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| Mistakes to Avoid on Your Honeymoon | Do not schedule all of your time around activities. You may not realize just how truly exhausting it can all be, but it will certainly hit you a day or so after the wedding. Leave yourselves enough “relaxation” time, for at least the first couple of days of your honeymoon vacation, to keep the potential for crankiness at bay. In future you’ll have many more trips with your new spouse, but only one honeymoon, so relax and enjoy it.
Do plan some time apart. Everybody needs some private time to truly relax, and that doesn’t mean just when you’re in the bathroom. Plan his-and-hers massages at different times, or if you’re not into parasailing and he wants to give it a try, head to the pool with a book, do some souvenir shopping, or take some pamper time for yourself at the hotel’s spa. And that will give you more to talk about over dinner as well.
Do not forget to bring your sense of humor. You may plan your trip carefully, but sometimes things can go wrong, even at a world-class honeymoon destination. So don’t let anything ruin the overall purpose of your trip – which is to have a fun and romantic time alone with your beloved.
Bring enough Traveler’s Checks or cash (in small denominations), as not everywhere American Express, or VISA or MasterCard are taken for that matter (although many places do). But you should have some small-denomination traveler’s checks stashed in your security-style money belt for that little souvenir you just can’t live without.
Pack enough film (or extra memory for a digital camera). Generally film has a pretty long shelf life, so even if you don’t use it all on your trip and wind up bringing some home unused, you’ll eventually use it. And it is definitely better than paying prices at the destination, which are often substantially higher. If you’re taking one of those nifty digital cameras, bring extra memory cards with you so you won’t have to agonize over which of those terrific shots you’ll have to delete to make room for more. The same is with extra camera batteries, whichever kind you need.
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