going on your honeymoon the day after?

mstar284

My FI mentioned that we could stay in a hotel the night of the wedding and leave for our honeymoon the next morning. Has anyone done this? I kind of assumed it was the traditional thing to do...until I started thinking.  It seems "ideal" but not as practical. After all the stress of the day, I don't want to have to wake up early and be stressed again. What if we're hung over? Where would I put my dress, his tux, etc.? We'd have to pack a couple of days before the wedding (a time where there is already plenty to do). 

When are you/did you guys go on your honeymoon?

kmjarvey

We're going completely non-traditional due to vacation time issues and going on our honeymoon in May-the wedding is in August.

hollylu28

we are leaving 2 days after our wedding.  we are spending that sunday at FI parents for gift opening, then driving down to the airport monday nite and spending a nite in a hotel (our flight leaves at 6 am tuesday morning)

viewfromheaven05

we too are leaving 2 days after the wedding and it seems like the easiest thing to do.  that way we can get situated before we leave, but i know friends who left for their honeymoon the day after.  honestly, it's less stressful than having to hurry and leave your reception so you get the airport on time to make your flight.  I think it would be mroe relaxing.

leave your dress and his tux with family, so they can return/store them.  pack for the wedding night AND your honeymoon and then leave.  don't worry about the little things like this...the honeymoon is supposed to FUN, so relax and keep your plans.  i think it will all work out.

miah_23_ncb

we wil be leavign the day after. Probabaly staying at a hotel the nigh of the wedding (if ther is $ left in the budget). My sis will be drivng us tothe air port so we will jsut leave our wedding clothes with her & she will be takign them to my parents house.

ellenalabama

We are getting married on a Sat in Vegas and flying out of there on Mon.  I will ship my dress back or send it home with my mom.  A few of my friends (who got married at home) had the food leftover from the reception at their house the day after the wedding and invited bridal party, close friends and parents over to eat and they opened their gifts then.  They left that night for their honeymoon.

undiscovered778

We will wait a day in between the wedding and leaving for the honeymoon. This gives us time to do the gift opening with close family and friends, as well as deposit checks into our banking account to use on our honeymoon! I've heard it's really stressful to leave the next day, because you're so exhausted!

girl2bewed

we are waiting 3 days to go on our HM to allow time to return items that need to be returned and just relax with each other before we take off. Its perfectly fine to leave the day after but if you think you will be getting that drunk that you will be hung over the night day (not recommended to be a drunk bride/groom anyway) then you shouldn't probably go the next day. If you also feel like it will be too stressful then wait a few days and then go. either way is just fine.

lingersoll

We are leaving early the morning after the wedding. We are going to have to leave our hotel at 8am.It will be a little hectic, but we thought it was worth it for that extra night in Hawaii. 

We are planning to pack a couple days before the wedding so we're not stressed last minute and then have an overnight case for toothpaste, etc.  We will take the luggage for vacation and leave it in the car the night of the wedding; then take in only the overnight bag.  Then drive to the airport early. 

I am going to leave my dress, FIs tux, and anything else that needs to go home or be returned in the hotel room.  My parents or MOH will go get it later the next morning and they will check us out of the room.

It will be hectic, and I'm sure we will be exhausted, but we figure we can sleep on the plane.  Worth it for an extra night and day on the honeymoon.

ecuchika

My cuz left the next morning.  After her wedding myself and another BM went to their honeymoon retret...and loaded down our vehicle with all the things that needed to head back to her house.  Her BIL was in a hotel near by and woke up early the next morning and drove them to the airport so they wouldn't haev to worry about parking. 

I kinda like the idea of being wisked away  after the wedding but FI wants to wait..we shall see what actually happens--we are getting married 4 hours from where we live AND the closest airport to where we live is 2 hours away--totally a 6 hour drive partially backtracking for 2 hrs--their is another airport 10 min from our venue site and lots of family to take care of everything else!

mstar284

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_honeymoon_going-honeymoon-day-after?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding BoardsForum:11Discussion:6cf3e3cc-19ba-4b91-b53d-c04adcd57358Post:6b45760e-dd1c-499b-a262-babd9c2af884">Re: going on your honeymoon the day after?</a>:
[QUOTE]we are waiting 3 days to go on our HM to allow time to return items that need to be returned and just relax with each other before we take off. Its perfectly fine to leave the day after but if you think you will be getting that drunk that you will be hung over the night day (not recommended to be a drunk bride/groom anyway) then you shouldn't probably go the next day. If you also feel like it will be too stressful then wait a few days and then go. either way is just fine.
Posted by girl2bewed[/QUOTE]

I'm hardly the alcoholic or typical 20 something partier, but I will be drinking. Not sloppy drunk, maybe a little buzzed. Just covering my bases.

Fink

We are staying at the hotel where we are getting married and leaving the next (late) morning for our HM because we don't want to spend the first day of our married life packing and that is exactly what would happen if we didn't leave the next morning.

jlmarks83

We're leaving for our HM the day after our wedding.  Our flight takes off at 9:15am...so we'll have to leave the hotel around 6:30am-ish.  We don't really care about having to get up because we figure that we'd be tired that day no matter what.  We'd rather be tired on a plane and just take a nap when we get to PuntaCana because we'll actually be there.  We're leaving our wedding clothes in our hotel room and my parents will also have a key to our suite and will get our clothes for us.

