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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Travel
Vicky Jessop

It’s official: London is one of the UK’s hottest honeymoon destinations

The iconic London hotel Claridge’s: the Mayfair terrace suite - (Claridge's)

Weddings are an expensive business. These days, the average couple looking to get hitched will spend £20,822 on the ceremony itself, without even factoring in the cost of the ring and honeymoon. There’s the caterers, the venue and the dress to budget for, all of which cost thousands of pounds.

And with the cost-of-living crisis to contend with too, it’s no surprise that couples are increasingly choosing to dodge the prospect of a bells-and-whistles week away in Italy in favour of something a little closer to home.

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