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Once you have completed the nuptials and you are ready to kick off your new life together in style, where will you choose to create the memory of the beginning of your marriage? If you want to have a honeymoon vacation you will always look back to as the perfect trip and perfect beginning to your life together consider these top honeymoon vacations:
Hawaii
This is the #1 honeymoon destination in the entire United States. Nothing says romance like sitting hand in hand watching as the sun dives behind the edge of the ocean with the waves lapping at the sparking sandy shores. Those who visit the Hawaiian Islands can do so many things in one location – stroll along beside a majestic waterfall, sip drinks on the beach, and enjoy a luau together with great food and entertainment. Since they are so festive and alive, the Hawaiian Islands are also popular wedding destinations.
Niagara Falls
Niagara Falls is an awe-inspiring location that also packs a lot of fun and frivolity to celebrate the beginning of your life together. Viewing the breathtaking fall as a couple is a moment that makes all reflect on the magnitude of the world. There are boat cruises that can be taken around the falls, and if you’re looking for an enjoyable way to end the night with a little excitement, the Casino Niagara is nearby. For a little more scenery, the day trips to the Catskill Mountains are available.
Florida
Another very popular destination for honeymooners is the sunshine state. Florida is thought by many to be one stop shopping for honeymoon vacation destinations. If action and adventure are the preference, there are a number of theme park offerings from the Walt Disney World Resorts to Universal Studios and Sea World. Additionally, the ocean offers laid-back seasides such as Amelia Island, as well as fun-loving, nightlife-laden towns like Key West.
California
California while known for areas such as Beverly Hills and San Francisco also has a number of locations that are not nearly as bustling with activity, and are more in line with a romantic honeymoon getaway. Out in Napa Valley there are a number of exclusive Bed and Breakfast locations where you can enjoy all there is in wine country. By day, spend time together sipping the best that has come off the vine. In addition to vineyards, Napa Valley also is home to a number of quaint antique shops including small antique shops where you may be able to purchase something old to begin your new life together.
Las Vegas
For those who are betting on a long marriage and believe luck is on their side, a Las Vegas Honeymoon may be the best decision. There is nothing but excitement from one side of the Las Vegas strip to the other. Casino after casino where you can test you luck at slots or table games. These casinos each offer fantastic fare, magical entertainment, enchanting music, and nightlife like no other town can match. They also offer great honeymoon packages for newlyweds.
Toying with the idea of a winter destination wedding, but not sure you want to hold the most special moment of your life in the coldest months of the year? Maybe it's time to change your thinking. Winter weddings can be magical events. With a winter wedding you can choose any type of wedding you want. The bride can arrive at the church in a sleigh. Or, maybe she can ski down a mountain slope at a fancy ski resort. Or, perhaps the bride and groom can enjoy a sand ceremony on the beach.
Wait a minute. A sleigh, ski resort, and a beach? Something doesn't belong here. We're talking winter, right?
That's the great part. A winter destination wedding or elopement means you can chose the type of winter you want. You can have the traditional winter of snow, or head off to a warmer destination. So, what kind of a winter wedding do you want?
Snowy Winter Weddings
Let's face it. To some people there's nothing more romantic than sitting together in front of a roaring fireplace, sipping hot cider, champagne or red wine. Whether you're thinking of eloping, or planning a destination wedding with a group of close relatives and friends, a ceremony at a historic New England Inn or ski resort in Colorado or Utah could be just for you.
Many inns and resorts of New England have special winter wedding packages, such as the Stonebridge Country Club in Manchester, New Hampshire and the Interlaken Inn of Lakeville, Connecticut.
Perhaps you and your future spouse are ski fanatics. What better way to celebrate your marriage than to have a wedding at your favorite ski resort? It will certainly give your guests something fun to do after the ceremony. Most ski areas and resorts have wedding packages available, so you have your choice of such wonderful ski areas and resorts all over the country, like Lake Tahoe, California, Vail, Colorado and Stowe, Vermont. There's even one town in the Adirondacks of New York which offer free skiing at the town-owned Ski Center. Chestertown in the Adirondacks would make a great winter wedding location, offering wedding guests free cross-country ski trails, a rope tow for downhill skiing, a tobogganing hill and a covered ice-skating rink. In addition, Chestertown has numerous cabins and bed and breakfast inns for you and your guests.
If some of your guests aren't into downhill skiing, many ski areas offer other winter activities, such as cross-country skiing or tubing.
Warmer Winter Weddings
Okay, so you're from Vermont and you're sick of snow. You want to get away from the snow for your wedding or elopement. Follow the sun! Florida, California, Arizona, Hawaii and Mexico.
Phoenix, Arizona may seem like a furnace during the summer, but for winter weddings, it offers nice weather, luxurious spas and resorts, as well as the Desert Botanical Gardens in which to host your wedding.
While California beaches may be colder during the winter months, they still are beautiful places to wed. And, during the winter months, you can practically have some romantic beach spots to yourselves.
Winter weddings can offer so many choices. The hard part will be deciding which wonderful wedding destination to choose.