Travel Agents

[nomirena.livejournal.com]

Can anyone recommend a good travel agent in the area? I don't usually use one, I'm not sure if anyone does anymore, but I'm trying to plan a honeymoon. (Why are they called honeymoons? I just wrote that out and it looked dumb).

Thanks!

Comments

[ifotismeni]

obviously i'm biased, but i was always told it comes from greek tradition... in some weddings at the reception the couple exchanges a spoonful of honey (the sweetness of love and marriage), and the first moon/month of marriage is the sweetest, hence honeymoon. this could be totally wrong though.

[nomirena.livejournal.com]

that's sweet, as I suppose it's intended to be.

Thanks for the advice so far!

[shaxxon.livejournal.com]

Wiki!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honeymoon

[srakkt.livejournal.com]

My understanding is that it's in fact a Northern European tradition, where it was believed that in the month (moon) following the wedding, when the fist child was to have been conceived, that the drinking of copious amounts of mead (fermented honey and water) would ensure the birth of a son.

Now, it may easily be that both things are true.

[ifotismeni]

it's probably all of the above.

[mamajoan.livejournal.com]

Similarly, the first month after a baby is born is called the "babymoon" and is traditionally the time that the mom spends doing nothing but being with her baby, getting to know him/her and developing a bond. Not that most modern moms really get the opportunity to do that, alas.

[enochs-fable.livejournal.com]

I think that's a much newer marketing creation (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=babymoon&btnG=Google+Search), and I've most often seen it applied to pre-baby couples, but not exclusively.