Poll: Honeymoon: Right After or wait

akmackay

Who went on/are planning to go on your honeymoon right after your wedding (within a day or two) and who is planning/did wait to go. In your opinions- the pros and cons of both.

Danes983

Going away right after. The biggest pro I think is unwinding from all of the wedding hoopla.

uppereastgirl

We went right after.  Pros: work couldn't say anything about me taking the time off because I had JUST gotten married, it was nice to have a vacation after planning stress, and it was nice to do it when being married was so new.  No cons.Doing it later works well for those who can't take off time when they actually get married, and for those who want to save up a bit more before.

erikag23

the day after we got married we went to florida for a week to just "get away", but our real hm wasn't until 3 months later.  we had t owait becasue it was rainy season when we got married in costa rica.  it was really nice having something to look forward to after the wedding.

FutureMrsF111

Going right after....didnt really weigh the pros and cons but figured its tradition and would be nice to get away and destress. I think if school/work/family obligations were an issue we would just go whenever-just works out that we can both take the time after the wedding so we are.

jen629

We want to go in January about 5 months after the wedding ...I guess I will wait and see

akmackay

We booked ours for the month after our wedding (it was what was available with my timeshare) and I see pros and cons to it- pros are that we can unwind and get settled into being married, tieing up loose ends so we can officially enjoy the honeymoon and cons are that I worry I won't have that "newlywed" feeling after a month of being married. I am so excited for it- but am a worry-ward!

littledaisies

We are planning to go a few months after the wedding. I would much rather go right after but will be still in school at that point. We need to go after he's finished.

mbcdefg

FI is a teacher and we're marrying in April (the weekend after his Spring Break, actually), so he really can't take a full week or two off work for a honeymoon. So we're probably going to go someplace semi-local for a few days ... we're marrying on Saturday and will probably go someplace Sunday-Tuesday/Wednesday. Chicago looks like the winner, but we also threw around Niagara Falls and San Francisco. My extended family is planning a trip to Ireland in late summer 2010, so we are planning on joining them. We are also planning to tack on a trip to Italy for just the two of us (either go there first and meet my family in Ireland, or go to Ireland first and then leave from there for Italy). Even before we set a date, though, FI wanted to take a little trip afterward just to relax, then save a bigger trip for a few months later ... so that we'd have something new to look forward to (instead of blowing through our wedding and a big trip within the same time frame), and also so the bills for each event didn't hit us at the same time. I thought it was a good point.

cherylanddan0706

We are going right after, we haven't been on vacation since 2007 so we definitely need it.  Its been a rough year for both of us so I think it was a good idea to do it immediately.  Plus we are so close to the holidays it would have had to be next year and since we don't know what is going on with FI's job, we are best to do it now.

njbrowneyedgrl74

We went to AC a couple days after and then went 5 months later to WDW. We still felt like newlyweds(technically you are for over a year) and had all the hoopla. The pros-we had something to look forward to. The celebration was still going and we had more money to spend. The con-waiting to go

BrideMaidPro

going right after.PRO: It is nice to unwind and get away instead of jumping right back into workCON: at least for me, we are leaving the day after which is going to make the flight a little...rough. 

Amerz20

We went three weeks later. After the wedding we just took a few days off. It was great to catch up on all the things that we had been putting off for so long to get it off our minds before the wedding. Also gave me a chance to make some extra quick cash before the HM.

hollyberry88

I am getting married in Oct.  Since I am still in school (college), we are going on our HM in Jan. 2011, between semesters.  Our other option was to wait until the summer, but neither of us wanted to wait that long to go on our HM.

CM1206

We went right after. It was hard getting up the next morning at 5:30 to make our flight but it was well worth it.

yusi196

We are leaving a week later. We are doing a mediterranean cruise and that was the closest to our wedding.....there was one leaving the day after our wedding but obviously can't make it unless we miss our own reception, lol............ I'm glad that I'll get a few days to relax and pack for the trip....

jaimelody

We're thinking of doing a minimoon right after and postponing the honeymoon for about 8 mos. Reason being, were out of state and flying up to make all the arrangements has basically killed vacation time for 2010 already and we could use the extra time to save the money.

I <3 Seabass

Right after. The main pro is that it was much easier to take 3 weeks off from work for our wedding than just a "random" vacation. Other than that I don't think that there are any real pros or cons either way.

30may09bride

We went on a delayed one and am so glad we did for so many reasons!  Initially it was just because we got married the end of May and it was winter in South Africa (our HM destination) we wanted to wait till it was a bit warmer.  But, the week before the wedding, I was very glad to not have to worry about packing and prepping for such a big trip.  And I was glad to be able to really unwind the few days after the wedding (I did take the following Monday off from work).  I couldn't imagine hopping on a plane right away and doing vacation stuff so soon.  And it gave us something else to look forward to. I highly recommend delaying the HM to anyone who can do it!

Mye

I went right after, it was nice to have that shiny and new husband and wife time, plus i got to miss some election insanity at work

dominoe611

we went right after and i wouldn't have changed it.  it was much easier to take off work the consecutive weeks around the wedding and it was wonderful having the time to unwind. towards the end of my planning, if i didn't have my HM to look forward to i think i might have lost it!

kewltif

We went 5 months later because of my work schedule.I honestly did not like doing it that way. It just really didn't feel like a "honeymoon." We've gone on lots of trips together already and nothing about it felt any more special.We did go on a mini moon for 3 days to Washington DC after the wedding and that was nice. I remember being intensely angry on the drive home! Like I just couldn't fathom going back to work the next day.

velveena

We went almost 2 months later.  Being that we already lived together, I don't think it made it any less special.  I agree - it was nice to have something to look forward to.

teamAandE

We went the day after, left right after the brunch. It was SO perfect and for us the BEST decision EVER!

Partymixx27

We went on a "mini" moon the day after. Just went away to Cape May for a couple of days.  We'd planned to go to Costa Rica in Jan, but we decided to put that off until we buy our house, unless the closing comes really quickly.  We're thinking about just going for our one year anniversary, but then it kinda ceases to be a honeymoon and more of a trip.  Ah well.

jess_and_paul

We got married on a Saturday and left for Hawaii on Wednesday. Honestly, it was nice to have a few days in between to just chill and go through cards and presents. But at the same time, no one had to go to work and the honeymoon was still something we were looking forward to!I'm glad we didn't leave for Hawaii right away because the couple of days in between left us time to pack and get all the stuff we needed. I took off 3.5 weeks and MH took off 3 weeks and a day from work.... when else do you get to do that other than for your honeymoon? 

cvl105

We're leaving a week after the wedding.  I'm so glad we didn't leave right after...I was so exausted the two days after the wedding I wouldn't have thoroughly enjoyed it.

alliecarrie41

we did not have the time nor money to go right after, so we waited.

Magoobie1001

We got married on Oct 18, went on a mini moon this past week (to AC/Cape May/Winery tour around south jersey).  We are closing on our condo at the end of the month, and didnt have enough money to buy a condo and go on a honeymoon, so0 the condo won...we plan on saving money now and going on one during spring break or summer (I work in a school, which is another reaosn)

Linqdz

We're not going on our HM until 5 months after the wedding due to work schedules. We'll go on a mini-moon about a month after (which I realize is a delay too, but I can't get off work until then.)

kle0113

We just got back today from ours. We went 8 months after our wedding. We had to wait because MH is a teacher and we needed to wait for him to have more time.