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Why the magical Maldives was the perfect destination for my honeymoon

January 7, 2011 By Honeymoon Destinations Specialist Leave a Comment

Festive proposals seem to have been all the rage this Christmas. If Lily Allen wasn’t securing her romantic future in Bali, then Natalie Portman was becoming ‘enfianced’ to her French ballet dancer boyfriend and Hugh Hefner was getting down on bended knee (a struggle at 84).

And of course, with every festive proposal comes the New Year search for honeymoon destinations, what better to chase away those January blues? But should it be a classic beach break or a far-flung adventure?

Here, one newlywed, Vida Rogers, explains why the Maldives was the perfect choice for both, combining the romance of white-sand beaches and luxury accommodation with undersea adventures and private beach barbecues…

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-1344769/Maldives-honeymoon-Why-paradise-perfect-just-marrieds.html

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A Honeymoon Registry Could Start You Off With A New Life

January 4, 2011 By Honeymoon Destinations Specialist Leave a Comment

A new trend for couples getting married for the second or even the nth time is the Honeymoon Registry. It is a type of online gift or cash registry tailor-made for couples who have married before but would prefer not to receive the normal wedding gifts newlyweds receive since they already have a lot in terms of basic home and material possessions.

Honeymoon registries began as a service provided by travel agencies. Currently, some honeymoon registries are still being done this way. Recently, a new form of wedding registry has become the trend for preparing honeymoons. A traditional honeymoon registry would require the couple to use their travel agency in booking their honeymoon, while the new form of honeymoon registry provides the couple with a web page and a registry to receive gifts and to prepare for their honeymoon trip.

The couple’s honeymoon web page would contain information about the couple’s plan for their honeymoon while the registry would contain a list of gift preferences. Agreataffair is one of the best providers of the online honeymoon registry.

The honeymoon registry provided by agreataffair.com allows the couple to create and edit a web page with a registry. A honeymoon registry is similar to a bridal registry since both registries allow guests to present cash as a gift so that the couple can use it in buying the gifts that were listed in the registry. However, a honeymoon registry is different from a bridal registry since the cash obtained from the honeymoon registry can both be used for paying for the cost of the honeymoon trip of the couple or to buy gifts listed in the registry while the cash obtained from a bridal registry is just used for buying the gifts listed in the registry.

Recently, more couples are using online honeymoon registries. Using an online honeymoon registry has become a trend because most married couples already have the household goods that they need for their home. By creating an online honeymoon registry, they would have more time in planning for their honeymoon rather than worrying about the cost of the honeymoon trip.

In order to create a honeymoon registry, the various parts of the honeymoon trip can be divided so that people who will be giving cash gifts for the honeymoon trip can choose which parts of the trip they can provide for. It gives a more personal experience for the gift-givers.

For more information about great honeymoon registries, http://www.agreataffair.com/ is just a click away.

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Six Senses Ninh Van Bay

December 8, 2010 By Honeymoon Destinations Specialist Leave a Comment

Six Senses Ninh Van BaySix Senses Ninh Van Bay is located in its own secluded bay offering uncompromised luxury in an untouched, picturesque setting where traditional Vietnamese architecture is blended into the natural surrounding. Imposing rock formations, lofty mountains, a white sand beach and lush vegetation embrace the Six Senses, which can only be reached by boat. The car transfer from the airport to our jetty takes approximately 1 hour, and from there the boat transfer takes 20 minutes to bring you to Ninh Van Bay.

Six Senses identifies the boutique category of Six Senses. Attention to detail and focus on the reality of the destination is the driving force, together with a focused commitment to the environment. Accommodations provide generous personal space and present an uncompromised standard of luxury. Six Senses offers elegantly designed modern architecture positioned with an image supporting the Six Senses theme – Redefining Experiences. The site of this Six Senses on dramatic Ninh Van Bay is quite unique, taking full advantage of the setting. Impressive rock formations, the coral reef, white sand beach, a playful stream and the towering mountains behind, all add to the sense of being luxuriously at one with nature. Six Senses Ninh Van Bay also presents the reality of the destination, with an architectural style reflecting the traditions of Vietnam. This is very evident in the reception champa and dining pavilion, which are classic Vietnam structures transported across the water and assembled at the site.

