At 6.01 pm on Tuesday, an hour right into a five-hour prepare to Edinburgh, my telephone buzzed – then buzzed once more, and once more, and once more. The BBC News ‘breaking news’ notification chimed: Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce announce their engagement. Along with 13 million different chronically on-line folks, I zoomed in on the ring and tried to work out the place the engagement shoot had occurred. But quickly, my ideas turned to probably the most thrilling a part of any marriage ceremony – the honeymoon. Where will the web’s royal couple select to spend the most important vacation of their lives? Will they go low-key and off-grid, looking for out a super-secluded non-public island, maybe? Maybe they’ll return to a earlier vacation hotspot or search out a Euro summer season? Wherever they select, we are able to all however assure it’ll kickstart a development for romantic getaways to that location – so I requested our staff of travel editors to weigh in with guesses, concepts and suggestions.
Lake Como, Italy
Sarah James, digital editor
It doesn’t matter if you happen to’re a billionaire superstar energy couple or an unusual spouse-to-be – the romance and attract of the Italian lakes is eternal. Something Taylor and Travis know All Too Well, as they cleverly selected Lake Como for a getaway final 12 months. Why not return, then, for probably the most romantic vacation of all – their honeymoon? I’d suggest reserving one of many non-public villas at Grand Hotel Tremezzo, a film-set-like, Grand Budapest Hotel-style property with staggering views throughout the water.
South Africa
Olivia Morelli, digital options editor
When I image Taylor and Travis on a honeymoon, I think about all of them giddy with pleasure and determined for a while alone, away from crowds and snapping photographers. But, having mentioned that, I can’t see both of them as the kind of individuals who can sit nonetheless for lengthy. A vacation that feels far faraway from actuality however has loads of actions and issues to do is my wager – and I believe Travis’ golden retriever vitality and Taylor’s wide-eyed marvel of the world lend themselves properly to a safari honeymoon. South Africa supplies loads of choices to select from – a basic safari vacation spot with famend non-public conservation areas and sport reserves. The Farmstead at Royal Malewane (owned by the Biden household, no much less, who Taylor famously endorsed again in 2020) ought to do the trick, with non-public, secluded villas, huge sweeping views throughout the 30,000 acres of Thornybush Game Reserveplains and loads of romantic corners to look at the sundown and catch a glimpse of a lion or two (we will, after all, be ready with bated breath in the hope that Travis presents us with a post-Big Five sighting quote as iconic as his “I just gave a squirle a peice of bread” Tweet).
Utah
Amber Port, senior supervisor, viewers improvement
We all heard about Taylor and Travis’s journey to Big Sky in Montana, a area of the US well-known for its dramatic panorama and stunning outdoor. It was the right steadiness of having fun with what’s in your doorstep, however in critical type. With a pair as well-known as these two, they will undoubtedly be on the lookout for a superb dose of peace and quiet whereas on honeymoon – a spot to get away from the general public eye – and what higher place to take action than Amangiri in Utah? It’s off-the-beaten monitor, whereas nonetheless being the top of luxurious – the right vacation spot to unwind after what’s destined to be a wonderful marriage ceremony. I count on we’ll be seeing pictures of them having fun with the huge expanse of the Colorado Plateau and candy footage of them exploring the untouched desert terrain.
Iceland
Abigail Malbon, world viewers improvement supervisor