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Honeymoons on the Wane – Time-poor Brits Want a Mini-moon

But stag and hen parties are getting longer not shorter!

The days of newly-wed couples flying to an exotic location for a month-long honeymoon could be on the wane in busy Britain – after a survey showed that ‘mini-moons’ are growing in popularity.

One in six Brits would rather take a short break after their wedding – for two to three days – than book a longer holiday, according to a survey by the original stag and hen experts Red7, which are celebrating 20 years in the wedding business this year.

The survey quizzed more than 2,000 respondents across the UK and found some interesting trends.

It showed that:

10 things you didn’t know about your engagement ring

Your engagement ring is probably the most precious piece of jewellery you’ll ever own. It’s your personal reminder of the commitment you’ve made to the special person in your life. And although we wear our rings every day, many of us probably don’t know anything about their fascinating history, the proper engagement ring etiquette or the specialist care your ring requires.

So we’ve compiled our favourite engagement ring facts from the definitive list ROX Diamonds & Thrills have created, featuring all things engagement rings.

5 reasons why you should be eating raw cacao

Who ever would have thought eating raw cacao could be good for you?

With Chocolate Week just around the corner (10-16 Oct), we ask our nutritionist Cassandra Barns about the benefits of raw cacao and why you should be eating it!

1.) It’s good for your heart

The Bridal Body Workout plan

Match your workout to your wedding dress for bridal body confidence!

Wedding seasons is nearly upon us and if you’re getting hitched this year, there’s still plenty of time to get your dream body to go along with your dress.
With all the stress that comes with planning a wedding, upping your exercise routine will help you feel great on the inside too, exercise releases endorphins to keep stress at bay, boosts your confidence and improves your stamina for the big day.

No unhappy returns

One4all launches new wedding design for the 2017 season

ONE4ALL, the Post Office gift card, has launched a new wedding gift card design. Featuring two intertwined wedding bands to symbolise marriage, the gift card makes a perfect treat for the happy couple.

The One4all Gift Card offers newlyweds the flexibility and choice to choose their own gifts that will best set them up for married life.

Whether it’s something for the new home, help towards the honeymoon fund or a couple’s spa day, the UK’s leading multi retailer gift card, ensures gifts swerve the unwanted pile or being returned.

As wedding season fast approaches, Hilton provides its top tips for arranging stress-free and bespoke wedding celebrations:

1.There are plenty of planning tools available out there to help plan your big day. Hilton’s hotels offers a variety of tools and resources including personalised group web pages, ePLANNER and a guest list manager to ensure that to-do list gets done on time.

5 Practical Tips for a Fashionable Wedding

There are plenty of thrilling temptations for a bride to avoid, and just as many less exciting, but practical things to focus on. Sure, your wedding day is something you’ve been daydreaming about since you were a little girl, but don’t rush off sketching your princess gown just yet. In order to get to the fun part of micro managing, you’ll actually need to plan and organize a bigger picture.

Here are our 5 practical tips that you should start with.

1. Start Planning Now

Tying the Knot on the Road: Ideas for a Fun Wedding

All those who adore romantic movies have, at least once in their lives, imagined how it would be like to have a wedding abroad. The idea somehow always seems magical whether it involves tying the knot on a sunny blue beach, or a crystal white winter celebration.

The possibilities are so alluring that merely a few can resist the urge to pack the bags and go on the road with a loved one. Although the dream remains buried by work and finances, every year, more couples dare to make these wishes come true.

Men are ditching the 'hire' option and going for a suit they can wear again and again

Britain’s biggest independent menswear brand with stockists across the UK has reported a spike in sales of lounge suits as grooms ditch something borrowed for something blue (to keep) when it comes to their wedding outfit.

Now determined to enjoy the wedding shopping experience as much as the bride-to-be, men are steering away from hired top hat and tails and choosing to buy sharply tailored suits instead with vivid blues the favoured colour.

Douglas said more grooms were investing in a suit they could keep with many also treating their best men and ushers to their own suits as gifts for helping out on their big day.

‘Good Enough to Eat’ Chocolate Spa Package at K West Hotel & Spa

It’s scientific fact that chocolate is good for our health, and for some people, a decadent hot chocolate or indulgent pudding is enough to satisfy the chocolate cravings. However, for those who want to take their cocoa-affair to the next level, K West Hotel & Spa offers the ‘Good Enough To Eat’ package at K Spa: a full afternoon of chocolatey indulgence.

Not even Willy Wonka could resist!

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