Planning a honeymoon with unsure vacation days?

When I started my new job I already had a vacation planned for the next month, I was upfront about it when they gave me the job offer and they approved the time off. A lot of companies are flexible, if they really want him they'll make it work.

Typically new jobs ask or you can tell them if you have any planned vacations or time off and they'll work with you.

Is that something you'd bring up at an interview? I feel like it would be a faux pas to say "i really want this job, but I need your guarantee if I take it that I can have these days off."

I didn't bring it up until they offered me the job and we started negotiating my contract.

You run the risk of

1. Your FH not having any vacation time his first year.

2. Him getting the time, but not able to schedule the days you want.

A honeymoon is something you can take anytime and personally if the time is up in the air I wouldn't commit. However, you could go ahead and make your plans and he can negotiate the time off once he gets the job. He can let them know he's getting married and has planned a HM. If he gets time off he can schedule it then or if he doesn't he can ask for the time off unpaid.

I think you can approach this a few ways - either bringing up the pre-planned vacation time while negotiating the employment contract, holding off on planning a honeymoon until you know what your new situation is, or you could book at a resort that has a good refund policy - one of the places I booked for us was fully refundable up to 30 days before the trip! Would not have been as lucky with the plane tickets though

I started a new job after already having a Disney vacation booked. I just told them right away and they approved it. That's all you can do really.

I think you should tell them when you accept the offer. Don't wait till later.

Something worth noting is how much paid time off he will get. My FH totally switched career paths a few months ago and has no PTO until after a year. Luckily we didn't have any honeymoon plans set, but if your FH won't accrue time right away, take that into account so you're not coming back from a honeymoon and realizing his paycheck will be much smaller.

This just happened to me. I started a new job on Oct 24, my wedding is in Dec and we have a short honeymoon in January. I talked to HR about it after I had already accepted and signed the job offer. We worked it out so that I am using vacation/personal days and don't have to take any of it without pay, but we were also lucky we knew I would be changing jobs and did not plan a 2 week honeymoon (if we had I would have had to take it without pay).

I wouldn't mention it until he is offered the job. Most companies work with you, even if he doesn't have the time saved up. That being said, if he is worried about the unpaid leave could he get a part time job before the wedding to make up for the missed pay if he won't be getting paid for those days? That's what I would do. Calculate out how much I'd be missing in unpaid and just earn it prior to the wedding.

I don't know if I missed if you already have your honeymoon booked or not, but travel insurance would be a good idea. The travel insurance I got through my travel agent covers of you have to cancel or change your trip due to work, such as not being able to get time off for vacation or if you get called in. That's something you could look into more as well.

Recruiter here! This happens more often than you'd think. Most candidates tell me when I extend an offer that they have a vacation planned/paid for and they need X amount of days off. I run it by the hiring manager and I've never once had a manager not approve the time.

Now if they're brand new, they may not have enough PTO accrued. In that case, my company offers the option to "borrow against" PTO up to a week, or to take the time unpaid.