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Your Choice Of Honeymoon Hotels

Hey, remember that honeymoon you and your new spouse took oh so many years ago? Wasn’t it wonderful? The romance? The walks on the beach? The kisses under the moonlight?

Now, if you’re thinking, “yeah, those were the days,” then you and your beloved are due for a second honeymoon. That’s right, a second honeymoon. Who said romance and spontaneity has to go away just because you’ve been married for awhile. Newlyweds don’t corner the market on romance, you know.

So, now that you’re warm to the idea of a second honeymoon, it’s time to pick a place. Let’s see, where shall it be? Now, if you’re steering towards packing up the kids and taking off to the Grand Canyon, stop right there. This is not a family vacation. It’s a second honeymoon, and one unofficial rule of a second honeymoon is NO KIDS! Not that there’s anything wrong with kids. And yours are probably cute and adorable, especially in their little footie pajamas. But, cute, adorable and footie pajamas don’t belong on a honeymoon. They belong back home with grandma and grandpa.

One spot you might consider for your second honeymoon is probably one you and the family wouldn’t consider for your family vacation, which makes it even more perfect for your honeymoon. May I suggest St. Thomas, one of the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Well, of course, being an island, St. Thomas can’t help but be a romantic place to stay for your second honeymoon. And, if you want to be pampered, you might consider staying at one of the fine Spa Resorts on St. Thomas. Below are a couple of Resort Spas of note:

The Wyndham Sugar Bay Resort & Spa
340-777-7100

The award-winning Wyndham is one of St. Thomas’ most popular all-inclusive resort spas. What does all-inclusive mean? It means that many amenities are included in one package, which usually helps cut down on costs. Amenities like:

*All Meals and Snacks

*All Beverages – including premium liquor and house wine

*All activities, recreation, entertainment and non-motorized watersports, which includes tennis, basketball, beach volleyball, windsurfing, kayaks and snorkeling.

*Access to the Fitness Center

*Taxes and Gratuities – that’s right, no tipping required.

There is an additional Spa Package for those who wish to avail themselves of the spa facilities.

The Ritz-Carlton, St. Thomas
340-775-3333

Another great resort on St. Thomas is the Ritz-Carlton, undergoing a $40 million renovation and enhancement project, to be completed in December 2006. The Ritz-Carlton is located on a 30-acre estate overlooks the water and white-sand beaches of the eastern tip of St. Thomas.

Those going on second honeymoons might be interested in their “Reconnect Package” which includes ocean front accommodations, daily breakfast for two, and one half-day Lady Lynsey sail for two guests per stay.

No matter where you stay on St. Thomas, do venture out and explore the wonderful beaches that St. Thomas has to offer. While your resort probably has its own private beach, you should take the opportunity and explore all the other public beaches as well.

Coki Point

A small, yet popular beach with calm waters. Coki Point is great for boat, jet skiing, scuba diving and snorkeling, with onsite beach rentals of equipment.

Magens Bay

A very popular beach, often thought of as the best beach in all of St. Thomas. You have to pay for its popularity, however. There is a small entry fee. Another place for sailing, snorkeling and kayaking.

Secret Harbor

Interested in diving? Then head out to Secret Harbor, which is considered ideal for diving. An onsite dive rental shop can assist you with equipment.

Lindquist Beach

An undeveloped beach with no equipment rental or food stands. If you want to get away from the commercial beaches, this is the place.

Wherever you stay, or beaches you visit, take time to relax and rediscover one another. Who knows, maybe you’ll decide to renew your vows at the same time. Does that mean you then will go on a third honeymoon? Hm, well, there’s an idea.

May 2, 2008 Posted by 2008wedding | honeymoon | , | No Comments Yet

Honeymoons in Sedona – Expect the Unexpected

Honeymoons in Sedona – Expect the Unexpected

by: Diane McCalley

Congratulations, you’re getting married. Now comes the hard part. No, I’m not talking about the wedding. I’m talking about choosing a great place for your honeymoon.

There are of course the usual suspects: Hawaii, Belize, Fiji. But, what about a place in America’s own backyard? When you think romance – think Sedona.

If you’ve never been to Sedona, then you’re in for a real treat. The most spectacular red rock scenery awaits you, in addition to world-class resorts and close proximity to one of nature’s greatest wonders – the Grand Canyon.

