Planning Your Honeymoon Destination

When you begin to plan for your wedding you will need to plan for all the details of your big event. In fact, you also need to plan for something after your wedding, your honeymoon destination. Traditionally the honeymoon should be planned by the groom. However, it will make more sense if both you and your husband-to-be are planning the honeymoon together.

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. 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.

Hot Air Balloon Rides in Australia

With a hot air balloon ride you will have the opportunity to experience the tranquil flight of floating above the land and seeing things in a very special way with your loved. If this is the adventure for you, you will have plenty of places to try it out. Australia would be our top pick for a honeymoon destination!

In Austraila, Balloon Joy Flights allows you to experience an airborne adventure over the picturesque Belubula Valley. You will be picked up from your hotel at dawn when the winds are calm and stable. The morning flight will take about three hours. It will end with a champagne breakfast and a flight certificate at Tom’s Waterhole Winery. The balloon will accommodate up to six passengers. You will be able to bring your family or a small group of friends for an early morning flight.

Balloon Safaris with Hunter Valley Ballooning fly every day over the scenic vines of Hunter Valley. They offer a photographer during the flight and you will enjoy a complimentary Balloonist’s Breakfast after the flight. You will dine on the terrace at Cessrock airport. Passengers will receive a personalized flight certification, a refrigerator magnet, and a gift pack with discounts to other local attractions.

They meet at the Cessnock Airport a half an hour before sunrise. The entire experience takes between three and four hours. During the winter they will only have afternoon flights.

Balloon Aloft Australia is Australia’s original, award winning and oldest balloon company. Balloon Aloft has been in business for over 26 years. They perform sunrise flights every day. The founder of the company, Peter Vizzard is a former World Hot Air Balloon Champion and twice the National Champion of Australia. He is still concerned with the day-by-day ventures of the company. All pilots associated with Balloon Aloft are very well trained and experienced. The all meet the exacting standards of the company.

On a flight with Balloons Aloft you will enjoy an experience with lifelong memories. Every flight is celebrated with a champagne ceremony after landing. You and your friends will be presented with a personalized flight certificate. Balloon Aloft books for seven different regions across Australia. Flight gift certificates are available and are valid for 12 months.

Byron Bay Ballooning welcome’s you to Australia’s Ballooning Paradise. The chief pilot Chris Dewhirst, Australia’s most decorated balloon pilot, is the first pilot to ever fly a hot air balloon over Mt. Everest. The offer sunrise flight every day. The entire experience will last about four hours.

During the early morning flight you will have the opportunity to witness the “rainbow region”. You will be high enough off the ground for you to get a scenic picture of the landscape beneath you. The sights you will have the opportunity to witness the terrain at a different angle than you would normally have the opportunity to witness. Along with the flight a traditional breakfast and a commemorative flight certificate will be included.
Cloud 9 Balloon Flights believe ballooning to be one of life’s greatest aerial adventures. The adventure begins at the dawn’s first light from one of the two locations. You will also have a choice of countryside flight or a city flight.

The city flight will give you the opportunity to enjoy the view of one of the world’s beautiful skylines. You will see the Sydney Harbor Bridge, Sydney Tower, Olympic Stadium and the Blue Mountains in the west, and gardens and parks surround this sight, tree lined suburbs and the never-ending countryside.

Cloud 9 Balloon Flights will show you the countryside south and north of Sydney. The flight plan will take you over the vines in the district of Hunter Valley.

Cloud 9 has maintained their unblemished safety record and they have a reputation for quality. They invest in the fines personnel and the latest equipment to maintain their record. All flights are one hour in duration and to maintain your safety only one flight will be performed per day.

After the flight the champagne breakfast will be enjoyed at the historic building, homestead and wineries as tradition indicates. All passengers will receive a commemorative flight certificate to make their flight with Cloud 9 even momentous.