If like me, once the wedding plans are rolling along with or without you, your thoughts might be turning towards where to go for your honeymoon.
In Western culture, the custom of a newlywed couple going on a holiday together originated in early 19th century Great Britain. Upper-class couples would take a “bridal tour”, sometimes accompanied by friends or family, to visit relatives that had not been able to attend the wedding. The practice soon spread to the European continent and was known as English-style voyage in France from the 1820s on.
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