Known for its stunning red buttes, Sedona is located in northern Arizona only 130 miles from Phoenix, 40 miles from Flagstaff, and approximately 125 miles from the Grand Canyon. Of course, you never have to leave Sedona to have a fabulous honeymoon, but making a day trip to the Grand Canyon would make for a great outing.

Sedona is home to many incredible resorts, including L’Auberge de Sedona, which has been named one of the “50 Romantic Retreats in the World” by Travel + Leisure magazine. What can a honeymooning couple expect at L’Auberge de Sedona? Guests have their choice of several different spa packages from which to choose, including the Red Rock Renaissance Package, which includes two 1-hour massages in the privacy of your own cottage, breakfast each morning for two delivered to your cottage’s porch, and two L’Auberge signature bathrobes to take with you. You can also choose the Amore package, which includes a tasting menu at L’Auberge Restaurant for two, breakfast each morning at L’Auberge Restaurant for two, and champagne and strawberries delivered to your room upon arrival. For more information call 1-800-272-6777.

Another award-winning place to stay in Sedona is Casa Sedona, a 16-room bed and breakfast inn which has received the AAA 4-Diamond award for 9 consecutive years. Casa Sedona offers a special Honeymoon Package which includes 3 nights in a king or queen room complete with a balcony or terrace, and fireplace, as well as a full two-course breakfast served to you either in the garden or by the fireplace, and a complimentary dinner for two at Savannah’s, one of Sedona’s finest restaurants. Of course, your honeymoon wouldn’t be complete without a tour of Sedona, so your honeymoon package includes a two-hour jeep tour so you can view the red rock backcountry close up. For more information call toll free 1-800-525-3756.

There are numerous outdoor activities to choose from in Sedona, including the many jeep tours to view the red rocks, as well as hot air ballooning and visiting Slide Rock State Park. Slide Rock is just plain fun. No matter what wonderful amenities your first-class resort may have, this natural waterslide in Oak Creek is a must-visit in the hotter summer months. Fees are $8-$10 per vehicle, $2 per person to walk or bicycle in.

What time is the best time to visit Sedona? If you’re squeamish about the heat, you might want to avoid July through August, as temperatures can get up to the high 90s and low 100s. This is also the monsoon season, so you can expect some thundershowers. But, for those of us who enjoy a good summer rain, this can be an exhilarating time of year. Fall and Spring will find lovely weather, while the winter months can dip into the 30s.

Whether it’s for the red rocks, the resorts or the outdoor adventures, Sedona will certainly not disappoint.

May 2, 2008 Posted by 2008wedding | honeymoon | , | No Comments Yet

Las Vegas Honeymoon Vacations

Las Vegas Honeymoon Vacations

Las Vegas is a very popular honeymoon vacation destination. It offers everything that is required for a fun filled and action-packed trip. The captivating Las Vegas honeymoon resorts fascinate every visitor with the attractive, secluded jungle atmosphere and the stunning crystal-clear beaches. These resorts offer luxurious facilities, health spa treatments, fine dining and plenty of land and sea adventures. There are other honeymoon resorts that offer personalized packages to honeymoon vacationers. There are Las Vegas honeymoon resorts that offer a blend of Mayan, African and Creole designs within their jungle decorations, thus offering a romantic, dreamy and relaxing ambience to the newly weds.

These honeymoon vacations are packed with wildlife scouting, trekking and cultural trips, in addition to the beaches, tropical forests and the luxury of the resorts. Apart from these, there are horseback riding, scuba diving, river and kayaking trips, canoeing, swimming and trips through the jungle canopy. In addition to gambling, Las Vegas offers couples the exciting nightlife it is famous for.

There are many romantic Las Vegas honeymoon vacation packages available for couples. There are travel agencies, airlines and hotels that offer special honeymoon vacation packages that could be customized, according to the needs of the couple. Most of the honeymoon packages comprise of the accommodation, meals, tours, tour guides, transportation and taxes. In fact, some customized honeymoon packages offer the couples a “Champagne, Flowers and Honeymoon Dinner.” The exotic tropical flower arrangements are unforgettable, coupled with Champagne.

A Las Vegas honeymoon vacation is an all-in-one package, filled with surprises, romantic evenings and delightful candlelight dinners. Couples even have the choice of thrilling night visits to bird-watch and spot raccoons. The couples have so many options to choose from, that their honeymoon vacation to Las Vegas culminates in a perfect blend of romance, adventure, excitement and thrills.

