When are you guys leaving for your honeymoon? The day after the wedding?
People have been asking us if we are going to leave on Sunday after our Saturday afternoon wedding. I would LOVE to leave on Sunday but what about our family and guests who are here from out of town? Do we just leave them here to fend for themselves or do we need to insure everyone gets off to home before we leave?
Also, packing for a week long vacation will be an added stress to the planning aspect I'm going to guess. Since we will want to have everything to go the day before the wedding so we don't have to stress about packing.
Just curious as to what your timeline is in regard to the honeymoon.
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06.09.2012
I don't think there's a right or wrong though. A part of me always dreamed of leaving for the honeymoon directly from the wedding. I think that would be romantic and fun too. But ultimately, leaving later works for us.
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We then picked up our rented convertible in San Fran, drove for 10 days down the coast of CA on Pacific Coast Hwy.
For the sports fans and baby boomers we are, this was heavenly.
OT: Lucky we planned on the delay, because my 16 year old daughter, who was our MOH, had a vicious gall bladder attack the day after the wedding, we took her to the emergency room, and she had her gall bladder out the next day and spent 3 days in the hospital. So, this delay for us was very fortuitous.
I could not have imagined the condition H would have been in if we had to get up the day after the wedding and go directly to the airport. That would have been one miserable travel day for the both of us.
The day after our wedding I was exhausted. We woke up had brunch with our families checked out of our hotel. It was so nice not to be in a rush. We went home a crashed on the couch for the rest of the day and opened gifts. I had done most of the packing for the HM before the wedding so I just needed to gather up some random odds and ends. I think starting on Monday was great because I didnt want to start out our vacation feeling rushed or stressed.
we left 3 weeks after for a variety of reasons but ended up loving that because we spent 3 days with OOTers after the wedding, go all of our thank you cards done, mil hosted a monrning after brunch at her house.. we were up until 5am. no way would i want to go the next day.
packing for a week (or however long your HM is) isn't hard. you can do that a few days before the wedding if you need to.
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Whatever works best for you is fine. I initially realllllly wanted to leave the day after the wedding. I loved the idea of just disappearing, not having to worry about anything and just enjoying being husband and wife far from home. However, with the way the flights worked out, there was no way we could leave on Saturday after our Friday wedding (unless it was 6am, and that wasn't happening!), so we ended up leaving Sunday morning instead, and I'm so glad that we did. We were able to get brunch the next morning with some of the bridal party and out of town friends, and then we ate leftover cake with some other friends later in the afternoon which was really fun because it gave us a chance to rehash the wedding immediately afterwards, rather than having to wait 2 weeks until we got back from our honeymoon. He and I then ran a few errands, got a quick dinner and packed for the honeymoon that night, and opened about half our cards. It was really really nice to have that extra day, but I do still kind of love the idea of going away immediately, if you can swing it.
I sometimes get worried about it not feeling romantic enough, since those initial newlywed days will be spent crashing in my FIs bachelor pad, but I think it will be fine. I told him my concerns and I know he will make the trip extra special for me. Plus it is nice to know you can get money deposited and maybe enjoy a little extra splurge on the trip because of it!
I am currently planning on taking the Monday after the wedding and the Thursday before the honeymoon off from work to recuperate and pack, and so I don't have to suffer through a looonng week at work before we leave on Friday!! I'll only have to go in 2 days! Luckily my vacation time will cover that.
Anyway, anything you decide will end up being the best decision for you, bc its your honeymoon!
We left 2 days after our wedding. Our wedding was in our hometown, which is 3 hours from where we live.
Saturday- wedding
Sunday- drove home
Monday- left for HM
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The cruise just worked out that way, we could have waited a week or a month or however long but it seemed like fate that the cruise we wanted was leaving the day after our wedding so we booked it.
Then FI got laid off, and then got a new job... and for a few weeks we were concerned they weren't going to approve a week of vacation so soon after being hired. Not to mention eating the deposit to change the dates/cancel outright.
Thankfully it all worked out and his new job was 100% on board with this being a one time thing and we're still a go. We get on a non stop 2 hour flight bright and early the morning after our wedding and then the cruise begins that afternoon.
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