We wanted to answer the question in the title with numbers: a ranked list of where couples from Provo, Orem and the rest of Utah County go on their honeymoons. That list does not exist. We looked for a local or Utah survey, a travel-agency report, airline origin-destination data broken out for honeymooners, or anything from a state agency, and found nothing that measures it. Any article that ranks "where Utah couples honeymoon" without naming a dataset is guessing, and we are not going to.
What does exist is solid national survey data on honeymoons, and published flight schedules that show which of those destinations you can reach without a connection from Salt Lake City or Provo. That combination answers the practical version of the question: where do couples like you go, and how easy is it from here?
For the softer side of the planning (minimoons, delayed trips, Utah escapes), see our honeymoon ideas for Utah Valley couples. This page is the numbers.
The national data, and what it covers
The source with a named method is The Knot. Its honeymoon cost article cites two pieces of research:
- The Knot 2024 Honeymoon Study, which surveyed 662 U.S. couples who took a honeymoon in 2024 or planned one for 2025 or 2026, recruited through a third-party sample provider.
- An internal study of nearly 17,000 couples who married in 2024, the basis for its cost figure.
What it reports:
| Measure | Finding |
|---|---|
| Average honeymoon cost | $5,300 |
| Typical length | About seven days |
| Stayed in the U.S. (2024) | 41%, up from 38% in 2023 |
| Planned a tropical getaway | 48% |
Top U.S. states: Hawaii, Florida and California. Top international regions: the Caribbean and Mexico, with Europe third. The Knot gives no percentages for individual destinations.
Two cautions before you lean on it. First, it is national; local ages, budgets and school calendars can differ from a national sample in ways it does not capture. Second, it is a wedding-planning company's survey of its own audience, not a government statistic. It is still the best published picture of what couples choose.
What is nonstop from Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City International is the airport for nearly every international or Hawaii honeymoon from Utah Valley. We checked FlightsFrom's schedule data, which compiles published airline timetables, on October 19, 2026, for the destinations The Knot's couples favor. FlightsFrom is useful and sometimes disagrees with itself on weekly counts; where it did, we say so.
Hawaii
| Island airport | Airline (nonstop) | Frequency listed | Flight time listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Honolulu, Oahu | Delta, Alaska | One daily each | 6 h 34 m to 7 h 12 m |
| Kahului, Maui | Delta | Daily | 6 h 31 m to 7 h |
| Kona, Big Island | Delta | Daily from Nov. 9, 2026 | 6 h 41 m to 7 h |
FlightsFrom lists Hawaiian Airlines' last SLC-Honolulu flight as April 21, 2026. We found no FlightsFrom nonstop route page for Lihue on Kauai, so plan on a connection there.
Mexico and the Caribbean
| Destination | Airline (nonstop) | Frequency listed | Flight time listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cancun | Delta | Daily | 4 h 28 m to 4 h 48 m |
| Puerto Vallarta | Delta | Five a week | 3 h 30 m to 3 h 47 m |
| Los Cabos | Delta | Four a week, or daily | 3 h 4 m to 3 h 27 m |
The Los Cabos page gave two different frequencies, four a week in one place and daily in another. We found no FlightsFrom nonstop route page from SLC to Liberia, Costa Rica.
Europe
| City | Airline (nonstop) | Frequency listed | Flight time listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paris (CDG) | Delta | Daily | 9 h 55 m to 10 h 15 m |
| Amsterdam | Delta, KLM | 10 a week | 9 h 25 m to 10 h |
| London Heathrow | Delta | Five a week | 9 h 35 m to 9 h 45 m |
We found no nonstop route page for Rome. Amsterdam, Paris and London are also connection points onward to the rest of Europe.
What FlightsFrom says about fares. Its route pages show approximate round-trip prices by month, which it describes as estimates based on user searches, not fares you can book. For Paris it listed October as the cheapest month (about $929) and January as the most expensive (about $3,871); for Amsterdam, January was cheapest (about $749) and June most expensive (about $2,109); for London, March was cheapest (about $733) and February most expensive (about $2,108). Treat these as a sense of the seasons, not a budget.
