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Like every other aspect of the travel market, honeymoons are changing. Consumers no longer flick through glossy magazines and they don't necessarily want turquoise seas and pristine white sand.

As usual, we've got millennials to blame for this. Many of today's 20- and 30-something newlyweds favor splitting up their big trip into two parts and are keen to do something a little bit more adventurous than previous generations.

If you're in the honeymoon market, you need to pay attention to these changes and make sure you're offering up something a little bit different.

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Skift Europe Editor Patrick Whyte [pw@skift.com] curates the New Luxury newsletter. Skift emails the newsletter every Tuesday.

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