Your generous contribution will help us get to the honeymoon of our dreams. Booking the flights are the first step of our honeymoon onto the rest of our lives!

No surprise, we guess, that there are such handy items on the market to both help you travel light AND stay safe. Believe it or not, travel vests can hold up to nearly a week's worth of clothing and all pockets are stashed safely inside. No worries when carrying a passport!

We've heard from multiple international travels to avoid checking baggage if possible. But, heck, pack for TWO WEEKS in just a carry on? Good thing they have specialty travel bags for that. Help us keep avoid lost luggage on our way to and from Italy!

Nothing more important than keeping hydrated on such a long trip. This will help us alleviate where to put those pesky bottles that stack up over time AND remind us to stay on top of our water intake!

Thank you for helping us stay safe AND organized while we are overseas! Nothing like having all of your personal effects in one location! So the picture of body-hugging protectors is a little extreme, but no one's taking this girls important documents!

From travel pillows to upgraded seats, your gift will help us enjoy our flights to and from Italy. We've never flown first class before!

What's worse that being unphotogenic? Being pasty white and unphotogenic on the beach. Fortunately we take cute pictures. Thanks for helping Blake and I score some spray-tans before the big trip (as well as our big day) and staying melanoma free!

You mean we don't have to carry around a travel pillow for 24 hours OR try to scrunch up on travel vest into a pillow? AWESOME!

We certainly can't take all of our hum-drum clothes on a bright and shiny honeymoon (or at least I can't...). Your generous contribution will help outfit us for the perfect vacation! Can't wait for pictures to show off how you've helped us have a great time!

Black Out Pockets help travelers avoid the ever growing age of digital crime. Please read the description below for more information! Level 2 is an industrial grade pocket. In addition to the Level 1 protection of RFID-enabled credit cards and passports, you can drop any consumer cell phone in the pocket, seal it and be “off grid” within 3-5 seconds. No service, no GPS, no way to track you. Your phone, and thus you, will become invisible. Even if you turn off your cell phone, it is still trackable… unless it’s in a Level 2 Blackout Pocket. Since iPhones do not have removable batteries, this is your only way to keep your whereabouts and information safe from the NSA. Interior closed dimensions are approximately 5" wide x 6.5" high. Includes four double-sided "hook" attachment points for mounting the pocket on "loop" surfaces. Zip top packaging may be recycled as a 1 quart TSA-friendly toiletries bag.

Don't you hate it when the TSA goes through your luggage and leaves it all a mess? I feel like that happens to me EVERY time. While we hope we do not have to check any bags, help keep what we do pack orderly so when we arrive we are not having to search endlessly for that phone charger we swear we remembered to pack...

During our tour through Italy, we will have the opportunity to stay at many amazing venues. Thank you for helping us to rest our heads comfortably!

While we will be traveling between cities quite a bit, how nice would it be to spend one evening in lavish luxury? After all, we will never have another honeymoon!! We will have the opportunity to upgrade our room if we choose, would you please help make sure we have the special opportunity to spend one evening in luxurious bliss?

We may be spending nights at different amazing venues if truly blessed, why not celebrate each new adventure with a bottle of champagne?

As you may have seen by now, Blake and I will have the amazing opportunity to stay at several fantastic venues. What's better than a luggage carrier and a strawberry and champagne welcome? Thank you for making our Honeymoon truly relaxing and unique by allowing us to tip the amazing people that will be serving us!

We can't wait to explore Italy and really get into the culture through their amazing food! Thank you for helping make sure we are truly making amazing culinary memories during our trip!

While some dinners may be fancier than others, they will ALL be romantic. We are hoping to have two or three really fancy meals and use the rest of your gifts to enjoy the rest of the trattorias, osterias, and auto grills! (Hopefully complete with heart-shaped tortellini)

The taste of fine wine varies from person to person! Please contribute what YOU think would appease your fine wine tasting sensibilities! After all, it would be a shame to tour Italy and NOT drink the wine!!!

What's an Italian Honeymoon without ample opportunity to taste genuine Italian wine? Thank you for indulging one of my favorite things!!

We can't relax the WHOLE time (though we are both very good at it). How about an excursion or two? We are looking forward to a great many things, which I couldn't list them all here as it would be exhausting to the eyes. If none of the included excursions tripped your fancy, please trust us that we are going to be doing LOTS of fun things!

Blake is such a wonderful guy that he's taking me on my dream vacation/trip/honeymoon. Thanks to your amazing gift, he will have the chance to do some of the activities he loves during our time abroad!

Speaking of relaxing - what better way than to get a massage? After some potentially long days of amazing tours, your gift will help us get off our feet and ready for a great night's sleep!

Feeling like we deserve to be spoiled? Then please feel free to choose this option. Blake looks at me funny when I talk about mud baths - but can't knock it 'til you try it!

While most spa activities may be together, Blake definitely deserves a little 'me' time to get pampered (maybe I'll let him shave off that beard he keeps just for me). He's a great guy, that one!

I cannot WAIT to become Mrs. Hoogeveen. Thank you for helping me get the process rolling!

Like my good friend, Diane, taught me to do - think worst case scenario! Land or sea, this lightweight, floatable whistle will help us call for help in the unfortunate circumstance that we might need it!

What is worse than traveling for 24-hours? Sitting next to the sweet snoring elderly woman or tiny crying baby. As much as we enjoy both populations, help us stay sane while we travel by plane where there is no where to go but insane (if we can't escape the noise!)

We are going to take Rome by storm the first couple of days before we sink into the relaxing country side of Tuscany.

We are going to take Rome by storm the first couple of days before we sink into the relaxing country side of Tuscany.

We are going to take Rome by storm the first couple of days before we sink into the relaxing country side of Tuscany.

What's Rome without a little Art?

We plan on flying out of Florence, so of course we must stop by and see the statue of David!