You may be expecting a few prettily-wrapped packages from your guests come the wedding day, but don’t forget to buy a wedding gift yourself — for your soon-to-be spouse, of course. A wedding gift exchange between the to-be-wedded couple is a sweet way to commemorate the day (besides you know, the vows and rings, of course). We wouldn’t necessarily call it a tradition, but it’s a common gesture just the same. But what on earth do you get someone to mark this moment? A honeymoon gift might just be your passport to success.

Consider honeymoon gifts the new wedding present. If you find picking up a small trinket for your hubby or wifey as a pre-“I do” gift a little, well, odd, getting them a present to specifically be used on your upcoming getaway is a great twist on the gift gesture that’s not only romantic, but totally practical as well. And better yet, years from now, it’ll not only spark the memory of your “I dos,” but of all the sunny, sandy fun that came after them, too.

Need some suggestions (besides the obvious little white lingerie)? Look no further. Earn yourselves the title of ‘that jet-setter couple’ and pack these babies away to surprise your new spouse on your honeymoon adventure.

A Monogrammed Weekender Bag
Marriage means sharing the carry-on, so this buttery leather overnight bag is technically a gift for both of you! Stash all your must-haves inside before boarding the honeymoon plane now, and later it’ll be you and your hubby’s go-to carryall for business trips and romantic weekend getaways. Best of all, you can have it personalized with your new joint monogram — we know you can’t wait to use it! (“The Transport” weekender bag, $298, Madewell)

A Waterproof, Diving Watch
A sleek new timepiece has been the go-to wedding present from wives to new hubbies for what seems like forever. Throw a honeymoon twist into the old gift, by snagging your spouse a watch that’ll standup to all of your adventures. This Tudor timepiece is made for scuba diving up to 500 meters, so it’ll stand up to splashing in the pool or exciting underwater escapades. Plus, it’s damn stylish. (“Pelagos” diving Swiss watch, $4,300, Tudor)

Splash-Proof iPhone Camera Lens
Capture all the mushy-gushy moments and your epic escapades with this collection of interchangeable iPhone lens that transform your phone into a crisp, professional camera. Plus, the case and lenses are totally waterproof up to 15 feet and drop-proof up to 20 feet, so have no fear bringing it along wherever your adventures take you. (Four lens iPhone kit, $149.95, Optrix)

Super Shades
A pair of high-quality sunnies will last your spouse far beyond the honeymoon. Plus, you’ll feel like total celebs sunning yourselves in your luxury shades! We love Maui Jim for their patented lens that wipe out 99.9 percent of glare (perfect for a golf game or just staring lovingly into each other’s eyes like the ooey-gooey newlyweds you are) and block 100 percent of harmful UV. Plus, they’re ridiculously stylish. For men, go for the Kawika shades for a retro-cool look he’ll love. And for the ladies, the refined cat-eye shape of the Coco Palms style are totally trendy and feminine. (“Kawika” and “Coco Palms” sunglasses, $299 and $279, Maui Jim)

A Wine Travel Bag
Surprise your spouse by bringing a bottle of your wedding wine along for the ride! The VinniBag lets you tote your precious cargo in your suitcase with no fear of it spilling or breaking. Just imagine sipping on your wedding wine while soaking in your hotel room’s whirlpool bath and reliving the magic of your big day… (“VinniBag” wine travel tote, $28, Ellessco)

Cutesy Travel Toiletries
No need for your hubby to wonder if he remembered to pack his razors after the wedding — you’ve already done it! For something small, sweet, and inexpensive, we’re obsessing over this cheeky “Hey Handsome” shaving bag for gents. Stash away his fave products inside and you’ll start the morning after the “I dos” on the right foot. For women, the Aesop Jet Set Kit is our personal go-to. The shampoo, conditioner, body cleanser, and body balm are all the essential carry-on components rolled into one luxe little kit. (“Hey Handsome” shaving kit bag, $68, Owen and Fred; “Jet Set” travel kit, $37, Aesop)

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One of the final details you’ll find yourself scratching your head over is whether or not you should provide wedding day transportation for your guests. You may have guests traveling from all over to make it to your wedding, some staying at hotels and some staying at home. So when you’re starting to look into a strategy for the easiest way to get them to and from your wedding, here are four things to help you plan out your wedding day transportation.

