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Two Location Honeymoon - how??

Hi all,

Really sorry I'm sure this has come up before but I've had a search and couldn't find anything quite right.

For our honeymoon next April I really want to do 5 days in Florida then 5 days on a beach, maybe Hawaii or even the Caribbean.

Does anyone have any experience of booking something like this? I've used Trailfinders before but are there any others?

I really don't want to be ripped off but also with it being our honeymoon I don't think I want the stress of trying to do it all separately myself.

Thanks in advance :)
Officially Mrs B as of March 2013
TTC since Apr 2015, baby B born March 2017
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  • Incapuppy
    Incapuppy Posts: 5,713 Forumite
    Most good long haul tour operators will be able to arrange a twin centre like this for you.

    Are you aware that Florida has beaches?

    I think that going all the way to Hawaii from Florida just to sit on a beach for five days would be absolute madness but I appreciate we all have different opinions.
  • cats2012
    cats2012 Posts: 1,182 Forumite
    Incapuppy wrote: »
    Most good long haul tour operators will be able to arrange a twin centre like this for you.

    Are you aware that Florida has beaches?

    I think that going all the way to Hawaii from Florida just to sit on a beach for five days would be absolute madness but I appreciate we all have different opinions.

    Yes I am, it's just because we fancy seeing a couple of different places. We don't travel much so sort of wanted to tick a couple of places off in one go.

    But obviously if it's insanely expensive we won't!
    Officially Mrs B as of March 2013
    TTC since Apr 2015, baby B born March 2017
  • tori.k
    tori.k Posts: 3,592 Forumite
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    edited 26 June 2012 at 4:09PM
    cats2012 wrote: »
    Hi all,

    Really sorry I'm sure this has come up before but I've had a search and couldn't find anything quite right.

    For our honeymoon next April I really want to do 5 days in Florida then 5 days on a beach, maybe Hawaii or even the Caribbean.

    Does anyone have any experience of booking something like this? I've used Trailfinders before but are there any others?

    I really don't want to be ripped off but also with it being our honeymoon I don't think I want the stress of trying to do it all separately myself.

    Thanks in advance :)

    Florida to Hawaii would be one hell of a flight (it's on the other coast) about the same as flying from the UK to Florida so unless your crazy about 2 longhaul flights in 10 days :eek: it would be better to do California to Hawaii.

    Florida is huge if you have only 2 weeks have you considered something like a roadtrip from somewhere like Orlando to the keys

    Virgin holidays do a florida multi stay maybe worth doing some dummy bookings and seeing what prices come up
  • mvteng
    mvteng Posts: 514 Forumite
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    We used Trailfinders for our multi centre holiday honeymoon.

    They were great, everything worked out really well, & in 3 of the 4 locations we were given some form of upgrade (sea view, upgraded to a detached villa in the hotel grounds, upgrade to a suite with a view).

    Maybe we were just lucky with the Trailfinders rep, but the impression I had was that she had genuine first hand knowledge of the hotels she recommended, & that she was in direct regular contact with them (hence the upgrades).

    I should add, we have also had absolutely exceptional service from other companies (Geoddessey) & not such good service from some others, but generally, on our experience, Trailfinders would be up there as one of the good guys
  • Mr_Wang
    Mr_Wang Posts: 1,302 Forumite
    Find an airline that will be heading to Hawaii and offers a free US stopover en route.

    Or book it all independently.
  • pelirocco
    pelirocco Posts: 8,275 Forumite
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    Florida to Hawaii for 5 days is just too far imoh , we did San fran to Hawaii for 5 days and tbh that was too far , Florida to Carribean is more doable , less time difference too
    Vuja De - the feeling you'll be here later
  • TTC40
    TTC40 Posts: 1,056 Forumite
    How about picking a cruise up from Florida?

    We did this for our honeymoon (booked through Virgin) & loved it.

    Not sure about the 5 days part - I think our cruise was a week.
  • Debt_Free_Chick
    Debt_Free_Chick Posts: 13,276 Forumite
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    Kuoni are great for this kind of stuff.

    No connection, but have used them a number of times
    Warning ..... I'm a peri-menopausal axe-wielding maniac ;)
  • pelirocco
    pelirocco Posts: 8,275 Forumite
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    cats2012 wrote: »
    Yes I am, it's just because we fancy seeing a couple of different places. We don't travel much so sort of wanted to tick a couple of places off in one go.

    But obviously if it's insanely expensive we won't!

    Hawaii is insanely expensive , can you have longer then 10 days? , travelling is going to eat into your time quite a bit
    Vuja De - the feeling you'll be here later
  • getmore4less
    getmore4less Posts: 46,882 Forumite
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    Think about what you want to do in florida?

    It's not that great a destination much better places in America.

    You could base yourself on the gulf coast at a beach resort/hotel and still do day trips to the theme parks.

    Hawaii is in the middle of the pacific way to far.


    A nice caribbean cruise will tick of a few places if you don't travel much look for ones that include mexico.
    or panama canal do a couple of days in LA 2week cruise and a couple of days in florida.

    WHATS THE BUDGET

    Watch out for spring break pick you places carefully.
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