We are looking to book our honeymoon in late Oct 2009 for two weeks. We would love to have a beach/spa experience in Thailand but are concerned about the monsoon season. We have also looked at Bali/Tahiti. Any great tips from anyone?

You'd be better off posting this on Asia board, for what its worth have been to southern Thailand in October and weather was fine. Maybe was just lucky though.

Thanks Pat. Have re-posted. Cheers

You're sort of on the fringe for being towards end of Thai wet season in October, though they have had some enormous flooding about then in recent years.
Likewise you're getting close to start for wet season in southern hemisphere as far as Bali goes, probably early enough to miss anything you want to.

Tahiti will likely be less affected but a lot more expensive.

You could always opt for a mix of Northern Oz [also more expensive] but some nice moderately priced resorts on mainland and islands - http://www.queenslandislands.com/ and somewhere like http://www.lordhoweisland.info/ , one of our less talked about gems and not overly expensive.

Thanks Bushranger. Tahiti looks amazing but you're right about the cost. Also cheers for the oz links. Much appreciated