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Jennifer
Expert March 2017

Where are you staying on your wedding night?

Jennifer, on October 17, 2016 at 10:28 PM

Posted in Honeymoon 92

FH and I were planning to come back to our house, which is about 20 min away from his parents house, where they will be hosting the after party. We leave for our honeymoon the next day, so I liked the idea of being able to go back home and not worry about getting our bags and my dress from the...

FH and I were planning to come back to our house, which is about 20 min away from his parents house, where they will be hosting the after party. We leave for our honeymoon the next day, so I liked the idea of being able to go back home and not worry about getting our bags and my dress from the hotel. FH thinks it would be pointless to get a hotel in the same area that we live in when we could just go back to our own home. Other people have been telling me that we should go to a nice hotel to make our wedding night more romantic and special. I was told 'you have your whole life to go home, go somewhere special on your wedding night'.

What are your thoughts? Where are you staying on your wedding night?

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  • E&M
    Master July 2016
    E&M ·
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    We stayed in the same hotel suite where the girls and I got ready because it was closer to the venue than home and I didn't have to worry about checking out the day of so logistically it made more sense for us to do that.

    I think it would be more convenient for you to stay at home since you're leaving for your honeymoon the next day.

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  • 2ndTime
    Super October 2017
    2ndTime ·
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    I think we will go home because we are getting married in the middle of a semester (we both teach) and will have a delayed honeymoon.

    I kinda just want to be with FH and my kids that night since the wedding will be a celebration of our family.

    In your situation, I would say go home! It will be more comfortable and less stressful... and you have your honeymoon for the romantic nights!

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  • FutureMrsSchafer
    Super March 2017
    FutureMrsSchafer ·
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    I'm not sure whether I want to spend my wedding night at my apartment.. we are leaving for our honeymoon the next day in the afternoon but live 15 minutes from the venue and 45 minutes away from airport. Although I would kinda like it to be more romantic but idk we'll see.

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  • Anna Rae
    Super October 2016
    Anna Rae ·
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    We stayed at a nice hotel downtown, about 20 minutes from our house. However we didn't leave for our honeymoon until Tuesday and we got married on Saturday.

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  • mimitrue
    Master January 2016
    mimitrue ·
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    We stayed in a hotel for 3 days after our wedding near our venue which was about 45 minutes away from our house. But we didn't go on our honeymoon right away, we went 5 months later. Since you are immediately going on your honeymoon the next day, I think it totally makes sense to go home and get everything situated before you leave.

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  • MeetTheHamiltons
    Master April 2017
    MeetTheHamiltons ·
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    We are staying at a hotel; we plan to fly out the next morning.

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  • Z
    Master May 2012
    Zoe ·
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    My thought is 'your FH's preference should carry a lot more weight than 'other people's or what is said here on the internet.' That said, we went home that night. I always sleep better in my own bed, and it had been a long, tiring day. Plus, who wants to have to pack an overnight bag for the night after their wedding, then turn around and pack for the honeymoon? Although, I guess if you throw in one extra pair of underwear the same suitcase could work for both.

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  • Laura
    Devoted October 2016
    Laura ·
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    We are staying in a hotel. It is a bit excessive since we live around the corner from our venue but we will have out of town guests staying with us so we wanted to be alone without inconveniencing them.

    Also, we have a few people staying at the hotel as well so we wanted to be where the action was Smiley winking

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  • BoozyBaker
    Master January 2017
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    We're going back home. It's 7 mins away and we have two puppies who I'd love to see at the end of the day.

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  • ClaudiaandBrennen
    Savvy April 2017
    ClaudiaandBrennen ·
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    We're planning on going home. We're planning on leaving for our honeymoon the next day and our budget also likes the idea.

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  • MissiePanda
    Super March 2017
    MissiePanda ·
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    We're hosting the wedding at a beach house we rented, so we'll be staying there that night and a couple days after too as kind of a "mini moon" since our actual honeymoon won't be right away.

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  • Deanna
    Devoted May 2017
    Deanna ·
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    Stay at a hotel ! You're going to want something exciting the night of

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  • Alice
    Expert October 2016
    Alice ·
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    He lives in Northern California I will be moving there after the honeymoon but the wedding is in Southern California. So we will be staying in a hotel after the wedding but if our wedding was near home than we would be staying there

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  • Diandra
    Super April 2017
    Diandra ·
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    I think we'll just stay at our house on the wedding night. We leave for our honeymoon the very next day!

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  • Kailan J.
    Devoted April 2017
    Kailan J. ·
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    We are going on a honeymoon 3 months after the wedding. So we will be booking a room at one of our romantic hotels in town.

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  • Shelly
    Devoted October 2017
    Shelly ·
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    Since we are leaving the next morning to go on our honeymoon we plan on coming home to make sure we have everything together for our trip.

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  • Shontay
    Dedicated April 2023
    Shontay ·
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    Our venue is close by the airport so we will be staying at a hotel by our venue then flying out next day.

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  • Mrs. B
    VIP March 2017
    Mrs. B ·
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    We are having a DW so the resort is where we are staying the whole week, but if we were getting married here we would just go home after the reception Smiley smile

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  • Erica
    Super May 2017
    Erica ·
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    We're a ten minute Uber ride away from our venue, so we're staying at our apartment. Someone has to feed the cats.

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  • NewlyMrsLachney
    Master September 2017
    NewlyMrsLachney ·
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    Make it special. Splurge !

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