hotel address, and phone number.
Day of departure
- Be sure to arrive at the airport early to allow for security checks, a minimum of one hour before domestic flights, two for international.- Drink plenty of water so that you arrive fresh and hydrated.
- Get on the local time as soon as you arrive at the airport, even if that means drinking coffee to stay awake. The sooner you adjust, the better.
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