{"id":2786,"date":"2015-05-19T09:12:19","date_gmt":"2015-05-19T09:12:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/news\/?p=2786"},"modified":"2015-09-16T09:34:31","modified_gmt":"2015-09-16T09:34:31","slug":"newlyweds-benefit-from-honeymoon-freebies-but-just-how-many","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/news\/newlyweds-benefit-from-honeymoon-freebies-but-just-how-many\/","title":{"rendered":"Newlyweds benefit from honeymoon freebies, but just how many?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re jetting off on your honeymoon this year, be prepared to drop your recent nuptials into conversation everywhere you go; the hotel lobby, the restaurant down the road, the check-in desk at the airport&#8230;that&#8217;s right, everywhere!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Couple-on-beach.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2787\" title=\"Couple on beach\" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Couple-on-beach.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Couple-on-beach.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Couple-on-beach-300x177.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Happy couple, Maui, Hawaii \u00a9 <\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/damienphotograhy\/\">damien_p58<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"www.sunshine.co.uk\"> Sunshine.co.uk<\/a> recently polled 1,874 newlyweds from around the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/country\/uk\/\">UK<\/a>, each of whom had already been on their honeymoon, and asked them all about their trip. What we found was a nice surprise, as the overwhelming majority of the newlyweds had been given freebies during their break.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Room upgrade most likely freebie to be handed to honeymooners<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When asked, &#8216;Were you offered any complimentary goods and services during your honeymoon when staff realised (or were informed) that you were newlyweds?&#8217; 74% of the respondents said &#8216;yes&#8217;; suggesting that the overwhelming majority of honeymooners benefit from freebies. What a result!<\/p>\n<p>These respondents were asked not to take into account goods or services offered as part of an &#8216;all inclusive&#8217; deal they had booked (well, that would be cheating wouldn&#8217;t it?) but what free goods they had been given. The top five most likely goods and services to be given to honeymooners, on a complimentary basis, were revealed as follows:<\/p>\n<p>1. Room upgrade &#8211; 41%<\/p>\n<p>2. Complimentary alcohol &#8211; 39%<\/p>\n<p>3. Room treats\/hampers &#8211; 25%<\/p>\n<p>4. Free spa treatments &#8211; 19%<\/p>\n<p>5. Complimentary meals &#8211; 13%<\/p>\n<p><strong>Average couple on honeymoon receives \u00a3430 worth of freebies<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>When asked to estimate the value of the goods and services they&#8217;d been given for free during their honeymoon, just for being newlyweds, the average respondent\u2019s answer stated &#8216;\u00a3430.00&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Honeymooners can often benefit from freebies during their stays abroad, but our top advice for newlyweds would be to pack a copy of their wedding certificate as proof that they&#8217;ve recently married. Hotels and service providers will often ask for this, to prevent couples telling a fib just to get an upgrade!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 Sunshine.co.uk<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re jetting off on your honeymoon this year, be prepared to drop your recent nuptials into conversation everywhere you go; the hotel lobby, the restaurant down the road, the check-in desk at the airport&#8230;that&#8217;s right, everywhere! Happy couple, Maui, Hawaii \u00a9 damien_p58 Sunshine.co.uk recently polled 1,874 newlyweds from around the UK, each of whom [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"post_views_count":975,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[169],"class_list":["post-2786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-holidays","tag-resort-uk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2786"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2786\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2791,"href":"https:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2786\/revisions\/2791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}