Opinions on when to leave for Honeymoon

We left for our honeymoon at 11 am the next day so I think 5pm the next day is completely feasible...but if you have additional things that need to be handled the next morning before you leave, factor that in. We had one rental item we had to return the next morning via UPS so my poor H was running to do that at 8 am before we left

I am SO thankful we decided to wait til Monday. However our flight would have been at 6am the day after so a little different. We got to sleep in, relax, open gifts, have breakfast, finish up last minute packing.. I was ready to be in Mexico but at the same time it was worth waiting another day.

FH and I had this discussion too, and while leaving right away sounded fun, there was no way it was going to work out comfortably. Sunday we'll likely be having brunch with friends/family, saying goodbye to fam from out of state, getting home and unpacking bags from the couple of days prior, getting stuff home from the wedding, etc. Our wedding is a saturday and we're waiting till tuesday to leave for the honeymoon. We're using most of monday to finish packing, it just made more sense to give us a more comfortable time allotment.

We waited until the Monday after and I'm happy we did. We had a day with his friends that have never been to Chicago before, then we had a day to ourselves to decompress and pack without rushing. I had a few people on our HM say we went on one really fast when they heard we got married Friday which I was surprised by. I guess people really are waiting longer now.

We waited until Monday and I'm definitely glad we did. We were hungover and exhausted Sunday. We drove to the hotel we were staying at before our early flight and pretty much slept the whole day. If you're able to take the extra day off work, I highly recommend it.

We're waiting until the following week. Just to give us some extra time to finish up with the wedding festivities. (Opening up gifts with my family, etc.)

Thank you all! I am leaning towards waiting until Monday...I'm fairly sure I can swing the extra day off work. I'm already going to be off for two and a half weeks...what's one more day! :-)

We got married on Saturday, and left at 5am on Monday morning. I actually wish we had left on Tuesday, I was SO tired on Sunday, and did not feel like finishing up last minute packing and all of that. It worked out in the end, obviously. But definitely give yourself some time, don't underestimate how exhausted you will be feeling.

I would leave Sunday. You will be exhausted but it's a long flight and you will hopefully sleep on the plane. How exciting!! Where are you going?

We had a flight at 6pm the day after our wedding, and I wish we had waited until Monday. Even though the flight was late in the day and we were already completely packed for the honeymoon beforehand - you're just so exhausted!! I'd vote for a lazy day just hanging out and relaxing. We were so tired and didn't want to talk to anyone! And there are always a bunch of random things you're driving around to grab that morning.

@Erin I did consider being exhausted would help us sleep on the plane. Just making me more indecisive! We are headed on a two week trip to France and Italy - Paris, Nice, Cinque Terre (western coast of Italy) and Florence! Could not be more excited!!

We were married on Saturday evening and left for our honeymoon on Monday morning. We were very happy that we had that day in between.

We chose to go the following day (wedding Friday night, leaving Sunday am for honeymoon). This way we can go home, unpack from wedding, and repack for honeymoon, go to the bank, shower and relax alittle. Plus we want to visit with some of our out of town guests alittle more on the middle day.

Our wedding is Saturday and we are planning to leave early Sunday to fly to Florida. To then get on our cruise ship for a week. I figured we would be tired but it shouldn't be to bad can sleep on the short plane trip then just get on the cruise and relax.

I would do the day after if you have enough vacation time

FH and I are planning a similar trip and are waiting until a week after our wedding to leave. I will have to take care of some things at work between the wedding and our honeymoon so it just worked out better.

You will probably be better off waiting one day. It has been my experience that you need that extra time to decompress from the wedding and really get ready for the travel day. I know you will be sleeping on the plane, but you may be so excited that you aren't able to and then you won't enjoy your first day in Europe. Have a great time and let me know if you have any questions.

We got married on a Friday night and left Sunday morning. Having that extra day was perfect, got to relax on Saturday and enjoy the first day of being married without the stress of travel.