Request Newsletter | Bridal Online Website | Return To Main Page

Marriage & Wedding Information


Five Ideas for a More Romantic Honeymoon


Candles, rose petals, satin, succulent foods, perfume-you're probably already familiar with all of these time-honored ingredients for creating a romantic mood on your honeymoon. But candles, rose petals, and other sensual ingredients only go so far. The real key to creating a romantic honeymoon is to spend time celebrating your relationship and your new life together as a married couple. After all, romance is more about the heart than the body.

That doesn't mean you should put the candles away, but start setting the mood early by reveling in your relationship. Here are five ideas to get you started.

1. Explore uncharted territory
Intimacy is a key ingredient for creating a romantic mood. In its most basic sense, intimacy is about revealing our interior selves to another person-the part of ourselves that we normally hide from others. When we do this, we honor the other person as someone we cherish and trust. Since it's often difficult to start sharing in this way, a game or book of questions can help. The classic game of relationship questions is the Ungame, while the classic questions book is (appropriately enough) The Book of Questions by Gregory Stock. Each of these products contains hundreds of questions on topics ranging from ethics ("What would you do if . . . ?") to feelings and ideas. These are just two of many similar products that you can use in almost any setting-even in the car or airplane on the way to your honeymoon destination.

2. Combine Your Photo Albums
Buy your first photo album together, if you don't get one at your wedding. Bring out your photo albums and choose the best photos of each other from your dating days to put in your new album-it's a great way to relive old memories.

3. Write a Dream Letter
Write letters to each other about your dreams for your marriage. What do you hope your marriage will look like in ten, twenty, or thirty years? Exchange the letters on the first day of your marriage, and then save them to read on your wedding anniversary.

4. Leave Memory Notes Everywhere
Nothing creates a romantic mood better than remembering your best moments together as a couple. Purchase some small notepaper or post-it notes and spend some time digging up your favorite memories of your spouse. How did you meet? How did your first kiss come about? What is the goofiest thing he or she ever did? When was your spouse there for you when you needed him or her the most? Then spend some time thinking of the memories you'd most like to share with your spouse over the course of your marriage. Write these all down on the note paper, and hide them all over the place at your honeymoon destination (on the pillow, in the luggage, in the rental car, etc.).

5. Share the Love
The funny thing about love is you get more by giving it away. That's as true for newlyweds as for anyone else, so find ways to share your love with others. Start by committing random acts of kindness-both toward each other and complete strangers. Visit the Random Acts of Kindness Foundation web page for inspiration (http://www.actsofkindness.org/). One of our favorite stories there is about a young woman who was caught in the rain when a complete stranger gave her his own umbrella. When she asked how she would return it to him, he just smiled and walked away. Creating great memories like that adds a magical twist to your honeymoon.

Jerry Windley-Daoust profiles honeymoon spots at the Creative Honeymoon Ideas website.


MORE RESOURCES:

MTV.com

Speidi's 'Wedding' Bling
Extra TV - 1 hour ago
Alleged newlyweds Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag showed off their pseudo-wedding rings at the Cedars-Sinai "Road to a Cure" gala last night. ...
Speidi's Wedding Bands: "They Cost 40 Pesos" E! Online
Heidi Montag's Mom Says Marriage To Spencer Pratt Will Last 'Six ... MTV.com
HEIDI MONTAG - THE HILLS NEWLYWEDS TO TRY FOR BABY Contactmusic.com
The Gossip Girls - Fashion.ie
all 29 news articles


Winter wedding dos and don'ts
7Online.com, NY - 2 hours ago
Weddings aren't just spring and summer affairs these days. More and more couples are opting to marry during what used to be the "off season" for nuptials, ...


California lawmakers decry gay wedding ban
United Press International - 1 hour ago
SACRAMENTO, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- California lawmakers say their resolutions support the overthrow of a ban on same-sex marriages are about civil rights rather ...


Best Syndication

Basic Tips to Help You Choose Your Wedding Videographer
Best Syndication, CA - 1 hour ago
Most brides spend years dreaming of their perfect wedding day. So it is not surprising if they invest countless hours picking out the wedding gown and ...
Helpful Tips in Making a Wedding Video Best Syndication
How to Become a Videographer Best Syndication
all 3 news articles


Best Syndication

Scrapbook: Making Wedding Photos More Memorable
Best Syndication, CA - 39 minutes ago
You just had a wonderful wedding. It was a once in a lifetime occasion. The wedding photography in Phoenix done by a professional was very good but ...
Organizing your Photographs: Simple Tips on Sorting Out Old Pictures Best Syndication
all 2 news articles


Best Syndication

6 Common Mistakes on Your Wedding Day
Best Syndication, CA - 2 hours ago
A wedding is a once in a lifetime event. It takes months or perhaps years to plan the perfect one. With so many details to remember from the wedding ...
A Career As an Event Planner Best Syndication
all 2 news articles


NEWS.com.au

Wedding day marks couples' first kiss
ABC15.com (KNXV-TV), AZ - Dec 1, 2008
When Melody LaLuz and Claudaniel Fabien stood and faced each other on the altar over the weekend, the blushing bride and new groom shared more than wedding ...
Now you may kiss the bride Chicago Sun-Times
Couple wait for wedding to kiss Ananova
Jockstrip: The world as we know it. United Press International
Chicago Tribune - The Associated Press
all 290 news articles


Julianne Hough to Hear Wedding Bells?
Great American Country, TN - 1 hour ago
3, 2008 — If Julianne Hough ends up walking down the aisle, she might want to skip the traditional white wedding dress in favor of a paisley one. ...


Florida governor's bride-to-be chooses her gown for Dec. 12 wedding
Sun-Sentinel.com, FL - Dec 1, 2008
By Linda Trischitta | South Florida Sun-Sentinel Carole Rome wore her status with low-key ease when she ordered her bridal gown from Wedding Atelier in ...
Gay rights group to protest at Crist's wedding WWSB ABC 7
Charlie Crist's fiancee to wear silk gown to the nuptials ABC Action News
Gays to Demonstrate at Fla. Gov. Crist’s Marriage EDGE Boston
Palm Beach Post
all 41 news articles


E! Online

Heidi & Spencer's Wedding Hoax
Star Magazine, NY - 21 hours ago
15 issue, on sale Wednesday — their quickie wedding was just another publicity stunt conjured up by the spotlight-seeking duo. As soon as word broke that ...
Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt return from honeymoon Now Magazine Online
all 10 news articles

Wedding - Google News

home | site map

Site Map | Site Map | Links

© 2006