Honeymoon Must-Haves: What to Pack for Great Sex

The low down:

• Honeymoon sex is not automatically the best sex of your life - but with the right preparation, communication and a case packed with intention, it absolutely can be.
• White honeymoon lingerie is the traditional choice for brides, typically worn on the wedding night, with babydolls, corsets, bridal robes and matching bra sets all popular styles.
• Travel-friendly sex toys like compact, rechargeable and quiet vibrators are recommended for honeymoons, where hotel walls are thin and suitcase space is tight.
• Rechargeable toys should be packed in your carry-on, not checked luggage, as lithium batteries are subject to aviation safety rules.

You've said the words. You've cut the cake. You've danced until your heels gave out and cried at speeches you'll spend years trying to summarise for people who weren't there. And now, finally…finally….the door closes behind you and it's just the two of you. This is the moment the rest of the day was building to. And you? You’re absolutely ready for it.
While everyone else was busy worrying about seating plans and centrepieces, you were quietly making a far more important set of decisions. What goes in the honeymoon case? What you're wearing when the zip comes down. What you've thought to pack that turns a beautiful hotel room into something much more-fantasy based.
This is the guide for that. For honeymoon sex that's as extraordinary as the occasion it celebrates. For lingerie for the honeymoon that makes you feel like the most delicious, vivacious version of yourself.
Ready to start packing?

What to expect for honeymoon sex

Expect to be tired! Your wedding day is the most physically and emotionally demanding day most people ever have. By the time the door closes, one or both of you may be running entirely on adrenaline, champagne and sheer force of will. This is normal.
Expect some nerves. Even in long-term couples, the shift from partners to married partners carries a weight that can create unexpected feelings on the night itself.
Expect that it might not be the best sex immediately (and decide in advance not to care). The honeymoon is a week or more of uninterrupted time with the person you just chose for better or worse.
Then, expect it to get extraordinary. Because with pressure released, novelty in place, and nothing on the schedule but each other, honeymooners who let go of performance and lean into pleasure consistently report the trip as a turning point in their intimate lives.

How to make honeymoon sex better (before you even board the plane)

Talk about it.

Not the mechanics of it, but the desire. Tell each other what you're looking forward to. What you'd love to try. What pace feels right for the first night vs. night three. Flirting is foreplay, afterall.

Pack with intention.

The toys, the lingerie, the lube (always the lube): choosing them together or surprising your partner with a carefully curated case is itself a form of foreplay that starts weeks before you land.

Plan for romance and spontaneity in equal measure.

A candlelit evening you've thought about and one completely unexpected afternoon where everything is put on hold because you can't possibly wait to taste each other both belong on the itinerary.

Remove the pressure from the first night.

Agree before the wedding: if you're both exhausted, a long, slow morning works just as well. Allow yourselves not to perform and watch how much better everything gets.
Taking toys on the trip? Read our complete guide to travelling with sex toys to calm your nerves in the security queue.

Here's how to curate a honeymoon toy collection that covers every mood from tenderly romantic to thoroughly, memorably filthy.

The couples' vibrator

If you add one toy to your honeymoon sex ideas list and nothing else, make it this one. A couples' wearable vibrator (we can’t enough of We Vibe personally): worn internally by one partner during penetrative sex, stimulating both simultaneously is the kind of thing that produces the mutual, synchronised pleasure that most couples spend years searching for.
The honeymoon is the ideal moment to introduce one if you haven’t already: you have time, privacy, and you’ve already levelled up your relationship with marriage, so why not try deepening the intimacy?

The compact vibrator

A small-yet-mighty vibrator covers every mood from lazy afternoon delight to horny, impatient evening vibes. They’ll make little-to-no sound that'll travel through a door and fit discreetly into the smallest corner of your washbag.

The rose toy

If she doesn't already have one, the honeymoon is the single best occasion to introduce a rose suction toy. The air-pulse technology delivers clitoral orgasms of the most overwhelming, complete, full-body variety: the kind that’ll make her legs tremble and ears ring. Use it together. Take turns being in control of it and watch what it does to your blushing bride.

Cuffs and a blindfold

The novelty of the newness of it all and the privacy of a room far from home make a honeymoon one of the most natural moments to introduce light bondage if you've both been curious. Try some soft cuffs, a blindfold for some tantalising sensory play.

The massage candle

A massage candle melts into a warm, skin-safe oil. Imagine a long, wordless massage in a dark hotel room, their hands moving from your shoulders to your lower back, then further south until they feel your heat. This kind of foreplay is the full act of love and trust.

Want lingerie that’ll shift the entire temperature of the room? The right piece isn't necessarily the most expensive, elaborate, or most revealing: it's the pieces that make you feel like the most irresistible version of yourself. Here's how to build a honeymoon drawer worth the trip.

White lingerie

White honeymoon lingerie is tradition for good reason. There's something about the tones of ivory, cream and white against warm, sun-kissed skin that’s devastating and a feast for the eyes. Our bridal lingerie is dripping with lace sets, suspenders, hold-ups and robes: everything you need for a tasty post-wedding session.

Babydolls

A babydoll skims every curve in whisper-thin mesh and lands somewhere between ethereal and incendiary. The most beautiful baby dolls are barely there, which is precisely the point: they give your spouse a visual feast of your body through the lens of sexy lace.

Corsets

For the bride who wants structure, lift and the kind of silhouette that makes your spouse forget their own name: choose a corset. A lace corset paired with a matching thong is undefeated sexiness on a whole new level.

The robe

The opening act: the robe is what you need to tie it all together. You’ve had the aisle entrance, and now you’re having a new kind of entrance in your lace robe falling open as you move, worn over something outrageous. Choose something that moves with you, drapes beautifully and catches the light in a room lit only by lust.

Add some colour

White, however devastating, is only one note in the long, enjoyable symphony of the honeymoon. Pack a deep, brazen red set for the night you feel like absolute fire and want them to know it without a single word. Choose a black set, for when the mood shifts from romantic to something hotter, or a bodysuit that fits like a second skin.
Pack a vibrant matching set for the days in between: wear it under a sundress to breakfast, to the pool, or make them watch you change into it just before dinner.
Knowing what's underneath and knowing they're thinking about it too is its own kind of electricity that doesn't need a dramatic reveal to do its job.
So pack the babydoll. Pack the red set for night three when confidence has fully arrived. Pack the rose toy, and the cuffs, and the vibe and the massage candle. Pack more lingerie than you think you need. The honeymoon is unique, and then it's over. But what you build in that week: the conversations you have, the things you try, the particular quality of unhurried, entirely-focused-on-each-other intimacy that a honeymoon allows…that’s the good stuff.

Love,
AS x