Delayed honeymoons: Pros and cons?

All cons for delaying in my book!! I am so pro going right after the wedding.

Like @VM said it was such an important time for us to reconnect, reflect back on the wedding and figure out what it meant to be husband and wife. It was such a special time, I wouldn't have delayed it for anything.

ETA: And as @AJKNin said, it doesn't have to be a huge trip, just a couple days locally is fine.

Pro:

you can save more so you dont feel as bad splurging & gives you something to look forward to after the wedding, can take more days off work since you may have accumulated more

con:

jumping into life right after the wedding, no time to relax and enjoy each other away, alone. one of the best parts of finally getting married delayed.

Ours will likely be 2-3 weeks after the wedding. I will have two more weeks at work, then will probably start my new job in Sept. So we have open space to have a long honeymoon.

I love the idea of a mini-moon, because you really need to chill!

But how fun to have something else big and cool to look forward to!

Just had our wedding last week, was back at work on Monday. Delaying honeymoon until the spring because we both just started new jobs and felt weird taking off a month after starting. It suuucks. I'm so, so tired and a little grumpy about having to be at work. I definitely wouldn't recommend it.

We are going on a delayed HM but we are gonna do a "mini moon" for a few days before returning to the real world.

We went on our honeymoon about a month after we got married and I HIGHLY recommend it. I did take a few days before and after the wedding (Wednesday-Monday - wedding was on Saturday) which I think helped lower the stress leading up to the big day and it was nice to take Monday off and have the extra day to get "back to normal".

Pros - by delaying the honeymoon we had something else to look forward to after the wedding and we didn't feel rushed and literally didn't have to worry or think about anything leading up to it - i was able to get organized and write down all the gifts and start on thank you cards, we unpacked all the wedding gifts and got the house back in order before we left for our honeymoon. While on our honeymoon we ran into a handful of couples who literally jumped on a flight the day after their wedding and they all said that they wished they waited and how they have a big To-Do list when they get home to unpack wedding stuff and get organized and write thank you cards.

We are waiting since end of the year is terrible for FH, super busy at work. Its nice to see the pros and cons. We are planning on taking a few days after the wedding to just be together as well. We do have family coming and staying a few days after the wedding so we want to spend time with those people as well.

We are getting married in August and since we want to just chill at an all inclusive for our honeymoon, we will be delaying it until the winter, so we can really appreciate escaping the snow!

I'm currently in that state between my wedding and honeymoon - two more months until Cancun!!

Mostly because we're traveling back to Taiwan (our hometown) around Christmas to meet some of relatives that couldn't make it to the wedding. Then we'll have our official honeymoon in January. It's also easier to take longer time-offs from work during holiday season.

To be honest I think it's turning out pretty well. We did a mini weekend trip to Vancouver after the wedding, and now I have something to look forward to that can ease my wedding withdrawal symptoms lol.

ETA: A bit more details.

We waited (30 more days till Hawaii) and as someone else said, the newlywed magic didn't get to last as long cause we had to go right back to normal life. One of the reasons was because I broke my foot and couldn't really walk at my wedding - so for that I am grateful for the extra time to heal. It would have been nice to be able to separate from the world and revel in our wedding a bit and then get back to it. We took a minimoon to Canada, but it was for less than 24 hours and we were both so exhausted - all we wanted to do was sleep. If I had to plan it again, I would have taken at least two nights in Niagara on the Lake to give us more recovery time and still delayed Hawaii.

We have to wait 2 weeks because of my work schedule. I hope we don't have fall into those blues since it's only 2 weeks. Fingers crossed! And for the record, FH and I aren't waiting until we're married but we still may not leave the hotel, lol.

Were taking a bigger vacation next year. But we both took this week (week after the wedding) off and we went to the jersey shore. We needed time to decompress and be alone

Getting married on a cruise so that's our wedding /vacation and taking a 10 day honeymoon to Italy about 8-9 months after. I think the cruise will be fine and I'll have something to look forward to later in the year.