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May 2, 2008 Posted by 2008wedding | honeymoon, wedding location | | No Comments Yet

How to Secure Tailormade Honeymoon Packages for Tahiti, Moorea, Bora Bora, and Exotic Destinations

How to Secure Tailormade Honeymoon Packages for Tahiti, Moorea, Bora Bora, and Exotic Destinations

If you’re dreaming of an exotic honeymoon, it may be just around the corner! Today, it’s easier than ever to secure tailormade honeymoon packages for Tahiti, Moorea, Bora Bora, and other alluring destinations. There are so many easy-to-use Web resources for booking trips and packages that your dream honeymoon might be at your fingertips.

Securing Honeymoon Packages is Now Easier and More Affordable

Many newlywed couples settle for the same old vacation they are accustomed to -traveling only several hours from home to a family beach home or a nearby mountainous resort. Perhaps they’re not savvy with booking flights, scheduling a prolonged vacation, or even finding honeymoon resources or concierge services for honeymoon packages. But nowadays, the Internet has changed all this.

Couples are finding that it’s not as difficult as they thought to book a flight, secure hotel reservations and even line up a car rental at an exotic honeymoon destination. Tailormade honeymoon packages for Tahiti, Moorea, Bora Bora, and other fabulous places are readily available online and are more affordable than ever.

What is a Dream Honeymoon?

A dream honeymoon is just as it sounds – a honeymoon of your dreams! Where have you always wanted to go? Do you want the “norm,” or do you want a honeymoon to remember? Dream honeymoons are vacations where there is total relaxation and enjoyment. During a Tahiti honeymoon, for instance, you can enjoy visiting one of the most romantic places in the world. Beautiful islands such as Moorea and Bora Bora offer tranquility, gorgeous weather, luxury resorts, spas, glistening sandy beaches, seclusion, and much more!

Using Online Honeymoon Resources

You can easily find the honeymoon package of your dream by searching online through the search engines or by visiting a dependable honeymoon travel site that offers helpful concierge services. Many honeymoon packages include hotel reservations, flight bookings, and a host of other helpful services or resources to make your honeymoon planning as simple as possible.

Tailormade honeymoon packages for places such as Tahiti, Moorea and Bora Bora are offered on the Web in a variety of ways to fit your schedule and budget. Whether you want a six-night honeymoon or a 10-night honeymoon, you can choose which is right for you.

Some websites also provide a honeymoon registry where your family and friends can share in your honeymoon expenses as their wedding gift to you. Eliminate honeymoon worries, and let an expert help you secure the honeymoon of your dreams.

Chris Robertson is an author of Majon International, one of the worlds MOST popular internet marketing companies on the web. Learn more about Tips – Honeymoon Packages in Tahiti or Majon’s Travel directory.

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Best Honeymoon Locations-Romantic Hotspots And Adventure

Best Honeymoon Locations-Romantic Hotspots And Adventure

Honeymoon Destinations – A Question Of Personal Taste

There are lots of great romantic honeymoon destinations all over the world. Just think of a country and you can almost be guaranteed it will contain some great honeymoon places to stay. A lot of it is down to personal taste.

Honeymoon Luxury

If luxury is what you want, then the best honeymoon locations are invariably the ones that have the best hotels. Think five star with bed and breakfast or luxury cruise packages. If you want to be pampered as well, then a luxury spa is high up on the list. In these places you will find great massages, meals and opportunities for exercise and relaxation.

Adventurous Honeymoon Locations

This is perhaps the other side of the coin, but for some people they like nothing better than to climb a mountain or taking a sailing trip across the ocean. This type of honeymoon is obviously better suited to energetic young couples that are adverse to relaxation. You can find out about more great honeymoon locations at http://www.planningweddingandhoneymoon.com

Popular Romantic Honeymoon Locations

Which brings us to more popular and conventional honeymoon locations. These are of course the romantic destinations in the world such as Paris and Rome. Without question, these cities are right up there as the best honeymoon destinations because they cater for almost everything. You will get to experience a different culture, take in great sights, stay in luxury accommodation and also have a sense of adventure. What could be better than travelling around Europe to get your marriage off to a great start.