1. Chat With the Hotel
If you’re finding that most of your guests are staying at one hotel in particular, you can chat with the hotel to see if they provide any type of transportation for your guests — whether to and from the airport or even if they can provide a service that shuttles guests to and from your wedding. It may be easier and less expensive to coordinate travel through them.

2. Contact a Taxi Company
If your wedding is on the smaller size, you can contact a taxi service and see if you can arrange prepaid rides for guests at a certain time, when the wedding is over. If they don’t do prepaid rides, you can give them a heads up that you’ll need a certain amount of taxis available at a certain time, so they can get prepared.

3. Let Guests Know Before the Wedding
Whether you are or are not providing transportation for guests to and from your wedding, let your guests know well beforehand so they can plan accordingly. If you aren’t providing transportation, your guests can take it upon themselves to carpool or arrange rides. If you are providing transportation, give your guests instructions on what time and where they can locate their rides.

4. Hire Your Own Transportation
If you have a little extra cash in your budget, you can hire a shuttle service or a bus company to provide transportation for your guests to and from your wedding. Pick two or three locations for pick up and drop off and let your guests know where these locations will be ahead of time.

See More: How to Make Wedding-Day Transportation as Painless (and Efficient) as Possible

Jen Glantz is a “Professional Bridesmaid” and the founder of Bridesmaid for Hire. She’s the author of All My Friends Are Engaged and frequently wears old bridesmaid dresses to the grocery store and on first dates.

Far more grooms are participating in wedding planning than ever before. I’ve watched the change with fascination in the past few years, and it’s really cool. And by “participating,” I don’t mean they sit there and say “whatever YOU want” to their bride when she asks what they think.

These grooms have real opinions and no fear of pushing back if their choice isn’t what the bride has selected. They participate in wedding planning conference calls and communicate with the vendors along with the bride. I have noticed that when they disagree with their fiancés, they tend to pick their battles very carefully.

While every couple is different, most grooms are willing to let their future brides take the lead on the venue selection, the décor, choosing the photographer, and picking a cake. Most grooms don’t surf Pinterest and Etsy, while their fiancés do it like it’s a job. But I find that they do consistently care about the following four things:

1. The Attire: The groom is the one who has to wear the tuxedo, or the suit and tie, if the wedding is formal or semi-formal. The bride will be wearing the wedding gown of her choice no matter what attire they choose for the gentlemen in the wedding party and their guests. I’ve seen more than one groom put his foot down about wearing a tux for an outdoor summer wedding.

2. The Cocktails: Grooms have very definite opinions on the bar offerings — and they usually go from one extreme to the other, with very little middle ground. In my experience, the gentlemen either want a premium bar with all the bells and whistles, or they want a limited bar that will cost them as little as possible. And I’ve noticed most grooms usually get what they want on this point.

3. The Music: Although they’re not as concerned about ceremony music as brides, most grooms have firm opinions on the music for the wedding reception. They’re definite about wanting a DJ or live band, and they’re clear about the list of songs they don’t want to have played. Some even want to control the timing of the entire playlist, although we discourage that — the DJ can do a much better job of gauging what’s needed on the dance floor at any given moment.

4. The After-Hours: While brides frequently poo-poo the need for another party after the wedding reception, grooms are big fans of after-hours parties at bars, on the beach, or another venue. Perhaps it’s because the idea of shutting down the fun at 11 p.m. sounds awful to him, while the bride’s thinking that she’s going to be up at the crack of dawn and getting ready all day, and she’s sure she’ll be exhausted by then.

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Sandy Malone is the owner of Sandy Malone Weddings & Events and author of How to Plan Your Own Destination Wedding: Do-It-Yourself Tips from an Experienced Professional. Sandy is the star of TLC’s reality show Wedding Island, about her destination wedding planning company, Weddings in Vieques.

