Going on honeymoon right away or later

I think it’s really a personal preference. We choose to do it about a month later just because we will be traveling internationally and I want to make sure I plan our trip properly and am prepared, I don’t want the added stress of having to pack and have everything I need while also preparing for the wedding.

We are also getting married in September and decided to book a cruise for our honeymoon that is going to the western Caribbean. We figured we didn't want to live our life in fears of what-ifs and possibilities and decided to take a chance!!! If nothing else, just get insurance on your vacation in case something does happen and then you're covered!

It's more than fine to wait a little bit before taking your honeymoon if that's your preference. We got married in July and waited until November to go on our honeymoon.

We did a mini moon right after and our honeymoon three months later due to time off from work. Personally I loved waiting as the minimoon gave us time to be together and decompress after the wedding. We jam packed our honeymoon and we’re able to do/see everything we wanted. If we did our honeymoon right after the wedding I would have been reluctant to have a jam packed schedule.

I loved going two days after. After all the stress and build up it was great to just escape. I would plan for after but get insurance to cover your butt in case something comes up.

It’s definitely ok to wait a bit. Lots of people do it and I think it’s smart since September is prime hurricane season. November or December would be a great time.

It's totally ok to wait. I would think avoiding hurricane season would be a really good reason.

We were in a similar situation last year. We decided to wait to book our honeymoon because we had both started new jobs shortly before our wedding and, like you, wanted to go somewhere warm. Well, after the wedding, we started planning for Cancun in Feb and ended up completely changing our minds. Now we are doing an Alaskan cruise this summer. It's really whatever works for the couple. I would recommend taking a day or two after the wedding just to be together, even if it's just at home. We went right back to work on Monday and that made it feel a little less special to jump right back into normal life.

We're going on our honeymoon a month after the wedding. We wanted to have plenty of time to decompress and recover from our wedding. And we're going on a trip with some friends the week after our wedding so we'll still get a mini vacay.

This is something that is completely based on your personal preferences and schedules and what is best is going to be different for every couple.

We left the day after our wedding on our honeymoon. We wanted to go on a cruise, and there was a port and hour drive away from our venue. We also got married on the other side of the country from where we lived when we got married, so we were already traveling and it made sense for us to extend the trip to include a honeymoon and only have to worry about flights before the wedding and after the honeymoon (no flight home after the wedding and no flight to a port at a later date for a honeymoon cruise).

If you would rather wait until a different season to take your honeymoon when the place you have in mind will have better weather, that's a valid choice. It's completely up to you whether you want to go at a later date or not.

Totally a personal preference. We waited until the following weekend to go for our honeymoon and loved the decision. It was great to be able to relax after the wedding, say good-bye to guests, spend some extra time with my in-laws (my family kind of monopolized our wedding time), and have a mini-staycation day wandering around our home city. I would have hated leaving the day after the wedding, as it would have stressed me out all evening to have to think about packing and having everything ready, but for some people that's part of the "magic". That said, I didn't really want to wait too long to go. We travel a lot and do at least one big trip each year, so we saw the honeymoon as more a time to relax and unwind after wedding craziness rather than a once-in-a-lifetime trip.

As far as hurricane season goes, look at the southern Caribbean (and get insurance). They very rarely get hurricanes, and are lovely that time of year. We went to St. Lucia in October and loved it. It's also off-season, so it's a bit cheaper and less crowded. Curacao is also a gorgeous island.

It's a personal preference, but we are going later due to vacation time and budget constraints. Also, we have a lot of guests coming from OOT, and we would feel bad jetting off right after instead of spending time with us.

We're going to do a honeymoon later, mainly due to time off issues, especially considering i'll be starting a new job about 3 months prior. I actually love he idea of doing it later because it gives you something else to look forward to and plan. I think for me personally, having the wedding and seeing everyone would be too overwhelming with a honeymoon as well. (although i am having a DW, so I'm already traveling).