Day four of nine · Seychelles Nothing planned until Thursday 41 honeymoons, 2026
THE FIRST THREE DAYS ARE EMPTY.
You have organised enough this year. Tell us four things, and the only decision left is what time to have breakfast.
3 days with nothing in them 6 days we planned
Done without asking4 things
- Dinner booked for the first night
- Every hotel told it is a honeymoon
- Upgrade asked for, twice granted
- No transfer with a wait in it
You arrangednothing
FOUR PLACES
WORTH THE FLIGHT
The four we book most for honeymoons — with the month we would choose ourselves, not the one the brochures sell.
- 41honeymoons, 2026
- $3 900the cheapest of them
- 11moved to a better month
- 0packages, all written
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NOV — APR
MALDIVES
One atoll, one boat, nothing else
$3 900pp, from7—10 days
Flight time11 h
Beach days5 of 8
Guide days0 — you will not want one
What we would tell you
February is the driest and the dearest. Go in late November and pay a third less for the same water.
We would go inlate November
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02 · MOST BOOKED
JUN — OCT
ZANZIBAR, AFTER A SAFARI
Seven days looking, five doing nothing
$6 400pp, from10—14 days
Flight time10 h
Safari days7 with Joseph
Then5 with nothing planned
What we would tell you
The migration and the coast are the same trip — one flight apart. Doing the safari second ruins the second half.
We would go inJuly
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MAR — MAY
JAPAN IN SPRING
Cities, mountains, and the blossom if it holds
$4 600pp, from12—16 days
Flight time12 h
Guided days5 with Kenji
Nights in an inn2
What we would tell you
Blossom week doubles hotel prices and cannot be predicted. Late April is quieter, cheaper and still beautiful.
We would go inlate April
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APR — OCT
SEYCHELLES
Three islands, by ferry, slowly
$4 200pp, from8—12 days
Flight time13 h
Islands3, by ferry
Guide days1 — the walk on Praslin
What we would tell you
No internal flights needed — the ferries are better. Anyone selling you a seaplane hop is selling you a photograph.
We would go inMay
Eleven couples last year moved their dates after we told them the truth about the month. None of them regretted it. Send us four lines
Done without asking
Done without asking Six things on every honeymoon · none of them an upsell No surcharge, no package
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Dinner on the first night
Booked before you land, ten minutes from the hotel. Moved if the flight is late.
41 of 41 trips
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“Honeymoon” on every booking
On the reservation itself, at every hotel — not a note in our own file.
every night
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An upgrade asked for, in writing
Nobody can promise it. We ask at every hotel and tell you what came back.
27 of 41 got one
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Transfers with no waiting
A driver holding your name, timed to the flight rather than the schedule.
every leg
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The first three days left empty
No pickup, no guide, no plan. The route starts when you are ready for it.
on purpose
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06
A number that answers at 3 a.m.
Your guide and the office. Neither is a rota; neither asks you to email.
24/7
$0 for all six — no honeymoon surcharge and no “romance package” to buy. Send us four lines
TWELVE DAYS,
FOUR OF THEM EMPTY
Anna & Piet, married in June, flew in July. This is their route as it was written and as it happened.
- 4 linesthey wrote us
- 48 hto this route
- 1rewrite, then booked
- $0changed after booking
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DAYS 02—06 · WITH JOSEPH
TANZANIA · JULY 2026
SEVEN DAYS LOOKING
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DAY 05 · 15:40
THE CROSSING
Four hours of waiting. Forty metres away.
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DAYS 07—12 · NOBODY
THEN THE SEA
Four days with nothing in them.
5 days with Joseph 7 days theirs, 4 of them empty
What they wrote, in full
“Honeymoon, July, we want the migration but not a convoy of jeeps. Then somewhere flat and quiet where we do nothing for four days. Budget around $6k each, flights our own.”
What the one rewrite changed
The first draft put Zanzibar first. They asked to swap it — they wanted the hard days while they still had the energy.
Day What happened Night Meals
- 01 ARRIVE ARUSHALate flight, a driver holding your name, nothing else. Legendary Lodge —
- 02 TARANGIREFirst day out. Joseph decides the direction over breakfast. Kuro camp B · L · D
- 03 SERENGETI, CENTRALLong drive, one vehicle, no convoy. The herds were three hours north. Dunia camp B · L · D
- 04 SERENGETI, NORTHMigration week. Joseph had this date pencilled since January. Sayari camp B · L · D
- 05 THE RIVER CROSSINGWaited four hours. It happened at 15:40, forty metres away. Sayari camp B · L · D
- 06 NGORONGORODown into the crater at first light, out before the buses. The Manor B · L · D
- 07 FLY TO ZANZIBARBush flight, then a car. In the water by four o’clock. Kilindi, Kendwa B
- 08 NOTHINGNo pickup, no guide, no plan. This is the point of the trip. Kilindi, Kendwa B
- 09 NOTHINGSame again. They took a dhow out at sunset because they felt like it. Kilindi, Kendwa B
- 10 NOTHINGA morning in Stone Town, only because they asked the day before. Kilindi, Kendwa B
- 11 NOTHINGTheir words: “the best day of the whole thing, and we did nothing.” Kilindi, Kendwa B
- 12 FLY HOMECar timed to the flight, whatever time it was. — B
Plan B was written for days 05 and 07
What it cost2 guests
Per person$6 400
Total, two guests$12 800
Deposit, 20%$2 560
Balance, 45 days before$10 240
Where it went
Camps & hotels, 11 nights$5 480
Park fees, 6 days$2 640
Joseph, vehicle, driver$2 940
Bush flight, transfers, all meals on safari$1 740
They also spent flights from Amsterdam, tips, Zanzibar lunches $740 pp
“The best day of the whole thing was day eleven, and we did nothing.”
Anna & Piet
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