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I had always assumed that FI and I would leave for Paris the day after our wedding in the afternoon...I thought it was so romantic that way!
But he says we will be exhausted after the wedding and it will be hectic. Maybe he has a point?
He will go along with whatever I choose, but now he's got me thinking...would it be better to wait a while? Or does that take some of the romance out of it?
Also my parents may be staying with us for the wedding...I don't know how romantic it'd be to be newlyweds in the house with them there...
My FI and I are going a week later because we are taking a cruise and the week long ones usually leave on saturday or sunday. The location we are getting married at is 2 hours away from the airport, so that wouldn't be fun the day after our wedding trying to get up so early to get to the airport and then to the pier in enough time. If we were just flying somewhere I would say we wouldn't have to wait, though, so then I think it doesn't matter, but whatever works for the two of you. A lot of people don't go on their honeymoon right after they get married and couples need to do what is right for them.
Yeah that makes sense. I guess I just had this romanticised notion of running off to the honeymoon after the wedding.
If we were making a decision based on practicality, we may need to wait a week.
We got married on the Sat, had a fam bbq on the Sun and left on the Tue, it gave us time to get home and pack for the honeymoon. Doing it this way meant we didn't need to worry bout packing for the honeymoon b4 the wedding with all the wedding stuff we had to deal with
I think practically it would be better to wait, but I do think it's more romantic to just leave right after your wedding so that's what I voted for. I think that as long as you have your ducks in a row then leaving the day after shouldn't be too much of a problem. Your parents being at your house also helped in my decision.
Yes I think if my parents will be at the house then we will leave the day after. If they won't be there, maybe we will leave the week after..our hotel would be 70 euros cheaper a night a week later too...
Our wedding was on Saturday, we had a Sunday brunch to spend time with family. Monday we ran errands (like putting our mail on hold and making sure rent was paid) and then we left on Tuesday. It seemed like a nice compromise between going immediately and waiting a week. Plus, it meant we didn't have to go right back to work.
Ultimately, I really don't think it matters, though. As long as you are both happy with the decision, that's all that matters.
We're leaving for Bermuda 2 weeks after our wedding. The only other option was to leave the day after and I have no desire to do that. I want time to unwind after the wedding and get our lives in order. Besides, I'm really looking forward to being excited for our HM after the wedding. I feel like it will prolong the whole wedding experience which for someone as wedding obsessed as me, is a good thing.
Wow, I was in the exact same position! It was never my intention, but we left exactly one week after our wedding and it was PERFECT! The timing could not have been better (HONESTLY). We had not planned to wait a week, but the non-stop flight from LAX to the Cook Islands in the South Pacific only leaves on Saturday - so, we really had no choice. I was in the same boat as you ~ I talked to my fiance and said... it would be more romantic to leave after our Sunday brunch with family and friends and be whisked away to our honeymoon destination! Let's just go somewhere that has a flight, which leaves on Sunday afternoon. My fiance simply said with a wink... it will be worth the wait, my love.
So, we booked our honeymoon to depart one week after our wedding. Surprisingly, we had so much to do and take care of after the wedding and spending a week with family and friends reminiscing about the wedding, ceremony, dancing, etc. was so much fun. I loved hearing stories about my niece eating 4 pieces of cake, my aunt dancing to every single song, etc. There was so much love and warmth surrounding our friends and family I felt so thankful that we stayed the extra week to bask in the "wedding-afterglow".
I should also mention that we got married in LA where my parents live (we don't) and had to stay in their house for the week after the wedding. So, we actually stayed at a hotel for Saturday (wedding night) and Sunday. This gave us another evening to be alone and romantic. We went back to my parent's house Monday evening and they had arranged a get together with visiting family and friends. It was lovely and I am still deeply grateful for that week we had after our wedding. And as it turns out, the honeymoon was well worth the wait!
@HapaBride: Thanks HapaBride, that makes me feel better about waiting if we do end up having to do that. :)
I think the pluses are that we'd be much more rested and able to enjoy the honeymoon whereas if it were the day after we'd spend the first two days in Paris totally crashed out in the room!
We're going to go two days after the wedding like cvbee so we get a days rest but then as still very fresh newlyweds.
We went overseas as well for our honeymoon and no way in hell were we going to leave the day after the wedding. There's just to much going on!
