Honeymoon - Maldives / Sri Lanka / Dubai

liquorice_2

Hi,

We are getting married next July and have started looking for the honeymoon now after the venue etc is sorted!

We are looking at 10 days- 2 1/2 weeks (depending on what we do) and 2/3 of that in the maldives

Options;

1. Just maldives

2. Sri Lanka for 4 days then Maldives

3. Sri Lanks for 4 days, Then Maldives, Then Dubai for a few days

Can anyone recommend anything from experience?

Also, I am not used to searching for this sort of holiday, where is best to look?

Many thanks

bina72

Are you having your honeymoon straight after the wedding? If so then I don't think you'll have much luck with Sri Lanka (& possibly the Maldives - not sure cos I've never been). Our summer is their Monsoon season.
However if you're going Nov-March it'd be perfect. I adored Sri Lanka.
I would recommend a short tour of it, (you'll get all the beach you need in the Maldives), there is so much to see.
I went with Kuoni & found the service excellent. Also heard that the Travel Collection (part of Kuoni) is good too!
Happy holiday hunting!

Steff

liquorice wrote: »

Hi,

We are getting married next July and have started looking for the honeymoon now after the venue etc is sorted!

We are looking at 10 days- 2 1/2 weeks (depending on what we do) and 2/3 of that in the maldives

Options;

1. Just maldives

2. Sri Lanka for 4 days then Maldives

3. Sri Lanks for 4 days, Then Maldives, Then Dubai for a few days

Can anyone recommend anything from experience?

Also, I am not used to searching for this sort of holiday, where is best to look?

Many thanks

Hi there,
Unfortunately I dont speak from personal experience, BUT my brother got married in Sri Lanka last November - spent four days there and then went to the Maldives for just over a week. He had an amazing time and would recommend it to anyone! Also in my opinion, if you are that "close" then you may as well..... He also booked through Kuoni. The hotels over there are nothing in price and are absolutely gorgeous!

Happy planning :j

jcorbygas

Hi,
In February/March we did a tour of Sri Lanka, a week in Maldives and then 3 days in Dubai, which we definitely felt was the right order. (not a honeymoon)
However, as the previous poster advised the weather in Sri Lanka and Maldives might not be that fantastic at the time of year you are looking at.
We used Trailfinders to book our holiday and they were very good and the price was reasonable for what we got.
Any further info you might want on the above, let me know.

Jackie

tummy_tank

Dubai in july/ August is around 40 + degrees it's too hot - sorry

liquorice_2

Hi, Yeah, worked in Dubai for 3 weeks last July, Stupidly hot, spent most time in the AC office and shopping Malls.:mad:

We intend on going very soon after the wedding so will be in July so maybe we may have to re-think. The maldives is somewhere we really both want to go so could be a dissapointment.

I think I will have to look into this more re Monsoon season

Thanks for your input so far.

mrnomoneybags

tummy_tank wrote: »

Dubai in july/ August is around 40 + degrees it's too hot - sorry

I think it depends if its dry heat or not............ i dont like the heat that much but i was in turkey last week and it was 40-51....... it was ok