I couldn’t attend my best friend’s wedding due to COVID-19, but I did give her the perfect wedding gift
By: Bird Of Passage
Tags: Wedding Gift Ideas, Covid Diaries, Weddings, Covid 19, Wedding Gifts

I couldn’t attend my best friend’s wedding due to COVID-19, but I did give her the perfect wedding gift Bird of Passage Jun 8·4 min read

Turning down your best friend’s wedding invite would be the last thing you would ever do. But the ongoing situation leaves one with no choice. Having to inform her about my dearth required a lot of grit. Her wedding was supposed to be an occasion of extreme joy and a day that we had been longing to witness for years. And here I was wondering how to make up to her in my absence.

There was nothing I could think of that would fill the gap until I was struck with the idea of presenting her a meaningful wedding gift. Unlike usual wedding gifts, I yearned to surprise her with something incredibly unique, a gift that she would cherish for years. Looking up the best wedding gift ideas on the internet seemed a lot vague.

Trust me coming up with just the right wedding gifts for a friend isn’t that easy. Only a personalized token of immense love would cheer her up, what could that be? And then I suddenly recalled my friend often sharing with me her dream of exploring new destinations and places. Oh! Yes, I was finally able to hit the right chord. It was then I thought of gifting her an extended honeymoon — to me the thought itself appeared pretty interesting.

I being a member of Club Mahindra saw the GoZest Membership, one of the newest holiday membership programs, as an ideal wedding gift. All I had to do was to further choose between GoZest Classic Membership and GoZest Premium Membership.

GoZest Classic membership allows young couples to holiday each year for the first three years of their marriage. While GoZest Premium offers couples the chance to holiday up to 9 days every year for 3 years with an additional 1 week complimentary International Holiday in Asia. Out of the two, I picked out GoZest Classic membership for the newlyweds.

I was sure that the sentiment of journeying together to some of the exotic locations and celebrating their love would gift them memories for a lifetime. This was just a tiny piece of the entire cake that they could relish together.

What can be better than holidaying across 70+ spectacular resorts across India and abroad for three years? Nothing can match the time spent together sampling exotic culinary delights, hand in hand walking down dramatic lanes, laying side by side, and stargazing at night from the deck of a private houseboat. Detaching themselves from reality, the two can discover a world of their own.

Honeymooners consider their honeymoon as a one-time affair but for the pair, this would become an occasion they would be open to revisiting for 3 consecutive years, truly, there was nothing better I could have thought to gift my best friend and her husband. After owning the membership, they can lay lax and flexibly make their bookings during any season. Not forgetting to mention the invigorating experiences that they will get to take pleasure in during every single stay. Along with state-of-the-art amenities, lavish meals, immaculate services, they can opt for interest-based recreational activities at 70+ Club Mahindra managed and associate resorts across India and Dubai, Thailand, Bhutan, Nepal, Singapore, etc.

Young pairs can head out for elating adventures like jungle safaris, parasailing, and paragliding. Romancing amidst cultural and historic tours will give them quality time to revel their bond in the outdoors. Trekking past virgin natural wilderness or skiing down iridescent snow-covered mountain slopes is again going to be adrenaline-pumping.

Exclusively designed for a duo who loves to travel the world, GoZest membership was going to be an indefinably heart-warming wedding gift. Indeed, it turned out to be the most fascinating present that I could pass on to my best friend. They may not be able to go on a honeymoon immediately after their wedding, but my gift of GoZest Membership will ensure that once the pandemic is over, they will not only have an extraordinary honeymoon experience but a phenomenal holiday together for 3 whole years!