When to honeymoon?

adbh315

My fiance and I are school teachers and traveling during the school year is difficult for us.  However, the venue we want is booked solid on Saturday's in July and August.  We are contemplating the idea of a Friday evening wedding.  If we don't though, and push the wedding back into the school year, we wouldn't be able to honeymoon right away.  What are your thoughts on putting months between the wedding and honeymoon?  How much time is too much time in-between?  For me, it seems if we don't go right away, it won't be a honeymoon but rather just a vacation.  Please help!

MissyCee

I really think that whatever works for you and your FI is what you should do, regardless of what people may think. If it's better for you to wait to go on your honeymoon then do it. It's all about you two and your wants/needs. Not everyone is able to travel right after the wedding and not everyone wants to so don't feel like it's not a real honeymoon if it's not directly after the wedding. Good luck!

kaesha

I've always maintained that a honeymoon is about a mindset rather than a timeframe. I think you'll find a lot of girls here postpone their honeymoon to suit their schedules and haven't felt that the experience was any less special for the delay.

SuMmErKuTiE

I understand that people's work and school schedules sometimes get in the way of taking a traditional HM right after the wedding, but DH and I can't imagine having gone back to work right after the wedding. We needed that time to get away and just be alone and relax after all the stress and wedding planning from the past 16 months prior to the wedding. Yes, it is a mindset, but we're planning on a vacation in the next few months and in our eyes it'll feel like a great vacation away since the wedding already feels so long ago. Our HM was the trip we took right after the wedding. 

If your schedules or budgets don't allow you to take a week or two off after the wedding, I highly suggest at least going away for the weekend or taking a few days off work so you don't have to immediately jump back into your hectic every day lives and enjoy some romantic alone time together with your new spouse.