Should i wait on the honeymoon or go?

Were waiting about two months after our wedding before we go on our honeymoon as it works better with my work schedule and gives us extra time to plan/save for it. I’m trying to look at it as a positive as itll give us something else to look forward too after our big day.
Having some time between your wedding and honeymoon could give you some time to get settled into living together and figure out your routine together but you should do whatever you feel best about. I’m sure after you’re wedding day/moving in together you’ll definitely ‘feel’ married whether or not you go on your honeymoon straight away.

I’m also a teacher and we’re getting married at the end of summer this year. So we can take a longer honeymoon, we’re only going on a mini moon in October then the actual honeymoon next summer for our one year.

We worked huge amounts of time on second jobs for straight pay, first to pay separate ways through grad school, then after we met, he and I continued just to get some savings. Engaged 10 months later, all savings got diverted to a wedding fund, since we only wanted a 5 months engagement. So many years of long hours, we just said, if we can both cut back to 60 hours, max any week, and have $15,000 to marry, the honeymoon will have to wait. And, we had moved in together in May to a place where owners went to Europe for 2 years, waterfront on a lake. So we said, 2 months before the wedding, honeymoon later, and stopped doing any extra work. Husband and I dreamed of a South American vacation. And 3 months after the wedding, his work wanted to send him to Argentina for 3 days. And said if I wanted to go along, we could stay a 2 week time, they would pay our primary fare from our last honeymoon city. A bonus for his completing an engineering project 4 months early, in his first job after grad school. So I took a 2 weeks, no clients, no pay time. But it saved so much of the costs. Right after the wedding, I had assumed we would be disappointed to have no honeymoon. At that point we were looking at the next year. To our surprise, we were so happy to just settle in together. 5 months we had lived together , went to 13 weddings besides ours, crammed so much work in, all of a sudden we worked 5 eight hour days a week, no planning, every weekend to ourselves for weeks, and we had such a good time really making our new place( since May) really a home, in October. Getting over 200 physical gifts helped. It took us weeks just to redo every room. Since we had never even furnished 2 rooms, and both moved from a total of 3 rooms of grad school studio apts. we just enjoyed playing house. Happy as could be. And since then when asked, I tell people I know who asked, it is great for those not living together long, who did wedding or work as their lives for months, enjoy the time, to yourselves. When you are rested, no money issues, then go away.

We’re waiting about 9 months to take a honeymoon 😬 I totally dread going right back to work after, but just gotta think of it as something else to look forward to after the wedding!

I would wait, I’m a teacher and I’m taking two or three days off for our 4/26/20 wedding. I dont have the perk of a bonus for not taking off, but it’s also very close to the final exam week and the EOC standardized exam for my subject, so out of consideration for my students I really should be there. We will go on our honeymoon in early June. We live together, so maybe it isn’t as big of a deal for us but IMO, what’s an extra few weeks??

My FH and I also won't live together until after we're married. We can't honeymoon right away because he hasn't been at his job for a full year yet. We're getting married in July and it looks like January before we will be able to go on a honeymoon. He did take Monday after the wedding, so we're trying to find somewhere local to go for two nights. He has an 8-year-old, so we obviously haven't had much time as a couple. I'd like to have those two days of "just us" time before we settle down into married, parenting life.

If the bonus you get for not missing days is truly that big, I'd wait. It's only about two months and the money from the bonus could help pay! It's too bad you couldn't get married right before the school's spring break. Then you could honeymoon during the school year.

I’m a teacher and we are waiting to take our honeymoon

Were taking a small 3-4 day trip to a cute little town a few hours away right after our honeymoon to relax after all the wedding craziness. Then taking a big trip around this time next year. Financially it made more sense for us, and we’ll have something to look forward to a few months after the wedding is over.

We're waiting about 2 months to take our honeymoon. However, we are taking a mini-moon for 2 days right after the wedding.

We are getting married in September and taking our Honeymoon in December. We are going to Disneyland and decided it would be best to go when it is decorated for Christmas as that is my favorite time of year in Disney. It also gives us more time to save money and plan. And for me to accrue more time off.

Also a teacher. We are getting married next August and waiting for the following spring break (probably April) to go on our honeymoon. That bonus would be tempting but I know what you mean about not being able to relax and celebrate right away. Ultimately its your choice and how much you need /want that bonus after wedding and moving expenses.

We're waiting for ours. We took an extra day or 2 after the wedding to just chill before driving home but my husband had to be back to work shortly after the wedding.
We'll probably do something this fall if we can.

I had to do this because I had started a new job and our time off schedules just would not allow us to go immediately after. It still felt like we were married and I was blessed with the fact that I have a job where I can occasionally work from home. So the Monday afterward I still worked but just at home. He still had to go into work and we were able to spend a lot of time together in the evenings. It's totally up to you but especially since you aren't living together now (me and my husband didn't live together before the wedding either so I am speaking from experience here) because we were sleeping in the same house and getting to come home to each other every night it definitely still felt as if we were married. Our wedding was May 4th and we are leaving for our honeymoon on the 25th! It has given us something else to look forward to other than just the wedding and honeymoon back to back and then like that its all over. I would recommend doing it apart if you don't think you can take off work. It will also give you two time to get comfortable with being with each other all the time (aka nothing like living with someone for a few weeks to be really comfortable with them on your honeymoon)!

Our wedding is 4/25/20 and FH is also a teacher so he’s taking that Friday and the following Monday off. We booked our honeymoon for mid June when school is out.

We are taking a mini moon a month after our wedding and doing the full honeymoon about 8 months later. I don't think it'll feel like you didn't get married. Especially with the whole not living together, you will have so much going on and so many new "married people" experiences to look forward to rather than an immediate honeymoon. I know I am looking forward to having a hot second at home to just breath and relax with everything that has been going on this year and all the wedding planning.

We are waiting, but only 5 days.

We are probably going to wait for a little while just because that way we can save more money to make the vacation more special. At the end of the day you will still be married and hopefully you don’t have to wait to long. Is the bonus something you have to have in order to go on your honeymoon? If you feel in your heart you want to go after your wedding then you should go after your wedding! Do what you are pulling towards!

View Quoted Comment That's true. My fiance said he likes the idea for the same reason you said. Itll get us time to get adjusted to living together. Plus it does give me something to look forward to. You just made a lot of sense 😊

View Quoted Comment I wanted to get married on the 4th of april, right before spring break. Well he told his coworker what day he picked and he got all happy he picked 4/20 (the weed holiday lol.) He said he didnt want to hear it all his life. I told him he shouldnt care since we dont do that. But for the sake of argument I changed it cause I dont want to hear it from him for the rest of my life lol.

We’re waiting for the big honeymoon. The big day is 5/2/20.. this isn’t our first marriage, my daughter will be a graduating senior right after the wedding and headed to college. We will probably go to New Orleans for a couple days, but planning on the ‘honeymoon ‘ for our 1yr. anniversary.