Article by Richard Davies. Learn more about planning your perfect wedding and honeymoon at => Planning Wedding And Honeymoon at http://www.planningweddingandhoneymoon.com

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Honeymoon Registry Tips and Ideas

Honeymoon Registry Tips and Ideas

Honeymoon registries are in vogue now and for good reason. Brides and grooms are older than ever. They’ll often have most of the items from a traditional registry and are forced to only upgrade. Couples too have always craved a special connection with their guests and, with the proliferation of honeymoon registries, have found that easier than ever. If you want that extra touch of personalization, then maybe the honeymoon registry is right for you. As you get underway, here are a few ideas to keep in mind. Your registry should reflect your personalities. We can’t stress enough how much more your guests will appreciate a registry that sounds like you. We’ve thrown in some tips on respectfully spreading the word about your registry in #10. For our cruise and all-inclusive honeymooners, we dedicate #8 to you.

1. If you’re the outdoorsy types, then don’t forget to plan events like horseback riding, snorkeling, boating, parasailing and swimming with the dolphins. Put them on your registry because guests love these. Be specific about them too: “We’ll boat to Molokini Crater for an afternoon of snorkeling!” is better than just “Snorkeling”.

2. Like to eat? Don’t we all, but your honeymoon is a time to really do it up, so let that show. Mention restaurants by name or the type of cuisine in the title: “Dinner by candlelight at Gramercy Tavern” is better than just “Dinner.” You probably won’t want to plan all your meals in advance, so you’ll have to be a little more general with some. Try “We’ll Dine on the Beach” and mention the sand between your toes in the description. Or name whose choice it’ll be for a dinner on a whim.

3. Nightlife is another big honeymoon expense and your guests who enjoy a bit of nightlife themselves will just love these. Do a little research and find out where you’ll go out and what people drink there: Is there a house specialty? Some of these are easier than others. If you’re in Cancun, then “Margaritas at Laguna Grill” is a winner rather than “Drinks”. You can also specify times, like “A Bottle of Wine at Sunset” will do the trick for a great add-on gift.

4. Airfare may be your biggest expense. It is usually close family members that make a dent in this one, mainly because it’s hard to personalize. Rather than “Contribution to Airfare”, it’s a good idea to break up the trip into time or miles in the air. So “400 Miles in the Air” might cost $125. If you want to get even more personal and you know your guests will like it, try something like “One Inglenook and one in-flight magazine in the sky” as a description (you may not have room in the title.) You probably don’t want to have a quantity of 8 or 10 for that, lest your guests picture you arriving at your honeymoon destination loaded. You can also put a Getting to… as an item near the beginning of your registry and a Getting Home… at the end. That way you can break this big expense in half.

5. Your hotel is another big budget category. Usually you’ll want to break this down into one-night stays. “A night in our Ocean-Front Villa”, followed by a personal description like “We’re staying at Nirvana on the Beach in Negril with the ocean nearly at our door! The sun sets directly across the water!” If you’re staying in luxury accommodations, then it’s ok to break it up into two categories, like the “One night in New York” and an “Upgrade to the Suite” type items, each for half the cost of a night’s stay, especially if you’re having a relatively small wedding. Expecting to sell out of 14 $400 hotel room items with just 80 guests might mean you haven’t put enough meals and activities on your registry.

6. There are plenty of miscellaneous items to remember too. Rather than “Suntan Lotion and other beach stuff”, go with “Save our Skin!” and mention sunglasses in the description if you want a cheap pair for out on the sand. If you have to kennel a pooch, then go with a variation of “The B&B for Dino” and upload a photo of Dino for that item. Don’t forget gas for the rental, maps and tour guides. Try these under a Necessities type title, and mention, “We don’t want to get lost!” What about taking a limousine to the airport and back? It may be a luxury you wouldn’t do for yourselves, but you may have a cousin who thinks it’s time you were pampered. Don’t forget the spa trips. These are usually one of the first items off the registry, so plan on a massage or two. You’ll find other suggestions for this category when you’re creating your registry.

7. Pricing is important. Make sure there is a full range of prices for your items. Make sure you have enough small items on your registry that can accommodate all budgets, but also so that your guests can put together a group of items as well. You’ll have guests who will give you a night stay and a bottle of wine at sunset, to be helpful and personal at the same time. But don’t shy away from the big-ticket items too. Think of what you’re spending per head for the wedding. Some guests may try to match this as a guideline. You may have some close friends who really want to shower you as well, and will find a way.

