So this past weekend, I was in the Big Apple (New York City) for a totally fabulous bachelorette party. We kick started with the Sex and City bus tour, run by On Location Tours Inc. I think there are actually a few more Sex and City bus tours as I saw other groups from different buses. The tours are hugely popular, particularly on the weekend and in the afternoon slots. We booked ours for the 2.30 slot but were made to wait for an extra half hour since some of …

I’ve been preparing for my bachelorette party in NYC for a month now. After debating dates forever, I finally made up my mind to call the American embassy and book an appointment. The website says that the average waiting time is 38 days - from my experience, it could be even longer. I wish I had booked an appointment the moment I even considered going to the US because the waiting time is so long.
The first appointment I was given was the end of June. You have to ring …

1. Hawaii - America’s number 1 travel destination
2. Mexico - coast to coast romance
3. Jamaica - largest selection of adults only holidays (whatever that means!)
4. Tahiti - gardania-coconut-vanilla fragrance all year round 
5. Bermuda - pink sands galore
6. Italy - a wealth of romantic locations such as Venice, Tuscany, Rome, Milan
7. Las Vegas - 24/7 romance
8. Aruba - hurricane free year round 
9. St. Lucia - Carribean’s lushest islands
10. Florida - great for those with kids travelling

I saw a query in the newspaper about the cheapest time to visit New York. This might be of use to those planning honeymoons. I can imagine that after the hefty wedding bill, brides are looking for the best bargains on holidays as well. 
The cheapest time to visit anywhere is when no one else wants do. On American public holidays, they are more likely to want to be at home with their families. Get an American calendar and pick few holiday weekends like Memorial Day (25 May) Labour Day (7 …

I’ve been thinking about my honeymoon but I’ve been really worried about all the places I can visit because I’m still an Indian citizen and we usually have problems travelling everywhere and anywhere. I’ve been looking online and I found that there are 45 countries and territories that grant visa free or visa on arrival access to ordinary Indian passport holders. However, access is not necessarily a right and admissions may be at the discretion of border enforcement officers. I know for a fact that an Indian can travel to …

This newspaper article has inspired me to collect Frequent Flyer points. I have 18,000 so far on my Virgin Flight and I want to redeem it for a free holiday. I dont think it will go as far as a honeymoon but for some other money savvy brides, perhaps this could help:
According to my research on the Virgin Flying Club:
Dubai and New York needs 38, 250 or 22, 500 points
India, Barbados needs 50,000 points
Hong Kong needs 60,000 points.
 
Heres the article for some inspiration:
A couple spent three months trawling the streets …

My fiance and I really want to go to Hong Kong and India to do some wedding shopping. Or even New York. The UK is just over priced and doesnt offer the range that other countries offer. For example, in the US, you get Vera Wang and Monique Lhullier dresses at different sizes. When I went to try them on here in the UK, they are all either Size 2 or Size 12 and then they take 6 months or so to alter it to your size. Its a bit …

I thought I’d just write a few pointers about what to do and dont in Dubai now that I’ve been there.  Some of the photos are from my own camera:
* I’d recommend the Big Bus Tour. Its the bus thats burgendy and yellow and we have them in London as well. They operate in Dubai and it cost around 130 DHRs (I think thats about 20 UK pounds) for a 48 hour ticket. I think the full rate is 160 but we used the coupon from the inflight magazine which …

In the last few days, I had my VISA approved, tickets booked and Hyatt reservations confirmed. We’re off to Dubai tonight and be back after 4 nights. I’m sooo excited! My future sister in law wrote me an email to say “Bring home that diamond!”
I’m really happy about two benefits from this trip: One, as we applied for a joint bank account with HSBC, we opted for the HSBC Plus account which has free travel insurance. We pay about 12 pound a month together, and the fee makes up for …

I thought I’d write about my own experiences of applying for VISA for Dubai as an Indian national and applying for Indian VISA for my fiance’s family who are all British. I couldnt find much information on official embassy websites so I had to figure my own way out. I found other people’s posts on discussions boards really useful and hopefully this information can help someone one day.
VISAs for Dubai:

Dont call up the UAE embassy on their premium number where you have to pay per minute and I only got …