Buenos Aires is the defacto cultural capital of South America. Known for its European-style architecture, sultry tango, and delicious food and wine, it’s the perfect spot to spend all or part of a romantic honeymoon south of the Equator. Here, our ideal itinerary for a Buenos Aires honeymoon.

What to see and do
Much of the appeal of Buenos Aires is living the life of the Portenos, as the locals are called: strolling the tree-lined cobblestone streets and admiring the European-style architecture, indulging in fine wine and tender steak, and dancing the tango (or just watching) as night falls.

Wander some of the city’s neighborhoods, such as San Telmo, where there’s a bustling outdoor flea market on Sundays, or Recoleta, home of the famous above-ground La Recoleta Cemetery where Eva Peron is buried. See a show at Teatro Colon opera house or tour La Casa Rosada, the Argentine version of the White House.

When it comes to tango, you have several options. Plenty of tango houses offer lessons and many offer shows and dinner as well. For a more informal experience, head to the milongas (neighborhood tango bars) or simply watch for a show on the street, as many dancers double as street performers working for tips from the crowd.

Check out life outside the city on a day trip to the pampas, the fertile grassy plains that stretch south from Buenos Aires. This is the home of the gauchos, Argentina’s cowboys, and the cattle that makes the country’s famously tender steak. Some working ranches (estancias), like Estancia Los Dos Hermanos, welcome guests for horseback rides; these trips almost often include lunch (delicious beef, of course) and sometimes include entertainment like rodeo skill demonstrations, gaucho music, and dance.

Another popular day trip is the ferry ride to Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay. It takes about an hour to cross the Rio de La Plata to this UNESCO World Heritage site, a town of gracefully aging buildings and cobblestone streets lined with classic 50’s cars. Check out the 17th century Convent of San Francisco and the ancient city gate and wooden drawbridge and have a delicious lunch of fresh-caught fish before heading back to the bustle of Buenos Aires.

What to eat and drink
Argentine cuisine is a mix of indigenous and Mediterranean influences; you’ll see a lot pizza and pasta on menus alongside empanadas and steak. The steak is famously tender and parillas (steakhouses) are found throughout the city. One of the most iconic is La Brigada, where the walls are covered with photos signed by celebrities and the steaks so buttery that they are cut with a spoon tableside. For a quick bite, try the empanadas, which can be baked or fried and are filled with beef, corn, tuna, ham and cheese, or dozens of other tasty options. For dessert, there’s nothing better than dulce de leche, a sweet, caramel-like paste often used to fill crepes.

To drink, do as the Argentines do and sip caffeine throughout the day with mate, a drink of yerba mate tea traditionally served in a hollowed out gourd and sipped through a straw; come dinner time, relax with a glass of fine Malbec from Mendoza, a two-hour flight (and easy side trip) from the city.

Where to stay
The 1932 Alvear Palace Hotel is the city’s finest accommodation. Located in the tony Recoleta neighborhood, it exudes old world elegance and has the service to match. Fresh fruit is placed in each room and staff will press one item of clothing upon arrival. The hotel has two restaurants, two bars, a spa, and fitness center, and butler service is offered for select room categories.

On a smaller budget, the modern Fierro Hotel, in lively Palermo Hollywood, offers a rooftop pool and spa, onsite restaurant, and close proximity to some of the city’s best restaurants.

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Not everyone believes in love at first sight, but who doesn’t adore a good story about eyes meeting across a crowded room and just knowing in your heart of hearts that you’ve just encountered the love of your life? Sigh… That’s apparently exactly how it went down the night Matthew McConaughey met his now-wife Camila Alves. If you have a heart, it’s sure to swell when you hear McConaughey’s sweet tale.

Before setting eyes on his beyond beautiful wife, Camila, McConaughey wasn’t sure he’d ever get married. “I had to get to the point where I saw [getting married] as more than just the thing to do,” the hunky actor recalled in a previous interview with GQ. But all it really took was a quick glance at his goddess wife to seal the deal!

“I was very happily single and healthily single,” McConaughey told People of his bachelor days (see the full video below). “I was not looking. I was sleeping well, I was spiritually sound, I was good hanging with me.” Then the Free State of Jones star laid eyes on Alves. Cue the fireworks and angels singing.

