Double Honeymoon

kristinalily · September 2009

Not really a question, but I just figured I would see what everyone though of a "double honeymoon". My fiance and I are going on our honeymoon with another couple (our best friends) that are getting married 2 weeks after us. So we're leaving after their wedding for our honeymoon and heading to two separate (but close together) condos in Destin, Florida.

mandyandmike2009 · September 2009

A honeymoon only happens once and for me a double honeymoon wouldnt work. We are always taking trips with our friends and we do have a blast, but on our Honeymoon I ONLY want it to be us.

SuMmErKuTiE · September 2009

I agree with the pp... your HM is a once in a lifetime thing. You have the rest of your lives to take trips with family and/or friends. This trip should be about just you and your new DH. Talk to your FI and really think about this. Do you really want your first trip together as husband and wife to be shared with others who should be doing the same thing? Down the road you will look back and wish you had made the trip just about you two and celebrating your new marriage. On another note.. I just noticed we are date twins! :0)

kaesha · September 2009

I don't see anything wrong with it. I've taken tons of trips with my husband before we got married, so we've already done the just the two of us thing. We had a DW wedding and afterwards we LOVED hanging out with our friends on the island. It didn't interrupt our alone time at all, and if anything, made the trip even more fun because we could vary it up.

lyndausvi · September 2009

I would not have a problem with it. We ended up hanging with people we met on our honeymoon anyway. But DH and I are pretty social. Except for home, we do not normally hang out just the 2 of us.

NuggetBrain · September 2009

A couple we know got married and actually invited the entire wedding party and other friends (including us) on their honeymoon in Vegas with them. It was fun, but looking back on it kind of awkward.

chasegl · September 2009

I love Destin. My parents have a condo there, and it is just a beautiful place, We aren't doing a double honeymoon, and I don't think we could do such a thing, but we are doing something similar. We're planning to go away for a week long honeymoon by ourselves, then meet up with our families (in Destin) for the second week. Our families will stay together in the condo together, but FI and I will have a separate place so we aren't obligated to be with them at all times. We really wanted to give our immediate families an opportunity to come together and thought this was a great way to do it. They may actually go down for the week right after the honeymoon while we're away, too. Just another option for you.

ExpatPumpkin · September 2009

Not for me, but you know if it's right for you. Ditto what pp's said about this trip being about you, and having the rest of your life to travel with friends. We had a DW at a ski resort, so on the day after our wedding we still had friends in. We skiied with them and had dinner, etc. And we had a GREAT time. After they left, however, was when we felt the HM really began. We skied for a couple more days then headed off to Asia. Those three weeks alone were wonderful

Now that we're married, we're looking forward to trips with friends and we have three lined up in the next 9 months. But I wouldn't trade our cozy HM.

alithebride · September 2009

LOL at 'when you look back you'll be sorry'. That's just insane. How do you know that she will? OP: if it works for you do it! you're not staying in the same room together for crying out loud. you'll have your own time and so will the other couple. go and enjoy

RoxyCleopatra · September 2009

Whoa looks like ali took her biitch pills today. You are right she doesnt know for sure if she will regret it but I agree that she prolly will. Your honeymoon should be about you and your new husband. Who has ever heard of a group honeymoon. That is a time to relax together and be alone. The rest of your lives will involve family things and get togethers and other vacations with friends. Why would you feel the need to include others on your once in a lifetime sacred trip. I think that just seems co-dependent on others and a little twisted. If you cant stand to be alone with your new spouse for more than a few days, then there will def be trouble ahead.

duckie1905 · September 2009

It wouldn't have been for us. We take vacations with friends and family all the time. The honeymoon was just for us.But hey, if its what you want then go for it.

Deidra123 · September 2009

Pass. I'll have enough adjusting to do just being on a trip with someone else (my Hubby) as I usually vacation alone so I can do exactly what I want to do when I want to do it. So, it will be enough just getting used to accomodating him. I wouldn't do it. Seems like it would hurt some of the privacy and flexibility of you and your new husband.

angeliza · September 2009

I think it's a great idea and MH and I are planning to do it. I've also heard from so many married couples that they wished they could have shared parts of their honeymoon experience with friends. You get to spend the rest of your life doing things alone with your DH, including vacations. Some of the best times MH and I have had in our 6 years together have been times we've spent with our friends. We don't get to travel much and we've always wanted to go on a really exotic trip with our friends, but it's never worked out. It just so happens that it might work out for us this time and since we don't know when we might have another opportunity, we're taking advantage of it.Right now we're thinking that our best man and his FI may join us on our honeymoon and we love that idea because MH and his BM don't really like shopping, so us girls can shop while they play golf or do something they enjoy more. It's definitely not for everyone and I can totally understand the people who wouldn't want to go with anyone else.. yes this is the one vacation in your life that is truly supposed to be just about the 2 of you, but if the 2 of you are like MH and I, and wanting to share fun adventures with your friends is just part of who you are, then it makes perfect sense to me that you would do this.

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