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We finally made our final decision regarding our honeymoon after contemplating some different options for a while. Almost three months shy of our wedding, we booked our honeymoon cruise. We will be sailing the waters of the Mediterranean to visit the wonderful countries of Italy, Greece and Turkey. We’ll fly straight out of our wedding reception (old school style) and will be staying in Italy 4 days post cruise before flying home, just in time for our college graduation. I hope you can tell I’m pumped about our honeymoon, it’s as important as the wedding (marriage is a bit above on the awesomeness scale)! Going to Europe has always been my dream and it’s even more incredible that I get to share with my husband (husband!).

Our cruise ship via Royal Caribbean

I’m also going to share it with two other very important people. BFF L and her boyfriend C, were planning on going on trip to Europe with us before we got engaged. When we decided the trip would be our honeymoon, BFF L asked if they could still join us (which I found extremely sweet and considerate of her, since a cruise is open to whoever books it). I wasn’t upset at all by her suggestion, on contrary I was psyched! On a cruise you interact with other people all the time, at your assigned dinner table, at shows and during tours. I would definitely prefer to share those times with close friends rather than strangers. Even though we will be traveling together, we will be focused on our significant other, meeting up only for tours, some dinners and the occasional drink. We are all comfortable enough with each other to have a conversation about our boundaries and expectations, so I don’t see that becoming a problem.

Picture of Positano via Ever After Honeymoons

Some people might be appalled by the idea of bringing friends along on their honeymoon. I would definitely agree, if your honeymoon will be spent sitting on a beach, sipping margaritas somewhere in the Caribbean. I wouldn’t want anybody to intrude on some relaxing beach time with my honey. Seeing as we live incredibly close to some world class beaches all year long and have spent considerable time on them, we knew lounging around and relaxing was not want we wanted for our honeymoon (more than two days of that and we’d be bored out of our minds). I’m aware my trip to Europe will consist of waking up at 7AM to walk around a foreign city, not understanding a word of anything spoken to me, not the laid back post-wedding trip most people dream of, but that hectic fast-paced exploring suits us just fine.

Picture of Rome via Ever After Honeymoons

Will you be having a relaxing vacation or a fast-paced adventure?

Would you consider bringing friends along on your honeymoon?