These days couples have more and more choices on where to go on their honeymoon. The options are varied whether your decide to stay in a luxury resort or take a European tour, but it seems that more and more couples are choosing to forgo dry land and take their honeymoon to the open seas with a honeymoon cruise.
So why are more couples deciding to take a cruise for their honeymoon? There are a few simple reasons why taking a honeymoon cruise is quickly becoming the vacation of choice for newlyweds.
Here are the top reasons to take a honeymoon cruise:
Honeymoon Cruises are a Great Value
One of the biggest reasons honeymoon cruises are growing in popularity is because they include lots of services all at one reasonable price. Your room, travel (to the places on your cruise itinerary), food and entertainment are all included in your cruise price.
Usually, with the quality and level of service you receive on a cruise ship, you'll end up spending much less than you would if you purchased all of the individual parts of your vacation separately. This means that when you take a cruise for your honeymoon, you'll be doing it for a lot less than you would if you stayed at a hotel and purchased all of your meals and entertainment. There's no question that taking a cruise for your honeymoon is a great way to get the most for your money.
Honeymoon Cruises Let You Visit Many Different Places
Most cruises that are 5 days or longer visit several different ports. Taking a cruise allows you to visit exotic locales that you might not ever visit if you did't take a cruise. Stops in the Caribbean Islands like St. Thomas, Aruba, Antigua, St. Maarten, the Grenadines and more are available on many cruise itineraries. Cruises also have itineraries visiting other interesting places like Mexico, Alaska, the Mediterranean and almost anywhere else you'd ever want to visit.
Another benefit that's tied in with visiting different places on a honeymoon cruise is that your travel time to the different ports is usually pretty short. It's not out of the ordinary to go to bed on your cruise ship in Puerto Rico and wake up docked in St. Thomas. Cruising gives you the flexibility to visit a lot of different places in a short amount of time. Also, you only unpack your suitcase once and then you're set for the rest of your cruise.
Honeymoon Cruises Take the Guesswork out of Vacation Planning
When you start planning your honeymoon, you'll find that there are a lot of details to take care of. Where you'll stay, how you'll get there, where you'll eat and what you'll do during your free time are all variables that need to be decided.
If you take a honeymoon cruise, many of the details are already a part of your cruise package or can be arranged through the cruise line. Airfare, bus transfers to the airport, activities at the ports and sometimes even spa reservations can be booked with the cruise line before you ever leave home. That takes some of the hassle out of your honeymoon planning and it makes for an easy trip when you do take your honeymoon.
Honeymoon Cruises Offer Lots of Activities
Another reason why cruises make wonderful honeymoons is because they offer lots of activities onboard and in port, so you'll never feel like you have nothing to do. Swimming, gambling, cooking classes, games, shows, dancing classes, contests, and spa treatments are some of the activities you can take part in onboard. While in port, you can take one of the cruise lines pre-arranged shore excursions like horseback riding, kayaking, swimming with the dolphins or sailing on a catamaran.
Of course, this doesn't mean that a cruise is devoid of quiet relaxing time. You can always find a quiet space on deck or a take beach excursion if you want to get away from it all.
With so many great reasons to cruise, you'll find that choosing a honeymoon cruise can be one of the easiest decisions you make during your wedding planning. Bon Voyage!
A wedding expert, Elizabeth Reuth offers wedding planning tips online for brides and grooms and is the author of the popular wedding vow book Perfect Wedding Vows in Minutes.
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