honeymoon

lisam1113 Posted: Dec 04, 2010 12:35 PM

honeymoon

When do start to book for the honeymoon? & did you go thru a website & do it yourself or to a travel agent?

**if you booked yourself, any website recommendations for all-inclusive resorts?

spdy540 Posted: Dec 04, 2010 12:49 PM

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We booked ours in September and did it by ourselves because ours was just a cruise out of PR then we decided to say at a hotel for a few days after the cruise it wasn't anything intricate. If its intricate I would definitely go through a travel agent

lisam1113 Posted: Dec 04, 2010 12:54 PM

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We are planning on staying at an island (i.e bahamas, st. lucia, turks & caicos, etc... )

neither of us have been to the islands near the caribbean, so we don't know much about going there. from what we've heard we like what we've heard of sandals

CaseyCase Posted: Dec 04, 2010 02:25 PM

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I've planned plenty of cruises on my own. Carnival is really good but if its a resort I might go to a travel agent probably not though.

JessNicole7EM Posted: Dec 04, 2010 05:45 PM

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I used a travel agent.

I think I booked about a year in advance but I'm also going to Europe (Italy Greece Turkey Spain and Monaco)

sjr385 Posted: Dec 04, 2010 06:16 PM

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lisam1113 Posted: Dec 04, 2010 06:25 PM

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We're thinking of wanting to try Sandals all-inclusive resorts!

rendel Posted: Dec 04, 2010 07:40 PM

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Posted by lisam1113

When do start to book for the honeymoon? & did you go thru a website & do it yourself or to a travel agent?

**if you booked yourself, any website recommendations for all-inclusive resorts?

Resort compete.com I got my travel agent and great price from cruisecompete.com its the same thing.

CosmoLover Posted: Dec 04, 2010 08:24 PM

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The sooner the better. I just booked Sandals St Lucia a few days ago through the Sandals web site (we are going in July 2011). The site already says most of the excursions are booked...(but not too worried, we will book them with other companies when we arrive).

I was going to go to a Travel Agent but when I saw the 65% off sale on the Sandals website, decided it was too good to pass up. I've read that if you book through a TA, they can readjust the price later on if the price drops after you book.

KristynLeigh Posted: Dec 04, 2010 08:35 PM

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I can't wait to book my honeymoon. I'm as excited about that as I am the wedding.

lisam1113 Posted: Dec 10, 2010 08:16 AM

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Sorry I've been meaning to get back to you guys!! But thank you! I guess we'll start looking after the new year starts! Feels like we have so much to do still!! I definately want a Sandals resort, I've heard some much good things & they look so beautiful! Someone actually told me when the new year starts they usually have a good deal on websites! ..so I'm keeping my fingers crossed!!

adelz Posted: Dec 10, 2010 08:26 AM

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We're booked for Sandals Grande St. Lucia and ended up going through a TA - including the 65% discount they had. The TA was able to get us a direct flight vs. Sandals site which only had really long layovers. We booked it last month and are going right after the wedding. HTH!

lisam1113 Posted: Dec 10, 2010 08:30 AM

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Oh I didn't that about the flights being long layovers if booked thru the site.. Do you know if you get a direct flight with all travel agents or just the one you used?

adelz Posted: Dec 10, 2010 08:56 AM

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Posted by lisam1113

Oh I didn't that about the flights being long layovers if booked thru the site.. Do you know if you get a direct flight with all travel agents or just the one you used?

The site might have it, it's just whenever they brought up the best deal available, it was always with a layover, with the TA I was able to get the best price + a better flight. I'm sure any travel agent can help you out.

I believe for St. Lucia, there's a JetBlue direct flight on Tuesdays from JFK :)

hope that helps!