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Two Location Honeymoon - how??

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  • Doshwaster
    Doshwaster Posts: 6,406 Forumite
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    For this kind of twin centre holiday I would normally say "DIY is best" but with it being a honeymoon there is something to be said for letting someone else organise everything, especially if they have access to upgrade packages.

    Florida and the Caribbean sounds more sensible than a side trip to Hawaii. Save that for your first anniversary ;)
  • claire16c
    claire16c Posts: 7,074 Forumite
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    Do Florida by itself, Florida and the Carribean, or do California and Hawaii, or just Hawaii. Florida and Hawaii is just madness.

    Whats your budget?
  • We used Virgin for a multi-stop holiday before - we did Vegas, Hawaii and San Fran, it was amazing!
  • littlereddevil
    littlereddevil Posts: 4,752 Forumite
    mvteng wrote: »
    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


    Trailfinders staff do actually have to have first hand experience in certain areas of the world before they are employed there
    travelover
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 0 Newbie
    Holiday Haggler
    edited 27 June 2012 at 3:12PM
    TTC40 wrote: »
    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.
    We did something similar - 1 week in Barbados, 1 week cruise around the islands

    There are plenty of '1 week in orlando, 1 week cruise' holidays around:
    http://www.virginholidayscruises.co.uk/cruise-deals/florida-cruise-deals.php

    If you're doing the cruise, make sure it goes to St Kitts, it's a lovely island. If you want to do some shopping, go to St Thomas
  • blueideas
    blueideas Posts: 17 Forumite
    We did 4 days New York and 1 week Barbados a few years ago for my 21st. We booked it all through a travel agent (Thomas Cook) so it was fairly simple. I would definitely do it again, despite the transfers being very tiring.
  • Remember - you can haggle a lot with cruises!
  • cats2012
    cats2012 Posts: 1,182 Forumite
    Thanks for all the help guys :) I hadn't thought about cruises.

    I now realise Florida and Caribbean is much more sensible - I hadn't checked out my geography!!

    Will look at all the suggestions, thanks again !
    Officially Mrs B as of March 2013
    TTC since Apr 2015, baby B born March 2017
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