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We are now almost one month removed from our wedding day. Where has the time gone? In the midst of writing thank you notes, chillin’ with friends and family (everyone wants to hang out with the “newly married couple”), and getting back to work, I am trying to regain some semblance of my former life. Yet, the question continually looms (and haunts), “When and where will we honeymoon?”
Before the wedding, Mr. G and I made the decision to postpone our honeymoon. Mr. G had just started a new job and he hadn’t accrued much vacation time. So we happily agreed to put off the honeymoon until September or October. I say “happily” because, at the time, the thought of travel planning (on top of wedding planning) seemed like a chore.
Well here we are, it’s almost August, and we have no plans to speak of. The truth is that I’m having second thoughts. The whimsical, romantic side of me says, “Go on your honeymoon. It’s a once in a lifetime chance to spend blissful moments with Mr. G.” The practical side of me says, “Honey, hold on to the extra cash, and save it. It could go toward a future house.” Mr. G said he’ll go along with whatever I want. In other words, he’s stumped too.
In retrospect, I wish I would have just bit the bullet and planned the trip. Now all these annoyingly practical thoughts are swirling around in my mind; and unlike when I was planning our wedding, I now have oodles of time to think about pros and cons.
Did you postpone your honeymoon? Feel free to share your honeymoon experiences, and whether you think we should honeymoon or not. I could use some help on this one.
GO GO GO!! It’s the only honeymoon you’ll get - you don’t want to regret it. I’m so thankful for our honeymoon - the time spent together, the memories we share, and just being able to relax and do NOTHING after the whole planning process/wedding craziness.
If you can’t stomach the expense of a full on honeymoon, maybe do a minimoon. Depending on the amount of money you have, you could do a road trip or fly somewhere not too expensive and hang out for a few days. The beach is my first choice, although the road trip sounds like lots of fun too!
We postponed an extensive honeymoon and just went to a friends beautiful beach house about an hour or so south of where we live. It was fall and the tourists were gone, but the restaurants and most attractions were still open. Now it’s 5 years later and we’re going to reaffirm our vows and take the long awaited honeymoon to Paris! For the New Year! Worth waiting for…..
We are leaving for our honeymoon a week after the wedding - I had no real thoughts of postponing it. However, a couple we are friends with said they LOVED their honeymoon and the time they got to spend with each other. They said they went all out because they figured “when will we ever get a chance to pamper oursleves like this again?” And now, 7 seven tears later they have never been on a vacation alone ever again because they have a 7 year old daughter. They really treasure that time they had together!
I think you should definitely go!!! Pretty soon life is going to be so filled with other priorities and I think you’ll probably regret not going 
Go! A honeymoon will not make that big of a difference in the long run when you are ready to buy a house! Don’t miss out on your honeymoon. If you want to be logical go on a nice (relatively) inexpensive honeymoon and you still will have some money left over for the house fund.
We postponed our honeymoon and strated saving for a house. Then my husband got laid off so it was a good stroke of luck that we did. We hope to take one on our first anniversary. We did go on a minimoon after the wedding.
I say GO. Our honeymoon was 10 months ago and we talk about it weekly (at least). It was a dream vacation that we’ll probably never spring for again; being a newlywed is the perfect excuse to take a lavish vacation Do it do it!
If I were you…I’d SO go!!! Alas, I am me, and I have no vacation time from work and thusly am back to the daily grind two days after our wedding.
You’re never going to get to do it again, life throws unexpected things at us daily, and who knows what amazing adventures you might be missing?
Go, you only get to do it once!
We’re doing a minimoon and then going on a full blown honeymoon about 8 months later.
Think of the minimoon as an amuse bouche. It’ll give you just a “taste” of what’s to come. And by postponing the full blown “honeymoon” you’ll have time to save up and do something really spectalar. It’s also a good way to “spread out” the wedding festivities.
Go! We had a short honeymoon to Sonoma wine country almost a week after our wedding. We thought about going out of country in the beginning, but with the increasing wedding budget, we opted to go within CA. I think both you and Mr. G deserve some lone R&R time.