Getting to SLC is its own decision. Our guide to flying out of SLC from Utah Valley covers parking rates, FrontRunner plus TRAX, and the fact that FrontRunner does not run Sundays.
What is nonstop from Provo
Provo Airport is a domestic airport with three airlines: Allegiant, American and Breeze. Our Provo Airport route-by-route page, checked October 19, 2026, lists every destination. For honeymoons, the useful ones line up with The Knot's top U.S. states:
- Florida: Orlando (Breeze) and Orlando-Sanford (Allegiant, a winter route).
- California: Santa Ana/Orange County (the busiest route at PVU), Burbank, San Francisco and San Bernardino.
- Nevada: Las Vegas.
Hawaii, Mexico and Europe are not nonstop from Provo. A Provo departure to those means a connection, for example through Dallas/Fort Worth on American, the airport's year-round connecting route. Our comparison of PVU and SLC helps decide whether a short drive to Provo is worth a connection.
The passport, if you are leaving the country
The Knot's numbers say most couples leave the U.S. For a first passport or a renewal, the State Department's processing times, checked in October 2026:
- Routine: 4 to 6 weeks.
- Expedited: 2 to 3 weeks, for an additional $60.
- Mailing time is not included. Getting the application to the agency can take up to two weeks, and getting the passport back up to two more. A fee speeds return delivery to 1 to 3 days.
The Utah County Clerk's office in Provo is a passport acceptance facility and takes passport photos for $10; our passport guide for Utah County lists the other acceptance offices.
The name question. If one of you is changing a last name, do not rush a new passport before the trip. The county clerk's name-change page says you can keep using a valid passport in your pre-marriage name "as long as your tickets and other travel documents show your name as it appears on your passport." Book the tickets in that name.
How to use all of this
Put the national data and the flight schedules together, and a few patterns are plain:
If you would rather drive than fly, our Utah honeymoons within four hours lists seven trips by car.
- Hawaii and Mexico are the easy long-haul trips from here. Both appear at the top of The Knot's lists, and both have daily or near-daily nonstops from SLC on Delta.
- Europe is one long flight away, to Paris, Amsterdam or London, then rail or a short hop.
- Florida and Southern California work from Provo, with the shorter airport line.
- Everything else is a connection, which matters most when your honeymoon is four days between a Saturday sealing and a Wednesday class.
If school is in session, our guide to getting married during the semester covers the honeymoon window between terms. And if the budget says not yet, a delayed honeymoon is common here; the money side is in our newlywed money guide.
If a reliable Utah-specific honeymoon survey is published, we will add it here. Until then, this is everything the data supports.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources
The facts in this guide were checked against these sources. Hours, fees and rules change, so confirm anything time-sensitive with the source before you go. How we make Provo.com.
- Airlines & Flights, Provo Airport. Checked October 19, 2026.
- Processing Times, U.S. Department of State. Checked October 19, 2026.
- Name Changes (passport travel in pre-marriage name; passport acceptance facility), Utah County Clerk, Marriage License. Checked October 19, 2026.
- How Much Does a Honeymoon Cost? (The Knot 2024 Honeymoon Study; Real Weddings data), The Knot. Checked October 19, 2026.
- Direct flights from Salt Lake City to Honolulu (schedule data), FlightsFrom. Checked October 19, 2026.
- Direct flights from Salt Lake City to Kahului (schedule data), FlightsFrom. Checked October 19, 2026.
- Direct flights from Salt Lake City to Kona (schedule data), FlightsFrom. Checked October 19, 2026.
- Direct flights from Salt Lake City to Cancun (schedule data), FlightsFrom. Checked October 19, 2026.
- Direct flights from Salt Lake City to Puerto Vallarta (schedule data), FlightsFrom. Checked October 19, 2026.
- Direct flights from Salt Lake City to San Jose del Cabo (schedule data), FlightsFrom. Checked October 19, 2026.
- Direct flights from Salt Lake City to Paris (schedule data), FlightsFrom. Checked October 19, 2026.
- Direct flights from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam (schedule data), FlightsFrom. Checked October 19, 2026.
- Direct flights from Salt Lake City to London Heathrow (schedule data), FlightsFrom. Checked October 19, 2026.
