By Diana • 5 Comments
So happy to be continuing with our honeymoon guest post today and do we have another great one for you! Alicia from The Charity Wedding blog is yet another wonderful person I have met in the wedding industry who has a warm heart, beautiful smile, and loves to help out. Enjoy the tropical paradise her and her husband experienced on their honeymoon and learn why you may want to book a flight to Jamaica for your honeymoon...
Hello Lovelies! I am so excited Diana asked me to share all my honeymoon details with you! While it has only been a few months since we took the trip, it feels like forever ago so it is nice to relive it again! Before I get into my favorite parts of our destination, I thought I'd give you some "in general" honeymoon advice. First -** use a travel agent** especially if traveling internationally. It will cost you nothing and it will give you a lot of peace of mind! Plus they can likely get better deals than you can find on your own. Ours did everything for us and it was nice not to have to worry about a thing! Secondly, we delayed our honeymoon about a month which was a** GREAT decision**. Weddings are a crazy whirlwind and it was nice to have time to relax and settle back down into life before the trip. We met several couples who left right after their wedding, like the next day, and they were so tired the first few days. In addition, they said they felt bad they didn't get to spend more time with their family and friends especially those who travelled to be at their wedding. In addition, it prolonged all that wedding excitement a little bit longer which is nice because you only do it once and the actual wedding goes by so fast! Oh and if you go somewhere with water-** invest in a water proof camera** or borrow one! Kyle and I settled on Ocho Rios, Jamaica as our destination of choice because we could get a non-stop flight, travel time was relatively short, and it had gorgeous beaches! 5 Reasons we would go back include:
I'd like to say they are paying me to tell you this, but it's not true. We loved it so much, I am telling you with no incentives whatsoever! We've stayed at other** all-inclusive resorts** in the past and this was by far the nicest and best. In general, I would highly recommend an all inclusive anyway especially for a honeymoon where you should just relax and not worry about what to eat or how much cocktails cost! Sandals has several restaurants, multiple bars, a strict no tipping policy (yep, you don't have to have cash ever) and the accommodations are beautiful. They have activities on site so you don't ever have to leave if you don't want to. It is couples only which meant it was quiet with no splashing kids at the pool! We are already planning our next Sandalsvacation!
The ability to relax and just have fun with my new husband! Jamaicans are all about kicking back and having a good time and we loved that. We loved not being on a schedule, we loved eating whatever we want, whenever we wanted (I gained 8 pounds-no joke), we loved sitting in the bar at night for hours drinking martinis and chatting with other guests, and we loved just having fun together! It really was amazing to never have to leave the resort and know once you were there, everything was paid for. We could eat as lavishly as we wanted or we could eat hot dogs, it didn't matter. I would save those site seeing vacations for another time and just go somewhere to relax, where everything is taken care of!