After the exhausting rush of couturiers, caterers and table plans comes the honeymoon, and the chance to unwind from the stresses of the months leading up to a wedding.
The honeymoon is a great excuse to splurge on a holiday. White sandy beaches, aqua seas and luxury accommodation set a quintessential scene for the newlyweds, but a more adventurous destination can offer a superlative bank of memories and a catalogue of dinner party tales.
Graham Elsom, managing director of Concorde Travel in Hong Kong, says there is more interest in sports or activity-focused trips than the grand tour holidays popular in the past.
'People like to go trekking to exotic locations like Bhutan or Nepal, or to see the gorillas in Rwanda, or hiking and pony trekking in Peru,' he says.
A new trend in African safaris is to ditch the four-wheel drive and go on foot to get closer to the wildlife, though, after first-hand experience, Elsom says it was 'too adventurous' for him and advises that only the very intrepid try it.
Concorde Travel tailors trips to 'off-the-wall' destinations, such as Greenland. 'The destination is already adventurous, but the iceberg carving at Ilulissat has to be seen to be believed,' Elsom says. 'This is almost certainly the place where the iceberg that sank the Titanic came from.'
Secondary destinations are a good choice, Elsom says. 'In the old days you could stroll through the Taj Mahal. These days you are pushed through by security guards who insist you keep moving,' he says. 'India is full of fantastic places to visit, but they are simply not as well known as the icons.'