8. For a cruise and all-inclusive resorts where nearly everything is paid for, don’t just put two items – airfare and hotel (or cruise.) Most importantly, remember that those meals and drinks aren’t free; you’re paying for them with the cost of the hotel. Price your hotel item like you would if you weren’t staying at an all-inclusive. This is especially easy if you’re lucky enough that the resort gives you the option of going all-inclusive or not. If they don’t, then look at the cost of neighboring resorts and their restaurants. It’s a little more work but you want to get it as close as you can. Then check the prices for a snorkeling trip from a non-all-inclusive and include that as an item. Then you can put in the extras like you would normally as in the “miscellaneous” listed above. If you’ve included enough dinners and drinks, then you’ll find that the total is larger than what you’re spending for your all-inclusive, that it’s inflating your registry. That’s because you’re getting a discount for your all-inclusive dollar. You can then reduce your hotel item by that amount so that it matches what you’re actually paying, or you can reduce each item’s cost to reflect your discount (if you’re saving 10%, then reduce each item that’s included by 10% in your registry.) Even at nearly all “pay as you go” resorts, you can charge everything to your room. At the end, it’s “all-included” in your bill. You’re just buying a little freedom to have lunch at the great spot at the other end of the beach and not feel guilty about the free lunch you just missed. No reason to feel like you can’t break out those included items for your all-inclusive registry. Same goes for a cruise. Your guests will usually want to connect with a particular memory, so break out particular days or ports-of-call. If you’re familiar with the cruise ship, you might try breaking out a particular restaurant or lounge where you’ll spend some time. “We’ll live it up in the Palladium Lounge!” is more personal than “Cruise Donation” any day.

9. Upload your own photos. We’ve included plenty for you to find what you need for most items, but a few of your own will really help. The web is an endless source of photos, but don’t forget ones you’ve taken yourself. You can upload your own photos after you’ve saved your registry.

10. Getting the word out gracefully is a challenge. If you have a wedding website, you can link straight to your registry from there. After you create a registry, we’ll send you the link to your registry to include in emails if you want to let close friends and family know. They can help spread the word. We’ll also send you the code for a “Smart Button” that you can put into your own website that will take your guests to your registry when they click on it! If you don’t have a website, another great way to tactfully get the word out is to mention it on Facebook or MySpace. Think about setting up a wedding Facebook and MySpace too! You can then upload honeymoon photos so your guests who shared in your wedding and honeymoon can follow along.

To sum up: Personalize, personalize, personalize!!! Let your humor through too. Being a little tongue-in-cheek is great, if it’s you. That goes for being a little risque too, so long as you have your guests in mind. If they expect it from you, great! They’ll want to see it.

Good luck and happy registering!

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Ayurveda Honeymoon Tour Packages

Ayurveda Honeymoon Tour Packages

Ayurveda honeymoon tour packages are the latest craze among young tourists visiting Kerala. Honeymoon with Ayurveda packages receive tourists to a one of a kind travel experience, where they experience abundance and fullness of life.

Welcome to a land where the lifestyle of people is their best defense against diseases, a land so blissfully blessed by nature and a land where you can keep your peace of mind while staying away from mental turbulences, tensions and worries.

Newly weds or people looking to refill their life with youthfulness, and people keeping a youthful charm in their minds can come to Kerala to an Ayurveda honeymoon tour. Ayurvedic packages for honeymoon tour are so unique and new that it is not copied anywhere else.

Ayurveda package honeymoon tours mostly include a stay in a luxurious Ayurvedic cottage or in a luxurious houseboat, where the couple receives Ayurvedic healthy diet, medicated oil massage and directions for a healthy life. Visitors take home golden words of healthy, blissful living. Receive advice on everything from healthy lifestyle, food habits, daily yoga practice, meditation and requirement of keeping minds happy, fresh and lively.

Not many Ayurvedic resorts in Kerala offer specialized Ayurveda honeymoon tour programs. The resorts in Kerala that offer Ayurvedic honeymoon trips provide world class living environment, usually in a calm, serene location. Visitors to Kerala utilizing Ayurvedic honeymoon packages also closely watch preparation of healthy food.

Honeymoon Ayurveda packages also come with plenty of opportunity to explore serene backwaters, hill stations, beaches, cardamom hills, tea plantations, coffee plantations, wildlife, boating, trekking, and fishing among many lively locations and activities.
Ayurveda honeymoon packages are both thrilling experience and is the where you will be more dedicated to your health, happiness and enjoying life meaningfully. Ayurveda honeymoon packages can be rightly called holistic healthy Ayurveda yoga tour programs.

