subject: Honeymoon Vacations - Spending Your First Days Married In Luxury [print this page] What is probably the most memorable parts of a wedding for most people is the honeymoon. Honeymoon vacations are also one of the biggest expenses that will be incurred on newlywedded couples (assuming that their parents don't pay for the honeymoon themselves.)
However, there are tons of great ways to make doing a honeymoon a lot more affordable while still having a great time.
Ones sold as discount packages are quite popular. Simply visit any travel website and you can find tons of choices when it comes to honeymooning in domestic and international places, all of them equally exotic.
When buying your package, be sure to read all the fine print - this is not a time in your life that you want to leave anything to chance. Most discount vacations that are sold online feature your airfare to and from the destination, your hotel accommodations in a honeymoon suite once you arrive where you're going, rental car service from the airport and during the trip, tickets to local attractions and show, vouchers for meals at the hotel's restaurant or other local eating establishments, and other goodies that are thrown in to entice the honeymooner into choosing one package over another one.
Take this time to make a decision with your soon to be spouse and then book your trip early. Booking early is important if you're vacationing on a budget - and by booking early, you can save up to forty percent on the cost of your airfare, hotel, and more. As long as you're not planning a spur-of-the-moment type of wedding, you will likely have many months (or even years) to plan the ideal wedding and choose from the many honeymoon vacations out there.
Booking early also allows you to be assured of getting the flights that you want, the hotel rooms that you want, and seeing the shows that you want. As a general rule, book three months in advance when you are looking at packaged honeymoon vacations, although you might book as soon as three weeks from your wedding date and departure date and still find some decent deals. The true savings, however, are for those couples who choose to be the early bird that "gets the worm". Booking early for these types of vacations is especially important if you are planning a wedding during June or for Valentine's Day - because so are thousands of other couples, too.
