How to Plan a Honeymoon Together:

Similar to your wedding planning, the best way to plan for your honeymoon is to plan together. Since it is the first time you two travel together as a married couple. You do not want to be disappointed during your honeymoon. As a result, it will be better if all the decisions about the honeymoon is agreed by both of you.

The Honeymoon Destination

There is no definite formula to choose your honeymoon destination. You should just choose the destination based on both of your preferences. If both of you would like adventures, you might want to consider a honeymoon in Africa or Europe. Perhaps something quite and adventurous, Antarctica can be quite romantic in with the white scenery and all the little penguins and other animals in the area.

If you believe your honeymoon is meant to be relaxing, you might prefer a place like Bali as your destination. Sometimes just enjoying the sun shine on the beach and the beautiful tranquil views is the perfect plan. On the contrary, you may also consider places like India or Nepal if you love to explore different cultures. The key is that you should select a destination that both of you feel interested.

The Season

Another issue you have to consider is the season in your honeymoon destination. It may not be a good idea if you plan to join the hiking tour in Nepal during summer, which is the monsoon season. The season is even more important if you really choose to go to Antarctica. You can only go to Antarctica during the summer (in the southern hemisphere). Of course there will be less problem if your honeymoon destination is places with equatorial climate, such as Indonesia and northern Brazil.

The Budget

As for your wedding items, you need to consider the budget for your honeymoon. The tradition is that the groom should pay for the expenses of the honeymoon. However, I will suggest you forget all this tradition and try to plan the budget together. There is nothing wrong if both of you contribute to the expenses.

Undoubtedly, the destination will affect your expenses a lot. Traveling to Antarctica is certainly more expensive than traveling to Mexico (if you are living in the U.S.). However, you can try to save some money from your wedding items and use the extra for your honeymoon. All inclusive honeymoon packages are another budget friendly option you might wish to try. At the end of the day the cost for your honeymoon is usually only a fraction of that of your wedding.

Planning for your honeymoon is not an easy task. If you can plan it well, however, I am sure that you will have a really memorable honeymoon.

Let’s start with some general tips when visiting one or all of the Disney parks. Summer vacation and winter or spring breaks are the busiest times to visit for all of the parks and resorts. But, if you are able to be flexible, the weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas are the least crowded and yet the most festive at all of the parks. The last three weeks in January and most of October are also times when the attendance is a bit lower.

Always buy your ticket packages either before you leave home or at least a day before you plan on going to the first park. There are many packages and the line to enter the park will be long, but if you also have to stand in line first to buy tickets your wait will be twice as long. Any Disney stores in any mall around the country sells ticket packages to the parks, as does any AAA office. Multi day tickets do not last forever as they used to. Once a ticket is used at the first park it will expire in 14 days. It is cheaper to package many days together now in order to save some of them for your next trip to Orlando. That can still be done. Your ticket can be made to have no expiration date for a small additional fee.

Once you are in the park, utilize Disney’s FastPass option. There are very popular rides at every park and standing in line for them can waste an hour each that you could spend seeing other sights. Immediately go to the FastPass Kiosk near the line for the ride you wish and enter your ticket. It will spit out a receipt that will give you an hour-long reservation window for sometime later in the day to return to that ride and go right to the beginning of the line with hardly a wait. This conserves your time and allows you to experience more at each park than the majority of the other visitors.

If you have to rent a stroller or wheelchair for the day, return them before the final fireworks show at the end of the night, if possible. This can save you a lot of time in line, allowing you to get back to your hotel almost an hour earlier. Shop in the gift shops earlier in the afternoon as well. The shops are very crowded right before the park closes and the lines to pay for your merchandise become very long. If there are two afternoon parades being offered, always go to the second one. It will be much less crowded.

Look into attending one of the Character Breakfasts, Lunches, or Dinners. They are a wonderful experience for everyone in your party and allow you perks that you may not have considered. For instance, buying tickets to the Character Breakfast at Animal Kingdom allows you to enter the park an hour and a half before the park opens. You will have a wonderful behind the scenes breakfast adventure and when the park does open, you are already at the head of the line.

There are so many tips that they could fill an encyclopedia. Hopefully, these few will give you some insight into Disney’s parks and increase your enjoyment a bit.