How to plan the post marriage vacation?

1. Define the budget:

a. Who contributes?

b. How you manage the funds?

c. What factors to consider?

d. Duration, season, activities etc.

2. Look up at your places to interest.

a. What does attract you both the most?

b. Is it beaches/mountains

c. Adventure sports/exotic destinations

d. Exploring wonders/chilled out packages

e. Unconventional places

3. Shortlist the places according to the budget and season:

a. National

b. International

c. winters/summers/rains

4. Finalize the place that suits both of you and agree upon:

a. no one shall kill the spirit of the place

b. don’t think it would be waste or no worthy

c. it’s once a lifetime trip, put in your energy and resources to make it beautiful

5. Book the flight tickets:

a. you can consider several options

b. check the flight rates on net/official website

c. check if you have enough mile points(click here)

d. ask friends if they want to have a deal

6. Put the tickets on hold and see your complete travel plan:

a. office holidays, duration

b. hotel bookings, where to go what to do

c. transit time and connecting flights

d. should be comfortable enough for international flights

e. airport transportation

7. Confirm the tickets and hotel bookings:

a. Be cautious while making an international payment.

b. Do NOT tell the card details on phone/email... try to work out an easier way(fax)

c. Let the airlines and hotels know that you are a honeymoon couple

8. Visa

a. Figure out the type of visa you need for the country of travel.

b. Any transit visa that you might need.

c. Required documents and duration to get the visa

d. Apply well before the travel dates because you don’t want any last minute troubles.

e. Contact an agent if you are too busy to apply or follow yourself, it’s definitely worth the money.

9. Hotel bookings:

a. Use sites like tripadviser.com, expedia.com to look at the good hotels.

b. Go for cheapest fare available; compare it with the official hotel site.

c. Try using deal sites like wotif.com; might end up with something decent.

d. Book along with breakfast where ever you want to have a lazy morning session spiced up morning.

e. Be very careful about the dates.

10. Figure out the visas you might need:

a. Transit

b. Tourist

c. Apply before hand, better to give it to an agent to avoid all hassles.

11. Plan out where to go and what to do:

a. Try to read as much as you can on the travel forums.

b. Figure out things to do/places to go.

c. Explore the places to eat and wine tasting etc.

d. Figure out the places if you have a passion for particular cuisine/sport/art etc.

12. Book the tours/travel arrangements:

a. Only if you are sure about the plan.

b. It’s better to leave time to explore the town itself.

c. Ask the hotel itself for the best things to be done, arrangements etc.

d. Leave some spare time for your hobby; yes carry your hobby along.

e. Book as many activities online, it reduces pressure and expense while traveling.

13. Explore about the weather and read about the place:

a. Read about the weather in detail.

b. Buy clothing accordingly, important one- you are on your honeymoon.

c. Do not make the luggage too heavy, consider the fact that you’ll be traveling with all of it along.

d. Leave space to buy stuff there as well, it could be interesting.

14. Try to talk to the people who are from the place itself:

a. It usually pays off to talk to the natives

b. You can have info on cheap deals, amazing places and deep insights.

c. Keep their contact for any further reference.

d. Ask for the tips, there are always lots of things missing on those forums.