Honeymoon destination

pledgeX

I'm after some ideas for a honeymoon destination. My criteria so far:
- Less than 20 hours flight from London (so this rules out Oz, NZ and any pacific islands)
- Beach based
- Not America or islands that way (i.e. not Carribean, Dom rep, Cuba etc)
- £5k absolute max, preferably £3.5 - 4k
- 7 days minimum
- Not Thailand (been there before and done quite a few destinations)

The main thing I'm weighing up at the minute is whether to do a single destination or a couple, and for how long.

If I go for somewhere like the Seychelles or the Maldives, it's quite isolated and expensive, meaning that I'd only be able to do one location, and for a short period of time.

Alternatively I was thinking of somewhere like Langkawi in Malaysia. This is cheaper but still looks very impressive. It's not quite so isolated so I could do a week there, then a few hours flight to the Phillipines for another week or so.

Any suggestions?

inmypocketnottheirs

Cambodia? Ultra cheap (once you're there) and stunning scenery and under utilised hotels.

annie_d

I just had a week in Bahrain. Seef Residence. Amazing so definitely worth y0u having a look

lady1964

OP, what time of year are you looking at going?

Reason I ask is that some Asian destinations have their rainy season June-October and some other destinations, Middle East for example, may be far too hot during June-early September.

littlereddevil

Dubai or Capetown then Mauritius?

Bob_the_Saver

Can't see anything that rules out Skegness.

pledgeX

lady1964 wrote: »

OP, what time of year are you looking at going?

Reason I ask is that some Asian destinations have their rainy season June-October and some other destinations, Middle East for example, may be far too hot during June-early September.

We don't want a winter wedding, but are thinking of having a spring wedding so we can avoid the dodgy weather patterns you mention.

As for the other suggestions:
- Cambodia - been there and seen all we want to I think
- Mauritius + Cape town. Not a bad shout but we're not really interested in Cape town or South Africa in general
- Dubai/Bahrain - Although the hotels look stunning, the city/landscape doesn't really interest me.
- Skegness......

aneres

Have a look a Thomson Sensatori, I have just got married in Crete and had a wonderful time, we paid for a room with a private pool. They also have hotels in Tenerife, Egypt and Mexico.

davidlizard

The Maldives is only about 1-2 hours flight from Sri Lanka - you can easily do a week in Sri Lanka seeing the sights, culture, animals etc followed by a week chilling in the Maldives.

Problem can be that just about other couple appear to be on their honeymoon!

As mentioned above - time of year can be critical, for both Sri Lanka/Maldives and Skegness.

totallybored

Jeju Island, Korea. Not been but it's next on my list of where I want to go.

Bob_the_Saver

Bob_the_Saver wrote: »

Can't see anything that rules out Skegness.

More info, I can see that you're tempted

http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080809042643AAv8JST