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Delayed honeymoon thoughts

Gen, on June 6, 2018 at 9:43 AM Posted in Honeymoon 0 40
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Have any of you had or considered having a delayed honeymoon a few months after the wedding? FH and I are getting married next June and considering waiting until September for the honeymoon. Pros: we can be on our trip for longer (since we can leave on a Friday after work instead of waiting until after the wedding weekend), there will still be something to look forward to after the wedding is over, and also there will be more time to plan the trip since we won’t be multitasking wedding planning and honeymoon planning at the same time. But cons: part of me feels like I had this whole image of how “my wedding” would go down, and that we’d get married and then immediately take a trip together, and going back to work a couple days after the wedding seems like it’d feel a little depressing and anticlimactic?

Thoughts?

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Latest activity by Lauren , on June 9, 2018 at 9:35 PM
  • Michelle
    VIP September 2018
    Michelle ·
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    I was in your shoes a few months back! What we decided was- we will go on a “mini moon” after the wedding. Just two days at a bed and breakfast. Nothing too special. Then either late Dec or early 2019, we will take our actual honeymoon
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  • Mrs. H
    Master September 2019
    Mrs. H ·
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    I know a lot of couples who have taken their honeymoon weeks, months, even a year after their wedding. At the end of the day, it's about what you and FS want and can afford!

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  • Jennifer
    Master September 2018
    Jennifer ·
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    We are doing just this. We are having a mini-moon in NOLA to see our fav teams play each other (saints/eagles) a few weeks after the wedding and then we are heading out west for our two week honeymoon in March/April. Whatever you both decide would be fine.

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  • WagsToKray
    Expert November 2018
    WagsToKray ·
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    We are delaying our honeymoon a few months. FH won't have a lot of leave in November after our wedding, so we are going to wait until the following May. Also, we have a ton of family and friends flying in from across the country so we're going to spend time with them over the long weekend following the wedding.

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  • J
    Devoted June 2018
    Janette ·
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    I'm getting married in a week and a half and if I had to plan my honeymoon simultaneously, I'd be too stressed out. We are going on our honeymoon in August. It gave us the opportunity to take 2.5 weeks in Greece. We bought tickets early and know where we are staying. I haven't planned anything else yet. I have time after the wedding to do that and I'm glad I did it that way. We aren't doing a mini moon as we maxed out my fiances vacation time between the wedding and honeymoon.
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  • FME
    Master March 2018
    FME ·
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    We are delaying it also! I started a new job 4 months before so I didn't have enough PTO and we wanted to save up more money to have a more elaborate HM. We are planning on September but I'm kind of considering pushing it back to March and having a 1 year anniversary/HM duo.

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  • Slightly Off-Center
    Dedicated September 2019
    Slightly Off-Center ·
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    I thought the whole "honeymoon immediately after the wedding" thing was a myth when I was growing up! So a spit up wedding and honeymoon is super normal from where I'm standing. I'm pretty sure Floof and I are doing the same thing, primarily because of finances. And that's super OK! You gotta do what works best for y'all.

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  • Mrs.W.
    VIP June 2018
    Mrs.W. ·
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    We are getting married in a few weeks and leaving for our honeymoon in mid August. We had planned on waiting to finish paying for everything until after the wedding but there was a sale a couple weeks ago I couldn't pass up so its set and ready to go. I feel less stressed about not leaving right away and it works better for FH's work. Going to take a few days off at the beginning of the week after our wedding for a mini-moon but I probably cant afford too much more right now. Haha
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  • Bride107
    Expert October 2018
    Bride107 ·
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    I like the idea of a mini moon!, I am also not having a honeymoon until 2019 due to hurricane season and holidays in November and December. I also have to same my PTO. So don't feel bad if a honey moon right after the wedding is not a reality. We all can relate! I still do not know where we would like to go! so many choices!

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  • Mrs. Rose To Be
    Expert June 2019
    Mrs. Rose To Be ·
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    FH and I will definitely be doing this. We’re planning to take a decent amount of days off for planning/the wedding alone and likely won’t be able to do much afterwards. Our honeymoon ideas are ambitious (cruise to Alaska, going to Ireland, etc.) and I can’t imagine us needing less than a week. Not to mention, some places are better to travel to during particular seasons. I think this is becoming quite normal.
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  • Kristin
    Super May 2018
    Kristin ·
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    We got married a few weeks ago. DH is a teacher so we needed to wait for school to be out to go on our honeymoon. I'm thankful that we have time to rest and recover and to finish planning the trip!
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  • Danielle K
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    Danielle K ·
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    I am in almost the exact same boat except our honeymoon will be postponed till November. For us it is 100% financial. I can not afford to go on a trip and have the ceremony I want. It is super depressing not being able to go right away because I am going to hate going back to work after but it will be like having two vacations in 1 year because if will be off for a few days and staying a couple nights at a hotel after the wedding. A lot of people that go right after say they were still in a fog after so they didn't really fully enjoy their honeymoons so at least there is that.

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  • E
    Devoted May 2019
    Elizabeth ·
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    We will be doing this since we're getting married early December but we're taking a couple days for a mini moon then honeymoon in March or April
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  • Future Mrs M
    Super June 2018
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    We contemplated this, but for US, we did not want to wait. We leave the day after the wedding. I wanted to still be in that magical moment of "AH" with the wedding, so we flowed it into one week.

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  • SRD
    Devoted June 2019
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    This is something I have been thinking about. In our situation FH may not be able to be off of work for a week until November even though the wedding will be in June. He still has to see but if we can not do honeymoon right after then mini moon first it is!
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  • ISaidHallYes
    VIP November 2018
    ISaidHallYes ·
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    I feel you on this one! We are getting married in November and waiting until the following June for the honeymoon. I kinda wish it was a big build up and we just went straight into the honeymoon. Unfortunately due to work that will not be able to happen :-/ It has a lot of pros though! We get to celebrate a little bit later!

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  • L
    Expert October 2018
    Linda ·
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    We kind of did an early honeymoon. We took a trip in March after the wedding we are spending 2 nights in a cabin and then talking about a big trip again for our first anniversary.
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  • Katie
    Devoted September 2018
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    We are doing a mini moon in September after the wedding (3 nights in a secluded cabin) and then trying to figure out when to book our HM adventure where I can get 4-5 weeks off. The easiest time would be in January but every place we want to go would be more ideal to visit in May...
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  • Kristina
    Master August 2018
    Kristina ·
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    I've seen many people do this! One of my friends got married in October of last year and just returned from her honeymoon this past weekend, and they loved it!

    FH and I are taking our honeymoon in January, but doing a small mini-moon after the wedding to escape and relax from all this built up stress from the wedding.

    This is very common nowadays!

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  • JustKidding
    VIP April 2018
    JustKidding ·
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    It really depends on the couple. For us, this was a no go. We feel that if you wait, it's not a honeymoon, it's just a trip.

    We wanted that time just be us, be alone, not go back to work or have family hounding us.

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