Honeymoon right after Wedding or wait a while?

mcgiggles

Hey all,
I'm getting married the end of December this year and just wondering what people's experiences are of going on honeymoon right after the wedding or did ye wait until a while later? The end of December means honeymoon would be in January so may be restricted on where we could go that's not too far but warm.. (we don't want to spend days travelling) We were thinking of a week cruise and a week chill somewhere.. but I've heard a few people say that when they went right after the wedding they spent the first few days sleeping! We can't make our minds up what to do :-) any advice/opinions?

Sleeper12

mcgiggles wrote:

Hey all, I'm getting married the end of December this year and just wondering what people's experiences are of going on honeymoon right after the wedding or did ye wait until a while later? The end of December means honeymoon would be in January so may be restricted on where we could go that's not too far but warm.. (we don't want to spend days travelling) We were thinking of a week cruise and a week chill somewhere.. but I've heard a few people say that when they went right after the wedding they spent the first few days sleeping! We can't make our minds up what to do :-) any advice/opinions?

I'm married over 25 years & back then you usually flew out the morning after the wedding.
It's your wedding. You guys do it whatever way you want.
Congratulations BTW

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mcgiggles wrote: »

Hey all,
I'm getting married the end of December this year and just wondering what people's experiences are of going on honeymoon right after the wedding or did ye wait until a while later? The end of December means honeymoon would be in January so may be restricted on where we could go that's not too far but warm.. (we don't want to spend days travelling) We were thinking of a week cruise and a week chill somewhere.. but I've heard a few people say that when they went right after the wedding they spent the first few days sleeping! We can't make our minds up what to do :-) any advice/opinions?

Its your wedding. We flew out next day with a group from home. Certainly didn't spend days sleeping. We had guests to look after.
Didnt get any time on our own until the second week when we all flew home and myself and wife flew out for 2 weeks on our own.

mcgiggles

Thank you! Very excited I'm able to say "this year" now! Totally get it's up to us, I suppose I'm asking more for people's experiences than opinions :-) As in, did anyone go right after and wish they waited :-)

annoyedgal

We did a minimoon for few days and then proper honeymoon a month later in Vietnam. Have to say it was so lovely to have it to look forward to and we were still very much on a just married buzz so didn't lose the honeymoon vibe! Both my sisters in law did the same , few days right after at home or abroad, then a big trip later. It's whatever suits you to be honest! Weather in carribean should be good in Dec /jan I think.
By the way I wasn't one bit tired after the wedding so can't relate to people sleeping for days but maybe I'm a freak!



quote="mcgiggles;102197137"]Hey all,
I'm getting married the end of December this year and just wondering what people's experiences are of going on honeymoon right after the wedding or did ye wait until a while later? The end of December means honeymoon would be in January so may be restricted on where we could go that's not too far but warm.. (we don't want to spend days travelling) We were thinking of a week cruise and a week chill somewhere.. but I've heard a few people say that when they went right after the wedding they spent the first few days sleeping! We can't make our minds up what to do :-) any advice/opinions?[/quote]

LirW

Couple I know got married in early December this year, they went for a minimoon in Cologne about 2 weeks later and will do a proper Honeymoon at some point this year. Seemed about right for them, because they wanted to get all the Post-wedding stuff done and dusted.

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Faith

We got married in August and went on honeymoon at the end of January. We didn't even book our honeymoon until after we were married, if I remember correctly. It was GLORIOUS. Planning the honeymoon distracted us totally from any post-wedding blues, and it stretched it all out. I recommend that to anyone.

Barbaramc

Go married 28/ 12 and flew out to Thailand for 3 weeks on the 30th. Was wonderful, one week in a fab resort chilling out and 2 weeks island hopping. For the time of year I'd highly recommend going after the wedding. Particularly if the weather had been very wintery like it was when we got married. I also think that if you leave it a few months it might not feel like a honeymoon.. If you know what I mean. (Only in my opinion...).

It's lovely returning and spending time catching up with family and friends after and the wedding buzz still there!

Congrats and enjoy this special time.

mcgiggles

We went out for lunch today and had a chat about it, I think we're going to book a few days somewhere in Ireland, get pampered for a few days! Then do a cruise in June when the weather would be better :-)

andreac

Highly recommend even waiting a week or 2. Trust me, you will be exhausted after your wedding. We did 3 nights in the Monart straight after our wedding which I highly recommend, then went on honeymoon about 6 weeks later and I'm so glad we waited. I was wrecked after the wedding and took me a while to get back to normal and there is no way I would enjoyed the honeymoon as much if we went straight away as prob would have spent first week sleeping lol.

wuffly

Got married in August and went on honeymoon the following May. Worked for us time off wise as we flew home to get married. It was lovely to have something to look forward to and plan when the wedding was over. Took nearly 3 weeks off and went to Alaska & NY, we live in a desert so it was something nice and different for us. Had a long weekend in a hotel in the meantime...! Them were the days lol!! Best of luck with the wedding!

Issac

We stayed in the hotel we had the wedding at for 2 extra nights then went and stayed in the Merrion in Dublin on the third night before jetting off the next day. Was great to have a few days to come down and relax after the big day and it allowed us to get to the bank, make sure we had all the bits and pieces for the honeymoon etc.
I would recommend at least a couple of days before jetting off.

Sono

Getting married this year and heading on honeymoon a couple of days later, the thoughts of going back to work for a few weeks/months and then the honeymoon seems depressing but each to their own.

Sure ya could be divorced by then so you may as well enjoy it!

hotmatottie10

we are getting married in april and honeymoon in june

sillysocks

We got to married in April and had the honeymoon in July. It was so lovely to have something to look forward to after the wedding talk and planning all died down. We got married abroad though so were 'on holidays' for the 10 days we were gone for the wedding too!

I think a short break in Ireland would be lovely and then still have something to look forward to a few months down the line.

SarahMollie

We're going to leave the honeymoon for a few months (nothing booked yet) and then just spend a few days either in Ireland or in Europe which we can organised fairly easily. I really like the idea of a few low stress days together in the immediate aftermath, and then going on a more ambitious, adventurous holiday at a later date when we're recovered from the festivities

The main thing I'm keen to avoid is getting overwhelmed and I think personally packing for a big trip in the run up the a wedding would give me too much stress!

mcgiggles

Talked this over with my friends and they had a very good point for my situation.. One I hadn't even thought of! We are getting married end of December, if we leave honeymoon until June - I could be pregnant by then and not able to enjoy as much! (We have plans to start a family the minute we get married! ) So back to original plan of honeymoon after wedding.. but will definitely be leaving it a few days between the wedding after party and leaving the country!

Loveinapril

We waited about two months to go on honeymoon. It elongated the wedding vibe for us as we were planning the honeymoon after the wedding. We got engaged, married and had our honeymoon all within 6 months of each other last year and it was lovely. We had planned on taking a few days away in Ireland after the wedding but I ended up getting a really bad chest infection so I was glad we never booked anything. I actually really enjoyed going back to work a week after the wedding. I was still on a high and was still in the wedding buzz organising the honeymoon. A couple of friends got married and had their honeymoon back to back and fell into proper depression afterwards. I remember working with a girl who had a real downer after her wedding and honeymoon. She had spent 2 years obsessing and said she felt like she had nothing to look forward to when it was over.