The villas at the Six Senses Ninh Van Bay are spaciously designed and generously equipped featuring 2 rooms and either a garden terrace or a large sundeck. Villas have a private pool and are located either on the beach, on the water, on the rocks, in the jungle, or on a mountain slope offering a variety of panoramic ocean views. The different villa types offer various levels of seclusion to ensure privacy.

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Lake Okareka Lodge New Zealand

December 5, 2010 By Honeymoon Destinations Specialist Leave a Comment

Nestled by the water’s edge, on the tip of a bush-clad peninsula, Lake Okareka Lodge offers discerning visitors the ultimate in private, personalised hospitality. In stark contrast to its unspoiled natural environs, the estate is lavishly equipped to furnish you and your guests with every conceivable indulgence.

Every inch of the property is finished to the highest quality standards. Beautiful architectural details play tribute to the cultural heritage of the land, imbuing the property with a deep spiritual resonance. Indoors, three spacious suites with commanding views of the lake offer sumptuous accommodation for parties of up to nine people. Facilities include a living room, library and den, dining room, breakfast room, climate controlled wine cellar, massage and spa room, gym and fitness studio. You’ll also have full access to a 24- hour butler/ concierge service and your personal, internationally trained chef.

Outdoors, the luxury continues unabated with a private jetty offering access to a spectacular array of aquatic activities including water skiing, sailing, kayaking, and even trout fishing. Within easy reach of the Lodge are tennis courts and golf greens and miles of footpaths and mountain bike tracks through the surrounding countryside, all begging to be explored.

Enjoy absolute privacy and exclusive access to the entire estate and all its facilities, as you and your guests will be the sole occupants of the lodge during your stay.

Lake Okareka Lodge is a rare treat, lauded and awarded even by such esteemed and discerning bodies as Qualmark, Tourism New Zealand’s quality rating organisation. But beyond the lavish indulgences, the sumptuous facilities and the breathtaking vistas the property promises yet one more magical enticement; an utterly beguiling sense of freedom and seclusion, the liberty to wander unseen in an ambience of sheer tranquility; out of sight of prying eyes and far, far away from the pressures of ordinary everyday life.

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Le Taha’a Island Resort and Spa – French Polynesia

December 5, 2010 By Honeymoon Destinations Specialist Leave a Comment

Le Taha’a is designed to be the most luxurious hotels in French Polynesia; it is the only one of its kind in the archipelago.

Le Taha’a is a proud member of the Relais & Châteaux association which confers on it the symbol of quality known as the 5C’s : namely Courtesy, Charm, Character, Calm and Cuisine, privilege of 480 Relais & Châteaux establishments.

Superbly located on the coral reef of motu Tautau and facing the island of Taha’a on the lagoon side, it offers an unsurpassed view ofthe island of Bora Bora, on the ocean side. The resort is just a 35 mn private boat transfer from Raiatea airport or a 10mn helicopter flight from Bora Bora Pearl Beach Resort & Spa.

This traditional Polynesian style hotel is 5 minutes by private boat from the main island of Taha’a and offers 48 Overwater Suites, 10 Beach Villas and 2 Royal Beach Villas, more than two hundred square meters each. All feature ceiling fan, air conditioning, coffee & tea making facilities, Nespresso coffeee machine, mini bar, hair dryer, safety box, iron and table, magnifying mirror, satellite television, IDD telephone.

The overwater suites have glass table to view the aquatic life of the lagoon, a large sundeck and sitting area with direct access to the water. The beach villas offer a spacious lounge area facing the beach and a private tropical garden with plunge pool. The public areas are built among the trees, providing an exquisite view of the lagoon and the island of Taha’a. The Resort has 3 restaurants : one pool side restaurant opened for lunch, the Vanille restaurant one among the trees for à la carte and on buffet with Polynesian show on theme evenings, and a gourmet restaurant, Ohiri, for fine dining. In addition to a wide range of activities & excursions available in Raiatea & Taha’a, the resort has its own dive center. It also offers a
wide variety of unique treatments in the onsite Manea Spa – ranked among the top 3 spas in the world according to the Robb Report Magazine -

Le Taha’a is the ultimate and exclusive hideaway of glistening beaches and sparkling emerald waters in the South Pacific, it’s a land of harmony nature and unspoiled beauty.

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