While at a Los Angeles nightclub with friends, a certain someone managed to catch the eternal bachelor’s attention. “Out of the corner of my eye, this sort of aqua-green figure went floating across the frame about 20 feet in front of me,” reminisces McConaughey. “My eye went up and I remember what came out of my mouth. I didn’t say ‘Who is that?’ I went, ‘What is that?'” Your future wife, McConaughey!

“As l was trying to get that’s attention across the room,” the actor continued, “I went in my head, ‘This is not the kind of woman you call over across the room, McConaughey. Get your ass out of your chair and go get her.’ Which I did.” Smart man…

And the rest, as they say, is history. The too-cute couple has been married since 2012 and now share three children together. But what was it that first infatuated McConaughey? “The self-respect she had,” he muses. “The way I understood her and her relationship with family, the way she respected me but never took anything for granted, not putting on any airs whatsoever.”

“We went on our first date three nights later and I knew then,” McConaughey remembers. “I’ve been wanting to go on a date with her for the last nine years and not with anybody else.” Again, sigh… Just watch the full interview below and try not to melt into a puddle of jealousy and infatuation. Just try.

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Two years after Stefanie and Ian first met (on JDate!) — and the day before her birthday —, Ian decided to use his summer Friday as an excuse to meet Stefanie for lunch in Central Park. “We lived near the park and had picnicked there before, so I didn’t think it was too out of the ordinary,” she says. When she found Ian, he’d set up a beautiful spread beneath a tree in an open area. But before he let her eat, he said he wanted to give her a birthday present and then recited a poem he’d written inside her birthday card. “By the time he got to the end, I realized it was no ordinary card, and I started crying. I was hysterical by the time he got on one knee!” Stefanie remembers. Little did she know, he’d invited her brother and a photographer to capture the whole thing on camera.

The city-dwellers decided to head to the country for their October 10, 2015, wedding, choosing Inverness Farm in Monkton, Maryland, as the perfect place to show off the foliage and host a rustic, romantic celebration for 205 guests. “The barn is filled with antiques and lots of charm. We knew it was the right place as soon as we saw it!” says the bride. They went for a refined version of a fall palette, with shades of navy, aubergine, larkspur blue, and blush, and skipped the seated dinner in favor of a cocktail-style reception full of delicious hors d’oeuvres, cozy lounge seating, and lots of dancing. Take a look at this elegant fall wedding, photographed by Lindsay Hite for Readyluck, below!

Stefanie tried on over 100 dresses (and narrowed it down to 12!) before deciding on this silk taffeta Amsale ball gown, with a sweetheart neckline, low back, and a brooch at the waist. “I only shopped with my mom,” she says. “We live far apart and I’m her only daughter, so it was special to have this ultimate shopping experience together.”

She paired her wedding dress with loose curls and a romantic bouquet of dahlias, amnesia, Juliette roses, anemones, and seeded eucalyptus.

Stefanie is really close with her dad and knew she wanted to do a first look with him on her wedding day. “He wouldn’t let me see his new tux before the wedding!” she laughs — and we love that he chose velvet!. “I’ll never forget that moment.”

She also had a first look with her groom, who wore a bespoke tuxedo for the couple’s big day.

“Planning a wedding from out of town is tough,” says Stefanie. “We relied on my mom a lot to meet with vendors and approve the details we couldn’t be there to see.”

With 25(!) people in their wedding party, Stefanie and Ian knocked it out of the park fashion-wise. The groomsmen wore classic tuxedos, while the bridesmaids donned chiffon dresses in navy, eggplant, light blue, and blush. “I had them pick their own silhouettes, and every one of their 12 dresses is different!” says the bride.

The pair’s watercolor invitations perfectly set the scene for the airy fall celebration.

The ceremony took place beneath a chuppah decorated with garden roses and olive branches. “We wanted the focus to be on the elegant flowers, so we kept the structure simple,” says the bride. “The weather ended up being unseasonably chilly, so we erected a tent over the ceremony site to fight the cool breeze. It still turned out absolutely stunning!”

The couple had a traditional Jewish ceremony, but did add their own twist to the content of their Ketubah, writing their own vows of love to one another along with the ancient text.

