Originally Posted by
Thunderroad
+1
Between jet lag and bouncing through numerous airports, the itinerary sounds tiring even if you had a very simple wedding or no wedding at all beforehand. For example, you might be just fully recovering from your jet lag in the Seychelles when it would be time to pop up to Dubai...and then down to the Maldives...and then back to Dubai...etc., etc., etc.
As energetic as you and your SO sound, like Byrd I'd also suggest limiting your honeymoon to one or two places. Based on your use of DL miles, I'd suggest just Paris (arguably the most romantic city in the world, and worth at least a few days rather than one) and the Seychelles. Or if you're not big on cities, maybe just the Seychelles.
As an alternative, if (despite your FT handle) you prefer the Maldives, just go there instead of the Seychelles. One paradise at a time is fine...you'll have time for others down the line.
A few other points:
1. Why MLE-SIN-IST, especially if you're just spending one night in each of the latter two? This seems like a tremendous detour in any event, with the time much more enjoyably spent on the beach in SEZ. Plus Singapore is not a particularly interesting city and Istanbul, while quite interesting, is huge and is choked by traffic. For a one night stopover there you'd be well advised to just overnight in a hotel near the airport, which would defeat the purpose of passing through.
2. You seem to be stacking a few different tickets together, which means that if something messes up with one flight in a way that interferes with the next part of your itinerary, you're SOL.3. If you do go to MLE, bear in mind that your travel would not end upon arriving there. To get to most or all hotels there, you'd then have to wait for and transfer to a domestic flight.
4. FWIW, I differ a bit with the previous poster who says DXB is not worth a day. But a day or two is about all it's worth, and even then I would not go out of my way to spend time there.
Anyway, hope all your plans work out, whatever they end up being. Happy trails!
On that, you can purchase travel insurance that will cover multiple tickets on different airlines, provided you plan for a minimum connection time (my policy is 2 hours) in the first place.