As others have said...we'll pack earlier in the week.  I'm giving my car to FI at the rehearsal and my HM bag will be packed and in the trunk ready to go.  My overnight bag for the wedding night will be delivered to the hotel (by my dad) early afternoon the day of the wedding.  This bag will also be my carry-on for the HM.  It's all about organizing and pre-planning.  If you plan it out...it will work out fine.

charlsie26

Our wedding was OOT and we left the day after.  We packed two suitcases.  One for the wedding weekend and one for the HM.  Come wedding day we packed everything we needed into the HM bag.  We changed at the venue (out of our wedding dress and tux, into a going away outfit) and jumped in the limo after the reception.  We stayed at a different hotel on our wedding night.  We had 3/4 of the hotel rooms blocked out and didn't want to run into anything while on our "First night".    My parents took everything back to our house the next day.  The venue took care of all the take down so we didn't have to worry about clean up. 

kplogher

We are leaving the Monday afternoon after the wedding.  This should give us some down time before we have to get going again.

smooth84

We are leaving the next day. We are planning on having an after party, our wedding ends at 8-ish...so we will just party it up and take a quick cat nap until the car picks us up (4am). We will already be packed and I have my planner, my mom and FMIL to help us with the gown, tux and other things we don't need with us on our honeymoon. I'm excited I figure keep the celebration going and like the pp said I'd rather get there, take a nap and wake up to to sun and beach!!

And trust me you'll wake up. even if you're a little buzzed the excitement will at least get you to the airplane and then you'll crash..lol

kaynix21

You could leave later in the day, the day after.

We're leaving the day after.

Our flight is at like 11:40 a.m. so I can at least sleep until 8 a.m. You can sleep on the plane/drive or whatever.

alithebride

now that i see how exhausted i was after the wedding the last thing i'd do is leave the next am. our reception ended at 1am and after party at 5am. no way. we went a few weeks later. perfect.

SuMmErKuTiE

We are leaving the next day, but it's a late afternoon flight, so we'll be spending the night at the venue and having brunch with everyone in the morning who stayed over and then we'll be saying our goodbyes and heading off to the airport.

We already delegated who takes care of what so we won't have to worry about who's taking care of what the next day. The BM will be returning the tuxes, my MOH will be bringing my dress back to my place, my brother is dog sitting and house sitting for us while we're away so he will let my parents in to drop off all the gifts and left over stuff from the reception.

We know we'll be exhausted the next day, but we really didn't want to go home in between and will rest up on the long flight and then by the pool once we get checked in. Our friends who are already married did this way and said they wouldn't have done it any other way. HTH!

fallbride1109

We left the Monday after our Saturday wedding.  Leaving the next day wasn't an option since we had a post-wedding brunch on Sunday at our hotel where we had the wedding--we barely made it through it we were so exhausted.  In hindsight, I am very glad we didn't leave the next day.

mstar284

thanks for all the input. I'm always a nervous wreck. I stress over little details, and going to the airport is like an adventure in itself for me. I am always paranoid about something going wrong. I know I just need to chill.

mchristian05

We have not booked our honeymoon yet but FI and I are getting married on a Friday and have talked about leaving for our honeymoon on Monday.  I do not want to worry about honeymoon stuff (packing etc) before the wedding.  Also, I do not want to wake up early the day after the wedding.

chelley599

We are staying at the hotel locally our wedding night and then flying out on one of the first flights in the morning.  I figure I would be too tired to deal with the airport after the wedding.  Plus we would get in too late anyway so was pointless to us.

mbf124

we stayed at the airport hotel the night of our wedding and left on our trip early the next morning. it was exciting and we loved it

VESmith25

I just realized you are in ATL which is also where I was married.  We took a limo from our reception to the Georgian Terrace and stayed in a wonderful one bedroom suite that night.  My hubby also spoke with the concierge and had him arrange a town car to take us to the airport in the morning.  My brother came by the hotel after we left to pick up my dress and the tux and other things we didn't want to take on our honeymoon.  Only 24 hours after our wedding we were sitting in our villa in St. Barth enjoying a bottle of wine   I can't imagine doing it any other way!

lrowe70

We were going to stay at home and then go on the honeymoon the next day, however we have about 8 people staying at our house so that feels weird. We got a hotel room, but it is a bit of a pain(and an expense).

atlcatlover

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_honeymoon_going-honeymoon-day-after?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding BoardsForum:11Discussion:6cf3e3cc-19ba-4b91-b53d-c04adcd57358Post:c194b29e-eed2-4b6a-b28d-da78f7beb953">Re: going on your honeymoon the day after?</a>:
[QUOTE]now that i see how exhausted i was after the wedding the last thing i'd do is leave the next am. our reception ended at 1am and after party at 5am. no way. we went a few weeks later. perfect.
Posted by alithebride[/QUOTE]

This exactly.  We left a month later and looking back I wouldn't change a thing.  We took an amazing honeymoon and if we had left right after our wedding I seriously would not have been able to enjoy the first few days due to sheer exhaustion.

kedoo

We're leaving 2 days after the wedding. Wedding is on Saturday, we're leaving for St Lucia on Monday morning. I figured it would give us some time to unwind... see some pictures from friends cameras and pack!

DanielleJoe09

We are leaving less that 8 hours after the wedding ends.  We are gettin married on Saturday October 23....and the reception ends at 12pm

We are packing everything up, going to my mom's house and changing, we'll also say goodbye to all the out of town guests that are staying at her house.


Then we have to be to the airport no later than 4:15 am....our flight leaves at 6:15

It'll be a super long day, but definently worth it