With so many bridesmaids and groomsmen, the pair reserved the front rows for their wedding party to sit, with their family joining them beneath the chuppah.

Guests were able to mingle both inside and out of the multi-level barn. Outdoors, café lights were strung from the trees, while inside vignettes of furniture were arranged throughout the space.

“For our cocktail-style reception, we served things like tuna tartar tacos and butternut squash ravioli,” says Stefanie, who chose heavier passed hors d’oeuvres to help fill up her guests. Tables were topped with sequined linens and seasonal blooms in bud vases, while a vintage bathtub next to the bar was filled with craft beers.

The pair cut into a naked cake with layers of almond and marble cake filled with chocolate and vanilla buttercream.

“I loved having my best friends from all eras of my life gathered together in one place,” says Stefanie. “Getting ready with my girls was one of the highlights of my day.” She also advises being as organized as possible: “The more organized you can be, the smoother the process will go, and you won’t miss a single detail!”

Ceremony & Reception Venue: Inverness Farm || Wedding Planner: Sharlene Sherman Events || Bride’s Wedding Dress: Amsale || Shoes: Valentino || Hair: Form Salon || Makeup: Glamaloft || Bridesmaids’ Dresses: Dessy || Groom’s Attire: Michael Andrews Bespoke || Engagement Ring & Wedding Bands: Radcliffe Jewelers || Floral Design: Amaryllis, Inc. || Invitations: Julie Song Ink || Music: Nightsong || Catering: Linwoods || Cake: Graul’s Market || Rentals: Amaryllis, Inc.; Loane Bros., Inc. || Favors: Parker’s Crazy Cookies || Videographer: Eric Tomakin Films || Photographer: Lindsay Hite for Readyluck

Feeling inspired by this beautiful fall wedding? Then we bet you’ll love watching another couple’s autumnal nuptials in the video below.

If you somehow haven’t yet been afflicted with the total obsession over absurdly-hot-and-adorable married couple Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan that’s taking over the majority of the population right now, prepare to be plagued. The stripper-turned-A-list actor just got seriously real about his sex life with his smoke show of a wife, and now we’re all kinds of flustered thinking about these two babes getting it on.

Tatum was speaking to a group of women (Cosmopolitan called is “a literal sea of women”) Wednesday at the Cannes Lions festivities in the south of France and, during a “steamy” Facebook Live, the actor gave a candid account of what their sex life is like.

“Me and sex are friends. We’re animals,” the Magic Mike actor, who’s been with Jenna Dewan since they co-starred in Step Up, told the group. “It’s not a means. It’s something that enriches your life… it’s one of the clearest ways that we communicate, it boils things down to a very primal level.”

When asked about sexuality and connectivity, Tatum explained that he and his wife don’t have sex to “back into” happiness. “That’s how we know there’s something we have to talk about, that we have to solve… whatever’s between us energetically, before we can sort of get down. For lack of a better term, we don’t hate f**k each other. That’s just not what we do.” Wowzers.

Tatum then opened up about the kind of sex they have. If you must know, it’s “truly all different kinds” depending on their respective schedules and energy levels. “Sometimes it’s,…Look, you gotta get this done, I gotta work. That’s a real thing. To me, that’s us being completely open. Being like, Look, I don’t have the energy. Then you have full on, just completely, totally connected, otherworldly connections.”

The actor also revealed how having a daughter has changed him (“Your life isn’t yours anymore”), and how messy his wife is at home (“she’ll just leave the milk out”). And, just for good measure, he gave his thoughts on pornography in America.

“I think America’s a little repressed,” Tatum said. “It’s taboo but we like talking about it. We can’t talk about it very openly. So we do it in these weird places at home. The stuff on the internet is just wild. It’s out there and it’s what’s educating out youth and how to have sex, and that’s kind of scary… kind of demeaning. It’s a dominant type of porn that’s out there. I don’t think that’s very good.”

Ah, the wedding favor. Part sweet gesture, part knicknack your guests will feel sort of guilty throwing away in a few years. And while it doesn’t have to be that way (edible wedding favors exist for a reason!), it can still feel like a lot of money to spend on mementos that might not even be something your guests want. The question is, do you have to give out wedding favors at all? Our experts weigh in.

