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Dina and Desiree: Screw you, earthquake — we’re going to honeymoon in Japan!

Dina and Desiree went on their Japanese honeymoon a month after the Tohoku earthquake. Japan was still under a travel advisory by the Australian government — according to them, they shouldn’t have travelled to Tokyo. But their honeymoon went off without a hitch.

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Vintage snack: honeymooners and a hat tragedy

This couple from 1948 jets off to their Chicago honeymoon looking straight out of a magazine. Don’t fall too hard for her hat though — it’s a goner.

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Liz & Steven’s road trip, biking, and hiking honeymoon with the dogs

Liz & Steven wanted to honeymoon in the mountains of Colorado. They incorporated hiking, biking, sight-seeing, and, oh yeah, their three Border Collies!

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Sueños Tulum: the venue that made me wish I’d had a destination wedding (or at least a tropical honeymoon)

So, there I was in Tulum, about an hour and a half south of Cancun on Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula. I was not working.

…And yet I couldn’t stop thinking about weddings.

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Melissa and Jared’s uh-mazing European voyage of summer 2010!

Instead of getting gifts for their wedding, Melissa and Jared asked for honeymoon contributions. Thanks to generous gifts, couch surfing, and a little penny-pinching, they were able to have an awesome trip.

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Wedding and honeymoon tips from Fiji

I recently traveled to Fiji to see what I could learn about wedding and honeymoon travel over there. I wrote a post about gay travel in Fiji and shared some photos from a wedding I got to crash. And, as promised, here is the bigger meatier post full of tips and advice. If you’re considering an island destination wedding or honeymoon getaway, this is the post for you. If you’re not … well, I hope you enjoy the pictures.