New ‘moons: Mini, Conception & Baby

by Lena Katz

Why should newlyweds have all the fun? Every couple can use a good excuse to jet off into the sunset on a long weekend together.

Enter the mini ’moon: With modern-day weddings rivaling Cirque du Soleil in scale and complexity, sometimes you need a quick escape before you walk down the aisle.

Four months prior to her wedding, Neha Goswami, 34, was knee-deep in nuptial multitasking: Designing invites, choosing flowers, and then, “my DJ bailed on me,” she says. “I had to start from scratch.” To counter the stress, she and her fiancé jetted off to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, but before take-off, they made a solemn pact: “No wedding talk for a whole weekend.”

And, once the (real) honeymoon’s over, there’s no need to stay home. Couples intent on baby-making can opt for conception ’moons: for relaxation—and procreation—and the baby ’moon: when you’re pregnant and in need of one last escape before mini-me arrives!

Here, three destinations guaranteed to seduce.