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The occasions for romantic
travel vary, from “just because”
to an anniversary trip, honey-
moons, babymoons (described as
the last trip a couple takes before
the first child arrives) and desti-
nation weddings.
The latter, Seaton said, have
grown quite a bit in recent years.
They are a way to combine the
wedding and honeymoon and
allow the families and friends to
share in the experience. As long
as the families and friends pay
their own way to the destination,
it also can save money from the
big, traditional wedding followed
by the big, traditional honey-
moon.
“
A lot of brides who have a
destination wedding in mind will
come in and get group rates for
more than one destination. We can
hold the rate and the space while
she decides. We want to make it
as economical as we can, but the
destination will make the big dif-
ference in price,” Seaton said.
The reason for that isn’t be-
cause a hotel or resort in Tahiti
or Hawaii is necessarily more
expensive than the Bahamas or
Cancun; it’s because of the cost of
flying to the destination, Seaton
said.
“
If your destination, for a wed-
ding or honeymoon or anything
else, is a place where you have to
fly a great distance, you are at a
disadvantage right away. That is
why traveling from the Midwest
to some exotic destination can
be more difficult because getting
there can be more expensive than
being there. Flying to get on a
cruise is often more expensive
than the cruise itself,” she said.
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