In the midst of wedding planning and the general excitement of being engaged, it can be easy to put off planning your honeymoon. However, you would be sadly mistaken if you allowed your honeymoon to be an afterthought. Your wedding day will be here and gone before you know it, but your honeymoon will linger on in your memories for years to come. That’s why it is important to put some serious thought into where you go, where you stay, and what kind of experience you want to have. You should plan your honeymoon together to ensure that both of you get what you want out of it.
When you sit down together to plan things out, it’s important to consider what each of you hopes to experience during your honeymoon. Are you both laid back types who just want to unwind and relax? Are you intrepid travelers looking to experience unfamiliar foreign lands? Maybe you’re both outdoorsy types looking to get far away from civilization. No matter what your preferences are, it’s important that you settle on a place that you’ll both enjoy, because that will get your entire honeymoon experience off to a great start. If one of you is adventurous and the other is laidback, stay at a beach and take turns surfing and chilling out at the hotel spa. Just make sure that there’s a little something for everyone.
In addition to choosing a location that’s suited to both of your vacation personalities, you’re also going to want to avoid vacation drama. If neither of you is a very experienced traveler, it’s probably a better idea to avoid international travel. If you do travel internationally, consider going somewhere where people speak the same language as you. That way, if you hit a bump in the road (you lose your passport, your hotel reservation is wrong, etc.), you’ll be able to solve any travel problems quickly. You don’t want to spend all of your time dealing with problems—you want to be enjoying each other!
Once you know where you’re staying, go ahead and book your flight and reserve your hotel. Even if you’re the kind of person who is normally content to stay at a hostel or motel, finding a nice hotel is the key to having a great honeymoon. Much as you’ll be out and about enjoying your destination, your honeymoon is all about heating things up between the sheets. You and your mate want the kind of hotel room that you’ll be comfortable spending all day and all night in, if you so please. Even if you never splurge on a hotel room again, this is the one time you should. You may also want to make sure that your hotel is located as close as possible to the location of the daytime activities you’ve planned. That means choosing beachfront as opposed to in-town if you want to spend all day in the ocean, or finding a hotel with its own golf course or tennis courts if you both want to be sporty. That means you can spend more time either having fun out and about or enjoying yourselves in bed, and less time getting from place to place. Some couples even go so far as to choose all inclusive resorts, so you never have to leave your hotel area at all.
Finally, have a plan to make the first night of your honeymoon special. Wear new lingerie, order up a bottle of champagne, and just enjoy yourselves! Make sure you’ve packed appropriate birth control measures, personal lubricant, etc., so you’ll be worry- and interruption-free when it’s time to get down to business. Most important of all, don’t forget to hang that do-not-disturb sign up on your door. Use your honeymoon to connect sexually and relax together, and you’ll have an unforgettable start to your new marriage.