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Weddings & Honeymoons perfect timing
of layers. Prices are lower in May and
September and crowds are reduced too.
Book it: Kuoni has a 13-night tailor-made holiday
to Canada and Alaska, including four nights at the
Fairmont Waterfront hotel, seven nights onboard
MS Zuiderdam and a two-night Grizzly Bear and
Wildlife Watching tour, from £2,755, including
flights. Bear watching is available mid-May to
mid-October, whale watching from April to October.
■ kuoni.co.uk
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Above: Tom’s Cottage is a romantic hideaway in THE US The best months for getting married in the
Hawkes Bay, New Zealand Weddings: More than 120,000 couples get Whitsunday Islands are June, July and
Right: One of the 120,000 couples who tie the knot hitched in Las Vegas every year. It’s a year- August. Sunny days and a nice cool breeze
in Las Vegas every year round destination – either hot or very hot. mean there’s less chance of clients sweltering
But Funway Holidays product and marketing in formal wedding clothes, and it’s not peak
manager Lee Burns says it is best to avoid the season for Australians so there should be
winter season when it’s slightly cooler as more choice of venues. The region’s wet
many outdoor hotel pools are closed. season runs from December to March.
The city is a big conference destination, and Hamilton Island Weddings is the only
Burns says during November and February the company with a commercial permit to conduct
hotels are usually booked out by conventions, weddings on stunning Whitehaven Beach - a
but adds: “At present, Americans are not helicopter transfer adds to the glamour.
flocking to Vegas and prices are at an all-time Book it: Check out Hamilton Island’s weddings
low, so go while there are so many offers.” business at hamiltonislandweddings.com.au
Book it: Funway offers three nights’ room-only at Qantas Holidays suggests a Sydney, Ayers Rock
the five-star Venetian from £715 per person, with and Hamilton Island itinerary, starting from £2,999.
flights. Wedding ceremonies onboard the resort’s This includes flights, five nights in a Deluxe Opera
ornately decorated white gondola cost extra. House View Room at the Shangri-La in Sydney, two
■ funwayholidays.co.uk nights at the Desert Gardens Hotel in Uluru and
five nights on Hamilton Island. This is valid for
Honeymoons: For adventurous couples, suggest travel between January 16 and March 20, 2010.
combining a Vancouver stay with an Alaska ■ qantasholidays.co.uk
cruise and bear-watching tour. The Alaska
cruise season runs from May to September. Honeymoons: For outstanding landscapes,
It’s summer but the weather can still be you can’t beat a honeymoon in New Zealand.
unpredictable, so the advice is to pack plenty Turquoise Holidays product manager Katy
Gambrill advises favouring November,
December, March and April over the summer
Perfect timing: When and where
peak of January and February. These shoulder
seasons still see nice sunny days but it is less
Month Proposal Wedding Honeymoon busy. For a honeymoon with a difference
January Morocco Finland Australia Gambrill recommends staying in Queenstown
February Cape Town Jamaica New Zealand in July and August and hiring a car to drive to
March Great Wall of China Grenada Costa Rica the ski resorts. She says: “Queenstown is
April Dubai Maldives Singapore & Borneo buzzing in winter time and wrapping up
May San Francisco Cyprus Seychelles warm makes for a cosy honeymoon.” The
June Switzerland Mauritius Brazil New Zealand ski season combines well with
July Rome Hawaii Sicily the dry season in the South Pacific islands.
August Paris Canada Kenya Book it: Wine, Whales & Other Delights is a
September Alaska Greek Islands Tanzania & Zanzibar 16-night itinerary from Turquoise Holidays, from
October Malta Las Vegas Egypt £1,999, including flights and car hire. For an extra
November Bahamas Barbados Florida treat, add on Wings over Whales in Kaikoura, a
December Vienna Mexico Thailand 30-minute whale-watching flight, costing from £60.
■ turquoiseholidays.co.uk
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TTG Knowledge – September 2009
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