HAVE RING, WILL HONEYMOON

If booking your honeymoon is taking a back seat to the big day, why not put the plans in professional hands? All it takes is a phone call to the relationship managers at MoonRings to get the ball rolling on your trip of a lifetime.

"We call everyone who works here 'relationship managers' because we know how important the relationship is between our clients and the person they're trusting with their honeymoon," explains Howard Green, chief executive officer of MoonRings, a "concierge-level" travel planner that specializes in exotic, upscale honeymoons and anniversary trips.

Filling the niche between the travel and wedding industries, MoonRings provides personalized planning tools and in-depth itineraries for well-traveled customers looking to honeymoon in faraway places from Greece to Fiji, South Africa to Australia. Whether you have a destination in mind or are all over the map, your complimentary initial phone consultation will help you decide the best locations to suit your interests, your timeframe, your travel personality and your budget.

"The first thing we want to know is if you have a destination in mind, and if you say you know exactly where you want to go, we'll almost play devil's advocate to prevent any honeymoon mistakes," Green says.

"In many cases we run into people who have a destination in mind, but what they find out after talking to one of our destination specialists is that it's not in line with their interests," he continues. "We really want to help people vet their destination to make sure it's a good fit-and it's the right time of the year. Based on the month, you can quickly cross off certain countries that are in their rainy season."

From the initial "around-the-world" diagnostic, which MoonRings uses to determine a couple's interests, what they've liked and disliked about previous travel, hotel preferences and more, to the destination snapshots a relationship manager provides to help a couple select from a few different locations, to the final steps in the planning process and the actual honeymoon, the MoonRings package comes full circle-just like your wedding ring and the moon itself.

MoonRings also offers gift certificates and a honeymoon registry to allow others to contribute to the perfect post-wedding getaway.

For more information, call 800-205-3314 or visit www.moonrings.com.

    
 
 
   
   


BUSTLE: A WEDDING WORKSHOP

If you sometimes feel like you need to enroll in a Weddings 101 course to master all the details involved in planning your day, put that course catalog down and look no further than Bustle: A Wedding Workshop. The eight-week workshop began in mid-March but still has courses remaining through the end of April. Held Thursday nights at various locations around San Diego, the remaining courses include tips on wedding etiquette, tips for the groom and, finally, what comes after the "I do"s are all done. For more information, visit www.lizbeckevents.com.

    
     
   


FINISHING TOUCHES:
I DO, TIMES TWO

Say "I do" for a second time this May at Liberty Station Marketplace, which is hosting the free "Marry Me ... Again!" vow-renewal celebration at noon May 9-the day before Mother's Day. Held outdoors in front of the South Promenade fountain, the event includes musical entertainment, prize giveaways and the renewal of vows for hundreds of still-committed couples, encouraged to register starting on April 20 at www.kyxy.com.