While giving guests wedding favors is a nice way to thank them for joining you for the celebration, they’re not required. After all, you just served them a great dinner and spent the night on the dance floor — not to mention the bar! — so much more of a thank you isn’t required (beyond the hand-written thank you cards, of course!). Chances are your guests won’t even notice that there isn’t a table of monogrammed wine glasses or cutely packaged cookies waiting by the exit. And since you’ll save money by skipping the favors, you’ve got hundreds of dollars, if not more, to put toward renting that photobooth you really wanted or having the band play for an extra hour — making memories your guests will really cherish.

If you really do want to send guests home with a little something, but don’t want to be left with dozens of bottle openers with your wedding date on them, a treat for the car ride home is just the thing. It could be cookies or candy, fresh scones and jam for the next morning, a Bloody Mary kit to cure their hangover, or something more substantial like a late-night burger and fries (especially good if your after party will last until the wee hours!). Work with your planner to figure out the correct number of portions to have available, since there’s no chance your entire guest list will still be present at 2 a.m., and pick something you’ll be happy to dig into once you’ve finally gotten those pins out of your hair!

See more: 6 Wedding Favors Your Guests Actually Want

Shortly after breaking up with longtime boyfriend Calvin Harris, Taylor Swift is already back on her A-game in the dating world. After romantic photos of her smooching her new beau, Tom Hiddleston, were released to the public, the Internet went on a gossip-fueled frenzy speculating everything from Swift cheating on her ex to it all being some sort of PR stint. But after we saw this absolutely precious video of the “Bad Blood” singer dancing around with Hiddleston at a Selena Gomez concert, we immediately knew it could be nothing short of true love.

The short video, taken in Nashville as Gomez sang her top hit “Hands to Myself,” shows Swift bopping around in a trendy burgundy crop top and giving Hiddleston a sweet hug before it appears that the singer realized she was being filmed. Other photos from the concert show the hottest new couple in Hollywood saying hello to fans before taking their seats.

This wasn’t the first time the superstar duo showed signs of romance, either. At the 2016 Met Gala, an utterly adorable video surfaced of the pair dancing to T.I.’s 2004 smash hit “Bring ‘Em Out.” Their chemistry, as you can see, is totally undeniable. In a May interview with MTV UK, Hiddleston only had sweet words of praise for his soon-to-be girlfriend. “I sat next to her at dinner that night, and she was very charming. She is amazing — I’ve seen a couple of her videos.”

So what does Harris have to say about his ex-girlfriend’s swift breakup bounce back? Well, actions certainly say it all. The DJ and producer, who broke up with her a month after the Met Gala, erased all pictures and tweets related to the “New Romantics” pop star. Swift quickly followed suit and has since deleted most of her posts featuring her ex.

See more: Taylor Swift and Calvin Harris Allegedly Broke Up Because She Wanted to Get Married

The romance may be dead for Swift and Harris, but we’re totally getting on board the Hiddleswift train. We can hear wedding bells already! And judging from how GORG the singer looked as a bridesmaid at her BFF’s wedding, we have a feeling she’ll be just as stunning (if not more) on her big day.

Taylor, Tom, Abigail, and Matt at Selena Gomez's show tonight! #RevivalTourNashville pic.twitter.com/m8jtY9XSgp

— Taylor Swift Updates (@TSwiftLA) June 22, 2016

Taylor Swift and Tom Hiddleston being cute af during Hands To Myself at #RevivalTourNashville….And Austin's alone. pic.twitter.com/WEGBHNZqq6

— Taylor Swift News (@TSwiftCali) June 22, 2016

Taylor, Tom, Kelsea, Abigail, Matt, and Austin at the show! #RevivalTourNashville pic.twitter.com/MMcGVjeHEs

— Taylor Swift Updates (@TSwiftLA) June 22, 2016

TAYLOR SWIFT & TOM HIDDLESTON GETTING DOWN #MET #DANCE #FUNFUN #PRINCE #NYC #tomhiddleston

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