Come to Kerala, the land blessed so abundantly by God with blissful environment, and the science of life called Ayurveda. Come and take away all your heart can take and prepare to return to this land so often.

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Your Antigua Honeymoon At Jumby Bay Resort

Your Antigua Honeymoon At Jumby Bay Resort

Jumby Bay Antigua is the home of the famous Jumby Bay resort, which several years ago was almost the premier Caribbean Exclusive resort. It could today be a very good choice for a summer break, when prices are lower, and a definite possibility for an Antigua Honeymoon, which is off the beaten path.

Jumby Bay is only reachable by boat, as it is located on a three hundred acre private island of the same name, located two miles north east of Antigua. Jumby Bay resort occupies eighty five acres of the island which is home to endangered species of turtles, lizards, rare birds, and sheep.

The resort at Jumby Bay has 39 Junior Suites, and 11 two and three bedroom villas. Some of the larger villas have their own plunge pools and golf carts. All the villas are spacious and cool, with louvered doors and windows, terra cotta tiled floors, plus dark mahogany four poster beds. The amenities are plentiful with large bottles of almost everything under the sun including Aloe Vera Gel, which helps cope with the very hot sun, and air conditioning which is very necessary if you choose the heat of the summer to go to Jumby.

Jumby Bay has three quite distinctive white sand beaches for you to enjoy, and either relax on, or use for a large number of water based activities. You can partake in water skiing, wind surfing, sailing, snorkelling, kayaking and lots more, or you can just lie on a sun lounger, raising your flag prior to replenishing your cool drink. What an ideal romantic spot for an Antigua Honeymoon.

Jumby Bay resort is all inclusive which means all activities plus food and drink are included in the price you pay.

The Verandah Terrace is the place for breakfast, and many people get ready for the beach, and bike to eat breakfast first. The breakfast buffet is huge with everything you can imagine from fresh fruit, pastries, , juices, cereals, and a daily cooked special. The verandah is also where you will eat lunch and the choice is spectacular, including an open grill with meats and fish cooked to your demands. Breakfast and lunch are pretty casual affairs, although you may be accompanied by a steel band, but you can go to pasture beach with a very comprehensive packed lunch if you are on your honeymoon and want to be alone.

Afternoon tea is a feature, the traditional British pastime with sandwiches and scones, but honestly you will soone find precious little room for extra food after you have sampled the superb dinner in the evening preceded by outstanding cocktails at the Terrace Bar. Dinner is an event in itself at the Estate House most of the time, and it’s nice to get smart for this event. Drinks first in the library bar upstairs, then candlelit dinner in the open air courtyard, then a culinary treat with the best food beautifully cooked and accompanied by fine wines.

Jumby Bay Resort is well worth a try in the summer if you avoid September and October when there is the chance of a hurricane. The off season rates are considerably lower for this quality Caribbean exclusive reort, and what a place for an Antigua honeymoon.

For more information about Antigua vacation Spots go to http://www.antigua-vacationspots.com/pages/Site-Map.html

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A Caribbean Honeymoon To Petit St Vincent

A Caribbean Honeymoon To Petit St Vincent

by: Gordon Steven

Don’t book a Caribbean Honeymoon without checking out Petit St Vincent in The Grenadines

A Caribbean Honeymoon to Petit St Vincent is well worth taking the trouble to research.

Petit St Vincent is a five star Caribbean resort which has 22 rooms, and is described in its own brochure as an exotic Cottage Resort on its own 113 acre island which is completely surrounded by two miles of white sand beaches and it places great emphasis on privacy. It is 40 miles south of St Vincent in the Grenadines.

Petit St Vincent is well away from the tourist mainstream

This all sounds perfect for a Caribbean Honeymoon Vacation, and certainly needs checking out.

The first thing to note is that petit St Vincent has no television, pool, or telephone, no airport, not even a formal check in, so what you are going to get is fabulous seclusion well away from the hustle and bustle of Caribbean life, and that above all should make it perfect for that Caribbean Honeymoon.

This is very much a lay back and relax sort of place, and the level of privacy works well.

Petit St Vincent has one almost unique feature which are the flags. If for example you want room service breakfast, you hoist a yellow flag, and you will get an extremely quick response by golf cart, or alternatively if you don’t wish your early morning Caribbean honeymoon to be disturbed you raise a red flag that says Do Not Disturb.

