Honeymoon Secrets

Sometimes you just have to get away. Travel Channel’s host of "Great Weekends", Samantha Brown knows just how to do that! Here are her suggestions for leaving the wedding all behind and having a blast on your honeymoon. 

1) You’ve just spent a year deciding on things like the perfect dress to the napkin fold—give yourself a break and don’t over-plan your honeymoon. Wait to book excursions like snorkeling and helicopter rides fro when you get there.

2) Factor in “door-to-door” travel time. It may be a five hour flight, but total travel time could be almost double that amount. If you only have a week, choose a closer location so you are not spending a chunk of your honeymoon in transit.

3) Look beautiful in you pictures. It’s a gorgeous sunset picture of the two of you, but your face is so shiny it’s almost reflective! Always bring powder, waterproof mascara and a little lip gloss~ and now post those pictures on Facebook!

4) Stay away from organized tours—there is nothing romantic about being with 30 people on a bus. Splurge on a personal guide or driver and get a local’s perspective of where the best beaches and spots (hint: not tourists) are.

5) Find out the peak times of the places you want to go—beach, Machu Picchu, museum—and avoid at all costs. General rule is if you go first thing in the morning or after 4 pm you will have the place to yourself. Happy honeymoon!