Any truth (or tips) to saying it's your honeymoon for sweet perks?

blabla89

KatieinBkln said:

I am literally a cranky baby.

And I'm a hot mess, but you guys already knew that.

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LadyMillil

Our travel agent mentioned it when booking our cruise. We got a fancy dessert and the staff sang a happy HM song. When we were checking in to our hotel in Amsterdam we were asked what brought us there. DH said we were on our HM and we got free tickets for a canel cruise. DH booked dinner at this really fancy restaurant one night. It seemed to be the place everybody went to celebrate. We were asked when we got there if we were celebrating anything and got a free dessert.

Cookie Pusher

blabla89 said:

KatieinBkln said:

I am literally a cranky baby.

And I'm a hot mess, but you guys already knew that.

I'm totally Donna because she has sass AND an amazing wardrobe. Oh, and Harvey. Rawr.

dolewhipper

To all the Knotties who think it's obnoxious to tell service people you're celebrating your HM: NOPE. Of course, so long as you're not obnoxious doing it. (IE. Put it in the comments box or say things like "Do you have any upgrades available? We're celebrating our HM and wouldn't mind possibly spending a little more" DO NOT think you'll get it for free.)

As someone in the service industry, PLEASE tell me you're celebrating something special. I work on a property where everyone is celebrating something, but I want you to feel special. I want you to say, "Wow, Dolewhipper upgraded me/sent me some chocolate covered strawberries/gave me a free dessert all because I mentioned we were celebrating our HM. That was so nice!" And then they remember me and if they get a survey sent to their email they can say how I made their stay special and they will come to the hotel again and tell their friends. 

We all get ONE HM with our SO (thank you MagicInk!). I think it's special, and should be treated as such, it's not just a normal vacation. Yes, thousands of people get married everyday. But you just spent money to host your family and friends and (hopefully) spent a lot of thought and effort into your wedding. Now, it's your turn to relax on vacation/HM. People in the service industry enjoy serving people (hopefully, or they're in the wrong profession). Let us serve you better.

ETF 

VulgarGirl

@dolewhipper some of us get ONE hm with our W.

We don't all marry dudes.

dolewhipper

MagicInk said:

@dolewhipper some of us get ONE hm with our W.

We don't all marry dudes.

My apologies! I woke up too early today. You are 100000% correct, and I edited to fix

Chipmunk415

We asked politely when checking in for flight...originally they had us separately seated. We got upgraded to a front row together. Casual mentioned in dc at a favorite chain restaurant of dh's that we were on hm...got free dessert and coupon cards for future visits. Mentioned to hotel matrie d at breakfast why we were there...that afternoon we were in our room and they sent up a lovely bottle of champagne and chocolate covered strawberries compliments of the hotel.

Only time we asked for help and mentioned honeymoon was with the flight up. Otherwise people did this out of kindness. be polite when mentioning and graciously accept/do not throw a fit for failing to get what you want and it should be smooth sailing

thisismynickname2

1) The hotel we stayed at for our wedding upgraded us for free. We were asking them if they anticipated rooms being available for early check in for our family because we needed getting-ready space for our wedding. Upon hearing that, the guy gave us a suite, which helped greatly!

2) I like what ohannabelle said about airline upgrades. As DH works for the airlines, I'm shocked that anyone would get a random upgrade just for it being their honeymoon. There is a hierarchy of preferred customers that should get an upgrade, thanks to their loyalty, before a random couple who just happens to be going on their honeymoon.  If the plane is going to depart with open seats, especially open seats in the spaces with extra legroom, only then I could see the gate agent changing a couple's seats. But, the popular honeymoon destinations, like let's say Hawaii or something? Those planes aren't really going out with open seats in the first place. And first class, forget it. 

When we checked in to our flight, we asked what it would cost us to upgrade, and unfortunately we couldn't afford it. Oh well! 

3) I paid for a room with a view for our honeymoon, and we got a super nice room with not only a room, but a terrace. I don't know if that was luck of the draw, because I don't remember mentioning in person or in a comment box that we were on our honeymoon. But I do think it was just luck.