This being the case you are left in splendid peace in your great private luxurious stone cottage on the beach. In fact if you want to be a hermit during your time on petit St Vincent, you need never even see another guest thanks to the ability to order all your meals in your stone cottage. This would be a mistake because the resort has a beautiful bar and dining room

The cottages themselves are mostly just a few paces from the beach, both remote and secluded yet within easy and quick reach of the resort’s services. The cottages are built from native blue bitch stone which is quarried on the island itself, and the hardwood ceilings are peaked. The cottages are quite open to the elements with large French windows that are almost the whole width of the bedroom, and when open look out over the large sundeck to the beautiful azure sea beyond. Each cottage in addition to the sundeck has a living room, one or two bathrooms, and dressing room. The bathrooms are particularly nice with a shower, robes, fluffy towels and top class toiletries. In addition there are day beds for children if required, but probably not on a Caribbean Honeymoon!!

Petit St Vincent is one of the Leading Small Hotels of the World and well deserved this distinction, and there are many activities on the island to enjoy and these include snorkeling, sailing, kayaking, windsurfing, water skiing, and fishing, and you will find Hobie Cats, and Sunfish in the dock house at no extra cost. On land, there is plenty island to hike over, and there is a lovely floodlit tennis court.

PSV is the ideal place for a secluded, private hideaway sort of Caribbean Honeymoon Vacation, where the sun shines, and even the most cynical guest will find peace and contentment

For more information about St Vincent and the Grenadines go to http://www.caribbean-vacationspots.com/categories/St-Vincent-and-The-Grenadines/

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A Caribbean Honeymoon On A Small Island Off St. Vincent

A Caribbean Honeymoon On A Small Island Off St. Vincent

by: Gordon Steven

Why you should consider Young Island Resort off the coast of Saint Vincent as the destination for your Caribbean Honeymoon

A Caribbean Honeymoon spent on Young Island off the south coast of Saint Vincent could be just the little piece of heaven you are looking for.

Young Island resort comes heavily recommended by everyone who has stayed there because this is a resort where you will get top class service, fantastic food, a very good wine selection, and last but not least peace, quiet, and tranquility. Be warned this won’t be a Caribbean Honeymoon full of the nightly Jump Up, or even television in your room. Young Island resort is definitely not like that, but caters instead for honeymooners, and discerning guests.

For your Caribbean Honeymoon it is recommended that you have a cottage right on the beach, so that you can just walk out, go along a path and you hit the very nice fresh water swimming pool, which unusually for the Caribbean is open 24 hours a day every day.

The back door takes you across the patio and onto the beach, which is cleaned every morning, and so it is absolutely spotless. You can snorkel off the beach, having borrowed the gear from the man who looks after guests down there, probably best described as the beach attendant.

If you can book Cottage Number six which is a luxury cottage on the beach with a plunge pool, and behind the cottage hammocks and a gazebo.

One of the best things in an hotel on any holiday are waitress served meals, in other words non buffet. This always denotes a quality resort which Young Island certainly is, and this type of service should give the reader a big tip if they are thinking of making a booking on Young Island for their Caribbean Honeymoon. The food generally speaking is amazing, and you can expect a lot of beautiful seafood including freshly caught crab, lobster, scallops, as well as lamb, steak, poultry. Meals are taken in little thatched gazebos, and the view from the tables is incredible. The meals were described by someone recently as absolutely scrumptious, including and especially the home made yoghurts at breakfast

You may wish to be completely idle if this is where you are spending your Caribbean Honeymoon, but one bit of exercise you should take is to walk up to the top of the island. It may not be very energetic but the view is worth it, as is the walk along the beach at sunset and watch dusk at what is aptly called Sunset Point.

The staff at Young Island have ready smiles, and are friendly and very helpful.

The real beauty about Young Island resort is that it is small with not so many guests so you do tend to engage more people in conversation. This means you do meet some very interesting people, who are much like you because they too have chosen this superb Island resort.

Young Island is beautiful and the perfect spot for a Caribbean Honeymoon. There are masses of brightly coloured flowers which only adds to the romantic atmosphere.

For more information about St Vincent and the Grenadines go to http://www.caribbean-vacationspots.com/categories/St-Vincent-and-The-Grenadines/

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