from How to Make Every Trip a Honeymoon

At beach resorts, check with the restaurant the day before to see if it’s possible to set up a private table for two on the sand.

At busy beach resorts, wake up early and reserve two beach chairs with your own towels for your and yours.

Build sandcastles together.

Collect seashells.

Make a sand sculpture of your lover.

Write a love message on a beach ball and toss it to your honey.

Buy inexpensive floats to take with you to your beach or lake resort. Mark each with a heart and your initials.

In sign language, sign “I love you” underwater.

Dance to the sound of the waves.

Get an inflatable float for two.

Get an underwater camera and take pictures of each other in the pool or in the sea.

Hold hands while you swim.

In the Caribbean, ask for a local to point out the “love bush.” Pick a leaf and scratch your names in its surface. Wrap the leaf in damp paper towels until your return home. When you get home, plant it—legend says if it grows, so will your love.

Make every application of suntan lotion a sensuous massage.

Order a chilled bottled water. Sprinkle it on your lover’s body.

Pantomime “I love you” underwater if you’re scuba diving or snorkeling.

Play Frisbee on the beach.

See if you can hear the sea in a seashell.

Snorkel hand-in-hand.

Write your names in the sand.