ugh!!!!

clanager03

My future in laws offered to pay for mine and my fiancé honeymoon as our wedding present. Which I am very thankful for and appreciate it very much.

Our wedding is in 3 months we want to leave for our honeymoon that weekend.... the honeymoon is still not booked!! 

I have asked so many times what was going on, if they wanted me to just book then go from there and nothing...

I don't know what else to do. ... 

AprilH81

I would book something you an afford on your own and then let them know that you have it taken care of. If they want to write a check, great, but at this point I wouldn't let them stay in charge.

tcnoble

We are in the same boat. FI's parents have mentioned very casually about helping pay for it but because we don't have any money in hand, we plan as if WE are covering it all and then if they chip in, hooray! Sounds like you will be better off doing the same thing.

erinlin25

agree to start planning on your own if it is that important to have it that weekend.  Have you had any conversations with them about where you would be going?  Is it something like they are gifting you money to put towards the trip that you pick or were they going to be picking the location and making arrangements?  If that is the case, don't book anything you cannot personally afford in case their gift does not follow through.  If you cannot afford it on your own you will just need to be patient and flexible on when you go.  Our honeymoon was 3 months after our wedding.  We had a small "mini moon" after the wedding to get away for 2 days.  So maybe think about doing something like that for after the wedding and then you can plan a bigger trip (honeymoon) once you know more about your budget or have the gift in hand.  When something is a gift you cannot really dictate when it is given.

clanager03

They were going to go and book the trip through a friend of their that is a travel agent just to tell them where we wanted to go and when which we told them. This has been talked about since last summer, we already got our passports everything just waiting for it to be booked. I feel bad asking yet once again so I am not going to it is what it is at this point. We can't afford paying for our honeymoon ourself between the wedding and other personal things going on it wouldn't be able to happen. 

mlg78

Your FI needs to tell his parents, "We need to set up an appointment with your travel agent. How about (whatever date/time)?" If they procrastinate, he needs to tell them you're moving forward with planning your own... And also, you don't need to go on one right away. We waited a month and we were able to enjoy it so much more than if we left a day or two after the wedding.