Honeymoon plans!
We have been busy! My goal for the month of April was to figure out our honeymoon and start our registry, which are somewhat related. Since we have almost everything we need to make a home, we're creating a honeymoon registry, so our guests can gift us with parts of our honeymoon.
First we needed to figure out where we wanted to go on honeymoon. I've been dreaming of a European trip, while Tom was leaning more toward Hawaii, and we both really enjoyed our Mexican cruise and thought we should try to encorporate a cruise into our honeymoon. I've never been to Hawaii so I was excited about that possibility, and Tom has never been to Italy, and it's been over 20 years since he's been to Europe, so that was appealing to him as well.
I found an amazing deal on a cruise to Hawaii, and we went through some friend connections to research the cruise. As it turns out, that cruise has a really bad reputation (it's not Holland America, so don't worry Christa) and the deal I'd found was not with a reputable agency, so we were back to square one.
I then found my dream cruise on Royal Caribbean in the Mediterranean, the same cruiseline we'd taken to Mexico. We talked and decided that it would be much easier for us to go to Hawaii in the next few years (and with kids) than it would be to gt to Europe anytime in the next ~20 years.
I'd also done some research on honeymoon registries, and found a site called TheBigDay.com which allows you to create a registry website. If you also use them as your travel agency above a certain amount, they waive any fees they may collect from the gifts.
Our travel agent was amazing! I sent her a basic itinerary after Tom and I had mapped out our plans, and she has sent me lots of emails with choices and ideas, and she is very responsive to our suggestions and questions. At one point she and I were instant messaging for an hour back and forth about hotel options. It's great to have someone who is a partner in finding our honeymoon, rather than someone who just takes an itinerary and processes it.
This is our itinerary, and we are both just thrilled about it:
Tues, Sept 5 - fly to Rome via Heathrow
Wed, Sept 6 - arrive in Rome
Thurs, Sept 7 - Rome
Fri, Sept 8 - Rome, train to Venice
Sat, Sept 9 - Venice
Sun, Sept 10 - Venice, board cruise ship
Mon, Sept 11 - at sea (4 year anniversary of our first date!)
Tues, Sept 12 - Athens, Greece
Wed, Sept 13 - Ephesus, Turkey
Thurs, Sept 14 - Heraklion, Crete
Fri, Sept 15 - Corfu, Greece
Sat, Sept 16 - at sea
Sun, Sept 17 - disembark in Venice, train back to Rome
Mon, Sept 18 - fly back to SFO via Heathrow
I've updated our official wedding website at mcmullenandkay.weddings.com with more information on our picnic, mass the night before the wedding, and have started to add our registry information. Later today Tom and I are off to the mall to start our registry for the basics we do need.
First we needed to figure out where we wanted to go on honeymoon. I've been dreaming of a European trip, while Tom was leaning more toward Hawaii, and we both really enjoyed our Mexican cruise and thought we should try to encorporate a cruise into our honeymoon. I've never been to Hawaii so I was excited about that possibility, and Tom has never been to Italy, and it's been over 20 years since he's been to Europe, so that was appealing to him as well.
I found an amazing deal on a cruise to Hawaii, and we went through some friend connections to research the cruise. As it turns out, that cruise has a really bad reputation (it's not Holland America, so don't worry Christa) and the deal I'd found was not with a reputable agency, so we were back to square one.
I then found my dream cruise on Royal Caribbean in the Mediterranean, the same cruiseline we'd taken to Mexico. We talked and decided that it would be much easier for us to go to Hawaii in the next few years (and with kids) than it would be to gt to Europe anytime in the next ~20 years.
I'd also done some research on honeymoon registries, and found a site called TheBigDay.com which allows you to create a registry website. If you also use them as your travel agency above a certain amount, they waive any fees they may collect from the gifts.
Our travel agent was amazing! I sent her a basic itinerary after Tom and I had mapped out our plans, and she has sent me lots of emails with choices and ideas, and she is very responsive to our suggestions and questions. At one point she and I were instant messaging for an hour back and forth about hotel options. It's great to have someone who is a partner in finding our honeymoon, rather than someone who just takes an itinerary and processes it.
This is our itinerary, and we are both just thrilled about it:
Tues, Sept 5 - fly to Rome via Heathrow
Wed, Sept 6 - arrive in Rome
Thurs, Sept 7 - Rome
Fri, Sept 8 - Rome, train to Venice
Sat, Sept 9 - Venice
Sun, Sept 10 - Venice, board cruise ship
Mon, Sept 11 - at sea (4 year anniversary of our first date!)
Tues, Sept 12 - Athens, Greece
Wed, Sept 13 - Ephesus, Turkey
Thurs, Sept 14 - Heraklion, Crete
Fri, Sept 15 - Corfu, Greece
Sat, Sept 16 - at sea
Sun, Sept 17 - disembark in Venice, train back to Rome
Mon, Sept 18 - fly back to SFO via Heathrow
I've updated our official wedding website at mcmullenandkay.weddings.com with more information on our picnic, mass the night before the wedding, and have started to add our registry information. Later today Tom and I are off to the mall to start our registry for the basics we do need.
