HONEYMOON CHECKLIST

By Elina Merchan

When planning a honeymoon destination, you will need to consider the following points of your honeymoon checklist.

You first need to determine how much money you can spend on the honeymoon. This will help you narrow down your choices.Decide whether to use a travel agent.Travel specialists can take the planning off your mind and they can arrange attractive honeymoon travel packages. For your surprise they normally charge very reasonable fees.Decide where you’re going.As soon as you get engaged, you should start thinking about where you want to honeymoon. Consider the time of year, and what the weather will be like and decide your honeymoon destination.Book your hotel.Make your Hotel reservations early, so you can focus on minor details. Some great destinations tend to have small occupancy, so good ones fill up quickly.

Buy plane tickets.Booking early will help you get better rates for nonstop flights. Missing a connection and spending the night in an airport hotel is not the ideal and romantic way to start.If you are using frequent flier miles, you’ll have a much better chance of getting the flights you want if you book well in advance.Schedule any transportation on your honeymoon checklist.Once you know your itinerary, look into car rental and buy train tickets, if any of that is needed. Even if you are heading to an all-inclusive beach resort you never plan to leave, you’ll need transportation to and from the airport.Get dinner reservation.If you’re dying to go to a famous restaurant that’s booked months in advance, now is the time to secure a reservation.Get or renew your passport.Getting or renewing a passport can be as quick as a month. If your passport is current, make sure it will be for at least six months after you return home. That is a requirement for some countries.

Apply for any visas or other documentation.Know what the country you’re visiting requires, and take care of it.Get vaccinations.If you’re going to Africa, Southeast Asia, or other exotic destinations, you may need immunizations. And some are given in stages that take time. Make sure you find out ahead of time.Fill in for prescriptions.Make sure you have full bottles of any medications you take regularly.Write down important phone numbers in your honeymoon travel checklist.If you are visiting a foreign country, know the location of the closest U.S. embassy. Also, have the phone numbers of your credit card companies so you can quickly call if there are any problems.Get some local currency.You can easily get cash from an ATM in any country, but having a little bit of money on hand (about the equivalent of $200) is a good idea—even if it’s just to take a cab to the hotel without having to stop at an ATM in the airport.

It may seem unnecessary but when you are spending a lot of money on a once-in-a-lifetime trip, having it canceled because of mothers nature disaster is much more costly than a few hundred dollars. Travel insurance plans can cover everything from illness to acts of God.Shop specialty clothing.Now’s the time to shop for clothes—not the week before the wedding. Don’t forget things like voltage converters or specific garments, you’ll need for some countries.Pack and verify your honeymoon checklist.Don’t wait until the week before the wedding, when you’ll be extremely busy. Pack what you can ahead of time. You can throw in toiletries at the last minute.A must on your honeymoon checklist one or Two Days Before you leave:Confirm the hotel again. Check the weather, if your destination is having a cold week, you may want to throw in another sweater.Pack a carry-on with the essentials for the flight.

If you need further advice organizing your honeymoon checklist, feel free to call us at 305-300-0664 / 305-262-6202 email us at amazoniapartyrental@gmail.com and visit our website www.amazoniapartyrental.com. We will be more than glad to help you.Thanks for joining me and we´ll see next time.Your friend,Elina Merchan