GO! We went on a honeymoon and look back with so many great memories. Now we have a mortgage and planning for kids–no big trips any time soon. Go before “life” really hit and you justify reasons not to go (which you have already started..)
and one tip-splurge a little. we didn’t because we paid it ourselves and wanted to be as economical as possible. but i do wish we had spent a little extra to stay in a nicer room etc.
I also say do the honeymoon! No one says you have to spend a huge amount of money on your honeymoon that could sacrifice a house down the road. You only live once and you deserve a vacation so take it!
I think you should at least plan a small minimoon. Like others have said, you only get one honeymoon. We are planning on taking a minimoon right after our wedding and then going on a different “dream” honeymoon for our first anniversary.
We are planning to postpone our honeymoon, mostly because of money. We are paying for the wedding ourselves, and we have an 16 month old. We decided that we would postpone the honeymoon, and wait until February or January, and go somewhere tropical. That way when it’s cold and dreary here, we can go and live it up in the sunshine. We are however planning on a little trip right after the wedding, nothing really major, just an overnight stay somewhere close.
I say go! A honeymoon doesn’t have to be lavish, but it is the perfect excuse to do something you both have always wanted to do. There are some fantastic deals online right now (I am a big fan of Travel Zoo), so even if it is just a week, take the time to do something special together.
Go, Go, Go - it doesn’t have to be lavish and extravagant. There are some really good deals out there. I get a weekly email from travelzoo with the top 20 deals.
If you have children soon, you will never get this time back for the two of you to be alone.
We haven’t had ours yet, but I’m leaning towards postponing it until an anniversary. We may go on a minimoon over the long weekend after our wedding (most likely camping/hotel-ing in a national park), or we may not. My fiance is not happy with this idea, but he does realize the necessity of it (the main reason is ’cause if we go right after the wedding, he may miss up to two weeks of university).
My mom and dad never went on a honeymoon. They stayed in a fancy hotel for two days in Banff on their one-year anniversary, but that was it. =) They’ve never regretted it. They’ve gone on trips since — to Mexico, to Europe, etc. But they don’t call them their honeymoon. They’re just adventures.
I think you should DEFINITELY go. Like other people have suggested, maybe a minimoon instead of an all-out honeymoon? There’s tons of deals for places near LA like SB, SD, Temecula wineries, and even Napa valley (it could be a newlywed road trip with some fantastic wine at the end of the road). You could essentially do a whole week’s package for the both of you for under $1K. Or even just a weekend for like $300 total. Check out skyauction, priceline, travelzoo…there’s so many fabulous places right now with fantastic deals. I think it’s commendable and very reasonable to be practical with your money, but you’ve gotta take a breather before you jump back into your post-wedding life. 3 of my friends delayed their honeymoons for similar reasons and never ended up going. All of them express regret even now (they’ve all been married for 3 years now).
I know exactly how the practical side of you wants to win out! It is so frustrating to try to justify certain expenses, but like everyone else is saying, your honeymoon is a once in a lifetime thing! I can’t imagine my wedding without it following afterwards! I am in the same boat as you were in; my FI will have a new job (hopefully in the next few weeks…eek moving!)…so taking time off might be difficult. But, if you have it available now, I’d say you definitely need to go for it! You will have such great memories!
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Mrs. Glitter, Los Angeles Age and Occupation: 27, Research Consultant/Writer Fiance's Age and Occupation: 29, Accounting Engagement Date: May 6, 2007 Wedding Date: June, 2009 Venue: Millenium Biltmore Hotel About Me: I was born and raised in West Los Angeles, California. I spent eight years in the Northeast working and completing my education. Having split time between two sides of the country has given me a true appreciation for both coasts. It has also provided an overabundance of cross country drives, flights and long distance relationship fun/misery! I love my family, my doggy Emma, fabulous wine, Anthropologie, politics, reading, being outdoors, exploring new cities, and good movies! My fiance and I are complete opposites, but somehow we have managed to fall completely and hopelessly in love.
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