Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Honeymoon Suite Is No Longer the Norm

By Jerry Blackburn

A unique honeymoon suite is part and parcel of many a hotel's offering for their guests. Unfortunately, with so much money spent on the wedding itself - and then the reception that follows - it is next to impossible for many a couple to also afford a resort's or hotel's special honeymoon suite; part and parcel of the dcor are the many little touches that make the room so special and romantic for a newly wedded couple on their special night and throughout the week.

Fortunately there are some ways that a bride can ensure that any room will be special and also unique even as she plans on saving a few bucks by not staying at the bona fide honeymoon suite. For example, if she has some friends whom she wishes to entrust with putting the decorative touches on a nice hotel room in town, they can get busy before the vows are even said!

Conversely, even though the major resorts are still making big business out of their honeymoon suites, the smaller hotels or resorts will no longer appoint a room for this purpose since in their minds it takes valuable room space away that could be utilized in a different manner. After all, there will not be too many families with children traveling the country in the hopes of staying at a resort that offers a heart shaped Jacuzzi for the nightly bath. In the same vein, business travelers will not return to stay in such a place simply because it is not considered professional and might require some explaining when it shows up on the bill.

If you are in the hotel business or even run a bed and breakfast, you know that honeymooning couples mean big business yet it is not the kind of steady revenue stream you can rely on to make the payments on the property or keep the lights on. Thus it pays to be wise when choosing your decorative touches and at the same time have a chest of special honeymoon decorations that will quickly turn any of your available spaces into a true blue unique honeymoon experience for your guests.

Begin by having a neutral yet at the same time warm color scheme that complements a wide array of decorations and is neither to particular in that it cannot be paired with several red shades, nor too bland so that without any decorative touches whatsoever it has little if any character. Appropriate color options are beige, egg shell white, and any neutral brown tones you might wish to use.

Useful decorations include throw pillows, blankets, rugs, accent vases, and glass trinkets. They are easily removed and added back to the mix to ensure that a regular room turns into a honeymoon suite or any other dcor option in no time at all.

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