Lilac Dude and I decided that we should invest in passports to make travel easier. Since we are leaving the country in October we decided to apply this summer and not rush anything. While we were discussing applying for passports we found out that prices were going to go up by $35 on Tuesday. We managed to make it to the Clerk of Courts on Monday and spent 10 minutes in the office applying and now… we wait.
 Photo from Travel.state.gov I would have been writing this post sooner had I known sooner about the price hikes in advance. Regardless, some of you out there may still need passports so I’d like to help you get started on that and spend as little time and money on the process as possible.
The one and only piece of advice I can give anyone applying for a passport: BE PREPARED
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With just over a month to go, I finally booked our honeymoon! Long ago, we talked about what we wanted to do and settled on enjoying some outdoor activities, pampering, and great food in Mendocino, California.
We even set up a honeymoon registry chock full of all the things we wanted to do after some preliminary research, such as a sea kayaking tour, side-by-side couple’s massage, and hike in Van Damm State Park followed by a picnic lunch. However, it was not until this week that I finally made reservations.
After much research on the internet, at sites like Mendocino.com, Mendocino-honeymoon.com, CaliforniaTravelDream.com and TripAdvisor.com, we will be staying at the Little River Inn just 2 miles outside of Mendocino proper, in a room with a peaceful ocean view and lots of privacy.
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We’re baaaaaaaaaaaaaaack!!! And we’re married!!!!! …Which makes me Periwinkle BLOSSOM now… yikes! I feel I must apologize to the garden for my long absence. I hope you can all forgive me though, because I have LOTS of details and wedding tips to share! 
In all seriousness, I do apologize for being MIA. Our wedding simply flew by and what was in fact a loooooooooooooooong honeymoon (see exhibit A below) felt like it zipped right past us! We were married on May 23 in Wading River, Long Island. After bidding our awesome family and friends adieu following a fun-filled weekend, we set off for our honeymoon. We spent 24 glorious days in Hawaii, and missed out on all the rain NY had to offer while we were gone. Unfortunately (and inexplecibly) so did the plants we left out on our balcony….
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After our wedding reception ended, Magnolia Dude and I head over to Hotel Charleston, for a very romantic wedding night…. we were both exhausted and could not wait to start our honeymoon next day.
Our honeymoon was a present from my brother and his wife and we will forever be grateful, it was the best present we had ever received in our lives. With the help of my mom they had found a hotel on a remote private island in Cartagena, called Isla Palma.
At 11:30am we went to the port and got on a speed boat that went over 60 miles per hour for 2 hours, in the middle of the ocean, until we arrived to this very pretty island, welcomed by singing and dancing hotel crew.
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Sunflower Dude and I booked our honeymoon today! We had been kicking around ideas, and were most enamored with spending some relaxing time in Quebec City, Canada. We love the European charm and romance that the city provides, and it’s only a 5 hour drive from our wedding location. We considered going somewhere further and more exotic, however, since I’m stressing enough about the wedding, I wanted to have an easy relaxing honeymoon. Also, saving a bit of money on this trip will still allow us to go on our yearly January trip to Mexico! We booked our honeymoon at the beautiful and majestic Fairmont le Chateau Frontenac.
 Fairmont Chateau Frontenac I jumped at the chance today to book when I heard news of this amazing sale for Fairmont Hotels!
If you’re considering a Fairmont destination for your honeymoon, do it before April 20th! This allowed us to save about 50% on our hotel stay! So I have already booked us a couples massage in the spa 
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Honeysuckle Dude and I decided not to go on a honeymoon immediately after the wedding mostly due to scheduling. We’re both teachers and so taking off in the middle of a semester was not going to fly.
 Photo by Liz Duren Postponing the honeymoon until a school break really didn’t come as a disappointment as we found lots of benefits in delaying the honeymoon, such as:
- less stress- Planning the wedding is stressful enough. I’m glad I didn’t have to add planning an itinerary for the honeymoon as I was busy with all of those last minute details. We also didn’t have to worry about packing everything for the honeymoon and make travel arrangements.
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When picking a date for our wedding, we focused mainly on the weather conditions at the location of our ceremony and reception. However, when it came down to deciding on where we wanted to go for our honeymoon, we realized one of our very favorite places to visit didn’t have the ideal weather during the same time. We absolutely LOVE the Caribbeans, but we’re getting married in the fall and as most of you know, that means hurricane season.
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When Plumeria Dude and I first started talking about a honeymoon, we figured there were a number of options available to us that were relatively convenient to Islamorada:
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