Honeymoon packing list

Book and travel in the name printed in your passport, whatever you've changed it to since. Beyond that, a honeymoon packs like a beach holiday with two more evenings that matter.

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The name on the ticket must match the passport

This is the single most common way honeymoons go wrong before they start. If you've changed your name but not yet your passport, book every flight, hotel and transfer in your current passport name. Airlines routinely refuse boarding on a mismatch and treat a name change as a rebooking, at full fare. Change the passport first or travel in the old name — not half of each.

Carry a copy of the marriage certificate

Not because anyone demands it, but because resorts, airlines and restaurants hand out upgrades, free champagne and better tables to honeymooners, and a fair number ask for something to back it up. A photo on your phone is enough. Mention it at booking too, not just on arrival — that's when the room allocation is actually decided.

Plan for more than one good evening

The usual advice — one nice outfit for the week — doesn't hold here. Two or three evenings will be occasions, and plenty of resort restaurants enforce a dress code after six, which frequently means no shorts and closed shoes for men. Check the resort's stated code before packing; it's usually on their website and it's usually stricter than people expect.

Leave space, and split the bags

You will buy things. Pack the outbound bags at about 80% and the return journey stops being a negotiation. And split each person's clothes across both suitcases: if one bag is delayed, you both still have something to wear, which is a better first evening than one of you in the clothes you flew in.

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Honeymoon packing list

The name on the ticket must match the passport

Carry a copy of the marriage certificate

Plan for more than one good evening

Leave space, and split the bags

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