Three Numbers Advisors Can Book Against: $25K, 37 Rooms, and One New Baja Address

New trip-cost data pegs the average safari honeymoon at roughly $25,000 per trip, landing just as the Great Migration hits its peak-season window. For advisors fielding vague "we want an African honeymoon" inquiries, that figure is the first concrete anchor to set expectations before quoting lodges, air, and transfers. It also gives a credible basis for bundling: a safari leg priced against this benchmark, paired with a few nights at an Indian Ocean or Maldives overwater property on the back end, is an easier two-line pitch than pricing each piece cold. Treat $25K as a floor for a proper safari honeymoon rather than a ceiling — peak Migration season, private conservancies, and fly-in lodges will push well past it. Use the figure to qualify budget early in the conversation rather than after a lodge-by-lodge itinerary is already built.

Aman has opened Amanvari on Mexico's East Cape, its first Baja California Sur property, with 18 casitas plus a slate of private homes under an hour from San José del Cabo airport. That puts a genuine ultra-luxury option inside the established Los Cabos corridor, alongside the region's all-inclusive resorts, for clients who want privacy and design pedigree over a swim-up bar. For advisors, it's a new answer for affluent honeymoon and elopement clients who've outgrown the AI tier but still want Baja's easy air access rather than a longer haul to Careyes or the Riviera Maya. Buyout and small-wedding potential is real given the casita count, though rates and wedding-specific packaging weren't detailed — worth a direct query to Aman's group desk before quoting. Position it as the top-shelf alternative when a Cabo client asks what's above the resort brands they already know.

Boutique Curaçao resort Baoase has rebranded as Baoase Curaçao and confirmed a 14-room expansion, growing to 37 total accommodations by early 2027. That's nearly a 60% capacity increase at a property that's long been a go-to for intimate destination weddings and full-resort buyouts — and one advisors have historically had to book a year-plus out simply because there were so few rooms to work with. The added inventory won't turn Baoase into a mass-market resort, but it meaningfully eases the scheduling crunch for couples chasing a specific buyout date. Advisors with Curaçao wedding clients on the fence about availability now have a concrete reason to revisit the property, and the rebrand is a cue to refresh collateral and package names ahead of the 2027 completion. Worth flagging to clients currently comparing Curaçao against Caribbean boutique alternatives with tighter room counts.