honeymoon poll

rachel801231

fi and i havvve been discussing waiting till the fifteenth of april to go on hm if we waited we could afford to go a day longer and we are going to disney world so the parks will be less crouded.....or should we jus stick with going right after we get married....we are getting married marrch thirtyfirst.....sorry bout bad typing im on my phone

jbrook12

My FI and I are waitin a week to go on our HM. I don't see that waiting will be that big of a deal. If you can get a better trip out of it, go for it!!

tiffk10

Fi and I are waiting until June/July to go on ours. We have to take a week off for the wedding and couldn't afford to take off another week of work to go on the honeymoon right after. 

brittandjp

I don't think it's a big deal to wait. I think people more and more nowadays wait a bit to go. In all honesty, I'd love to go right after the wedding. We wanted to go during my spring break. However, since the Castle is such a highly sought after venue, there were only a few dates to pick from for the entire spring. Hence, our reason for getting married on a Friday and a week before my spring break (honeymoon). It doesn't really bother me that I'll go back and teach for a week. It gives us time to relax from all the chaoticness (totally not a word) that will come from the wedding weekend.

I say wait until it's cheaper and you can stay for a longer period of time.

southerncharm24

Wait. I think a lot of the girls here are waiting.

We are waiting til September so we can pay cash for our trip go for two weeks to Ireland. Less crowded, better weather, and cheaper to boot!

arrestclementine

I guess I'm the only one here... but we are leaving on our HM on the Sunday after the wedding.  I know several of you are waiting but I think it will be so much more romantic to have that time right after the wedding for just us and not have to worry about anything! .... But that is just me and my opinion.  I guess you two have to decide if going right after the wedding means more to you than saving money and being able to stay longer. 

lisa&sean

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[QUOTE]I guess I'm the only one here... but we are leaving on our HM on the Sunday after the wedding.  I know several of you are waiting but I think it will be so much more romantic to have that time right after the wedding for just us and not have to worry about anything! .... But that is just me and my opinion.  I guess you two have to decide if going right after the wedding means more to you than saving money and being able to stay longer. 
Posted by amber0389[/QUOTE]


Nope...I am with you amber! We are also leaving on Sunday morning after our Saturday wedding for the honeymoon. We have been on so many trips and vacations together...I would be scared that if we waited it wouldn't feel like a "honeymoon" and just another vacation. I think there is something about taking off that morning as newlyweds and really extending that moment of the whole ambience of the wedding and festivities. With that said...I know alot of you guys are waiting and I am sure you will be able to make it as romantic and special as if it was the day after you got married...but my opinion is the closer to the wedding day the better!

JCWhitey

We're waiting several months!  I'm already having to take two weeks off of school for the convention in Vegas and the wedding so there's no way we could take another week off unless I just flat out wanted to fail my classes.  And then in the summer we'll be at camp.  So, it'll probably be sometime in the fall.

cmac3504

We're really close to booking a HM that leaves Apr 16th (and we're getting married Mar 31st too) so I'm pretty darn close to what you're looking for!! FI really wanted to leave as close as possible to our wedding, but I loved the idea of spreading it out and making it feel like a month long marriage celebration   Why put all this time into planning these events just to have it all over in a matter of a week-ish??? Luckily I've won over my FI and we're going back to work for around two weeks... should be just enough time to get settled, unpack gifts, write and send out thank you notes and pack for the honeymoon!!

HobokensFury

We're taking ours April 8th because that's when we get the time off from work.

rachel801231

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[QUOTE]We're really close to booking a HM that leaves Apr 16th (and we're getting married Mar 31st too) so I'm pretty darn close to what you're looking for!! FI really wanted to leave as close as possible to our wedding, but I loved the idea of spreading it out and making it feel like a month long marriage celebration :)  Why put all this time into planning these events just to have it all over in a matter of a week-ish??? Luckily I've won over my FI and we're going back to work for around two weeks... should be just enough time to get settled, unpack gifts, write and send out thank you notes and pack for the honeymoon!!
Posted by cmac3504[/QUOTE]

When you put it this way, it makes it sound even more appealing :)  We have decided to leave the 15th for sure.  This will be the first time FI and I have ever went on a vacation together so in itself it will make it super special :)

Rachmarie23

We're leaving Sunday after our Friday wedding.  Our wedding is on Friday night, and Saturday we will do a brunch for family, so Sunday made the most sense.  

w+c3

I'm leaving the Monday following my Saturday wedding. I would have left Sunday, but we would be up so late that night and then to have to not get enough sleep and travel the whole next day..well we'd be exhausted and cranky.

However it seems like a win-win to wait and get more time for less money!

JCWhitey

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[QUOTE]I'm leaving the Monday following my Saturday wedding. I would have left Sunday, but we would be up so late that night and then to have to not get enough sleep and travel the whole next day..well we'd be exhausted and cranky. However it seems like a win-win to wait and get more time for less money!
Posted by w+c3[/QUOTE]

After my first wedding we left for our honeymoon the next morning and it was a huuuuuge regret! We were so exhausted (and he was very hung over) and all I wanted to do is sleep in! But we had to leave the wedding hotel at 8am so we had to wake up at 7. I was definitely cranky! Haha! So if you're planning a night reception it's a very smart idea to wait like this! You'll be very happy when you wake up Sunday morning and don't have to go anywhere!

bethmerchant

We are leaving the Sunday after our Saturday wedding, but that's becuase we are teachers and will be on Spring break. You may want to consider that it will be Spring Break time at Disney. If you wait until April,  Spring Break season should be over. Be sure and get Bride & Groom mouse ears. My brother & sister-in-law did and they let them skip the line on rides!