How To Honeymoon
August 6th, 2008 @ 2:35 pm by Mrs. Corn
Hey there hive. Mr Corn and I are a month out from our one-year anniversary. As cliche as it sounds, it feels like the wedding was ages ago…yet I can’t believe it has almost been a year since the big day. I still have some posts in me that I think will be beneficial to the hive, so strap on your favorite summer sandals and join me for my How to Honeymoon series.*
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Mr Corn and I started our Italian Honeymoon on the Island of Capri off the Amalfi Coast. We chose this destination because after the hard work of planning and executing our wedding, I knew I wanted to go to a place where I could get some R&R before becoming a full blown tourist.
Fab In-Room Finds
August 4th, 2008 @ 3:17 pm by Guest
This behind the scenes at Bridal Guide Magazine post is brought to you by Jenna Mahoney.
Bonjour, hola and aloha, I’m Jenna the travel editor at Bridal Guide. I’m responsible for crafting the giant section highlighting fantastic honeymoon destinations, amazing experiences and some pretty hot exclusive offers. I also yap about travel trends, rub elbows with industry experts and sometimes, every once in a while, I get to dine with recording superstars and party with wannabe A-listers.
But the best part of my job is getting to jet across the globe in search of awesome sites and activities and all the while scoping out the coolest new in-room amenities and testing all of those comfy beds (that someone else makes!). I check out all the fantastique hotel and travel trends so my fellow brides to be (that’s right…I’m getting hitched this year too!!) can have the serious QT on the low-down of the best places to book a honeymoon.
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Las Galletas Vamos a Puerto Vallarta
July 28th, 2008 @ 3:15 pm by Miss Cookie
¡Las galletas vamos a Puerto Vallarta! Translation: The Cookies are going to Puerto Vallarta! After much procrastination and the wedding creeping closer (t-minus 2 months), yesterday we booked our honeymoon south of the border to Mexico.
Mr. Cookie and I knew all we wanted after being surrounded with the love of our friends and family on our wedding, was a honeymoon filled with white sandy beaches, picturesque views and peace and quiet! There was a short list: Fiji, Hawaii, and Mexico. Fiji was too long of a flight for a week’s vacation, Hawaii was too expensive, but Mexico was just right! Mr. Cookie had been to Cancun for spring break, but I’ve never been to Mexico. Again, there was a short list: Los Cabos, Zihuatanejo, and Puerto Vallarta. To decide, we literally put all the names in hat and voilà — Puerto Vallarta it was!
Italian Eats!
July 28th, 2008 @ 2:24 pm by Mrs. Toucan
I’ve had a few inquiries about where we ate in Italy, so I decided to write a post ALL about FOOD. Yum! Unfortunately, the number of pictures representing each restaurant here is not an indicator of how good the food is - most likely, it’s only an indicator of how much wine we drank before our food came or how hungry we were when it came.
Let’s start with the restaurants from Venice:
On our very first night in Italy, our hotel recommended us to eat at La Feluca, a restaurant close by our hotel (in the San Marco area). Since it was our very first night of our honeymoon, we remembered to take pictures! While the whole meal was delicious, the highlight of our meal was probably this deluxe appetizer that our waiter convinced us to order:
I don’t actually remember what I ate here…
but it was all seafood, and YUMMALICIOUS.
The Toucans Go On Honeymoon, Part 4
July 23rd, 2008 @ 2:57 pm by Mrs. Toucan
Previously…
Part 1: The New Mrs. Toucan Gets In Trouble with THE MAN
Part 2: The Toucans Go to Venice
Part 3: The Toucans Go to Florence
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Remember that cute little Anthropologie dress I wore to the airport when I got into my pre-honeymoon scuffle with the law? Well, after wearing it on the long plane ride over to Italy, I discovered that it was quite comfortable for traveling. It was empire-waisted (and had an elastic back to boot!), and nothing was restricted. I determined that it was an excellent dress to wear on the way to Rome. However, I’ve discovered that said cute Anthropologie dress equaled bad luck for travel. No, I didn’t break any Italian laws (luckily), but the day we left for Rome, the rail workers decided to go on strike. Every now and then, they would cancel a train. And guess what? They canceled our train- 5 minutes before we were supposed to be boarding it!
So what now? We asked the guy at the information desk, who tells us we can use our tickets on the next train to Rome. We then were informed by one of the ticket checkers on said next train that there was no way we could get on the train because it was full.
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Costa Rica Baby!
July 16th, 2008 @ 2:35 pm by Miss Coconut
My apologies to the hive! We booked our honeymoon in May, and I totally forgot to tell ya’ll about it! We’re going to COSTA RICA for TWELVE DAYS, baby!!! We are so pumped about it, mostly because because we’re pretty outdoorsy and adventurous. We’ve heard the coolest things about Costa Rica!
The first week we’ll be staying at a timeshare in Guanacaste, which is in the northern part of Costa Rica. My best friend’s mother was gracious enough to give us her timeshare for a week! It has volcanoes, surfing and lots of hiking! For the next three nights we’ll be staying in a romantic bungalow at The Harmony Hotel.
Here’s a few pictures from their website:
The Toucans Go On Honeymoon, Part 3
July 15th, 2008 @ 10:58 am by Mrs. Toucan
Part 1: The New Mrs. Toucan Gets In Trouble with THE MAN
Part 2: The Toucans Go to Venice
After our stay in Venice, we hopped onto a EuroStar train and headed to Florence!
You know you are a tourist when you take pictures on the train
The Toucans Go On Honeymoon, Part 2
July 8th, 2008 @ 6:29 pm by Mrs. Toucan
Part 1: The New Mrs. Toucan Gets In Trouble with THE MAN
Other than the little trouble that I got in at the airport, the rest of the trip to Italy went rather smoothly. We boarded our Swiss Air flight, which I LOVED because they gave us Swiss chocolate (I guess I’m pretty easy to please!), and we were off to Venice!
Though Mr. Toucan and I both didn’t get much sleep on the plane (we took a night flight out of Boston so that we didn’t have to rush our day-after-BBQ), we arrived in Venice bright-eyed and bushy-tailed!
Mr. Toucan waiting for the water bus.
Overconfident Travel Agents Anonymous
July 2nd, 2008 @ 2:38 pm by Miss Espresso
Hi, my name is Miss Espresso, and up until yesterday, I thought booking an international vacation was going to be a breeze. Ha! No- no it wasn’t.
Send me to “Overconfident Travel Agents Anonymous,” because I was wrong! The websites, they all say different things and make me feel crazy. Yay- I’m getting a cheaper flight over here- but hey- I’m getting a cheaper hotel over here- and guess what… they both equal out to the same price! I’ve never booked international travel…I’ve booked travel deals within the state before, but never anything like this, and never for this much money.
So let’s just say I spent waaaayyyyy too much time trying to figure out our honeymoon travel arrangements, because I thought I could, nay, I was determined, to crack the system and get an awesome deal. Read more…
Hawaiian Honeymoon
July 2nd, 2008 @ 1:41 pm by Mrs. Jasmine
Mr. J and I are off to Hawaii tomorrow for our honeymoon! Initially, I was against a beach vacation. I’m very much a city girl at heart and I wanted a honeymoon of urban exploration. Think Paris, London, Rome! But now I’m *so* glad Mr. J convinced me to go to Hawaii because I’m completely exhausted. Since our wedding in LA and second reception in Detroit, I’ve moved into a new apartment, gone back to work after being away for two weeks, and attended two out-of-state weddings. I need a beach towel, tropical drink, and mindless book stat! Read more…
