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I can be a bit of a boomer when it comes to the millennial titles we've come up for different types of annual leave. Be it 'going travelling' rather than just 'on holiday', a 'minimoon' instead of a standard honeymoon, and worst of all, a 'staycation' in reference to taking a trip in old Blighty, the fifty-something year-old man that clearly lives inside my head can't help but bristle with annoyance.
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However, somewhere between the lockdown-mandated UK-only travel of 2020 and 2021, my wedding and subsequent mini and honeymoon of 2023 and now, two full term pregnancies on, my boomer man brain has given in, I've embraced the cutesy names we've whipped up including the, gulp, 'babymoon'. Slightly grating title aside the premise (much like my favourite, the 'push present') is something I can very much get on board with - an excuse to spend time with your partner and co-parent away from the piles of babygrows begging to be washed, being fed, watered and generally doted upon by attentive staff. I'm in.
So, at the end of my pregnant, I did some rigorous testing, and these are the best babymoon destinations the UK has to offer...
Daisy Murray is the Digital Fashion Editor at ELLE UK, spotlighting emerging designers, sustainable shopping, and celebrity style. Since joining in 2016 as an editorial intern, Daisy has run the gamut of fashion journalism - interviewing Molly Goddard backstage at London Fashion Week, investigating the power of androgynous dressing and celebrating the joys of vintage shopping.
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