You don't want to have to worry about finishing all the last minute wedding details and oh getting married! AND worried about packing everything for your honeymoon, passport, etc etc. Especially because it's international.
I would stress too much. I needed the time afterward to detox and relax before heading off to honeymoon.
We went a week later because our cruise didn't leave until then. I'm very glad we waited though. There's so much to do right before the wedding, not having to pack made everything a lot less stressful. Also, we had lots of family in town for the wedding and we were able to hang out with them the day after the wedding for a brunch. I didn't think it was any less romantic to go a little later. The week between the wedding and the honeymoon goes by so fast anyway.
We're waiting a week. At first I was really disappointed that we were going to have to wait because it seemed so anticlimactic to get married then........ nothing...... for a week, ya know?
But now that I'm getting married NEXT WEEK I am sooooooooooooo glad we have that week! I've really not thought hardly at all about the honeymoon and its so nice to not worry about it. Not have to shop for it, plan for it, pack for it. I can do the wedding then have a week to get ready for the honeymoon and not be rushed! Plus, it kind of extends all the celebrations for a week :) I'll get to recover at home and really enjoy hawaii instead of being fried there.
I love the idea of being whisked away directly from the wedding on a honeymoon... but I think its becoming more and more common to wait. We're waiting a week as well. We're doing a destination wedding (sort of) - everyone else is traveling, but our travel is only a 3 hour drive to Key West. So, we're going to hang out with everyone for a 3-day weekend, and then I would expect some people might stay a little longer, so we'll do some visiting, organize our house, write our thank yous, and then leave on the honeymoon. It made me feel better to do it this way because I could come home to a clean house with everything in order and nothing hanging over my head "to-do" when I got home. Oh, and I'm a control freak. ;)
We are leaving the Monday after our Saturday wedding. I didn't want to leave on Sunday because I wanted a chance to visit some with all the out of town guests since some are coming a long way to be at our wedding. We'll have a nice relaxing day visiting with everyone on Sunday, then leave early Monday morning. Flights were cheaper if we waited a week later, but FH was adamant we not split the wedding and honeymoon up like that. I guess he is one of those "romantics" who think it should be immediately after. LOL. I didn't care either way, so we just went ahead and booked it to follow right after the wedding.
Thanks everyone for their replies!! I am now thinking we could leave on Monday or Tuesday after our Saturday night wedding as a compromise between the two possibilities. :)
We left a couple of days after and I wish I would have allowed more time. We had SO much to do after the wedding, it's not funny. It was probably just as busy after the wedding as it was before and I would have never thought that AND then we had to pack and get our house ready.
@nyebride: do you mind me asking what you had to do after the wedding was over? I have no idea what to expect!
We're leaving the morning after the wedding. We were thinking about waiting an extra day to have a Sunday morning brunch, but his family isn't staying in town that night, and I don't want them to have to drive an hour back just for a brunch. Because of time constraints with me having to move after the wedding and marching band camp, leaving the day after worked the best.
We'll be taking a late morning flight, but have to drive 2 hours to get to the airport. At least we'll gain an hour. It's not the most ideal, but we'll maximize our time!
Have a GREAT time in Paris!!
We left the Monday after our Saturday wedding. We had a brunch with everyone on Sunday and then spent the day driving back to TX (home) from IN (where the wedding was). Then we flew out on Monday! I think it worked perfectly although I also would have had zero problem leaving on Sunday if we didn't need to drive back to TX.
Another thing to think about is vacation time. There is no way that I had anywhere even close to enough vacation time to wait a week to leave for our honeymoon so I would have had to go back to work for the week. Now THAT would have sucked and been super unromantic.
I also don't really understand what so many PPs had to do after the wedding that took up so much time. DH and I didn't have anything we had to do after the wedding! Maybe someone can enlighten me!
@Mrs.KMM: Yes I'm also curious about that! Maybe moving stuff into the same place? I plan on doing a lot of that before.
@CorgiTales: I CAN NOT wait to see all your details come together!
We think we are going to go the week after. I'm a bit of a control freak and I need to know everything made it back safely to my house from the reception.
We are most likely going to Ireland for our HM and I think I would be too tired/stressed to just leave the day after the wedding.
Our wedding is on a saturday and we're leaving for hawaii on that monday - I think leaving the day after would be really hectic so we waited one day - but will still be hectic. I think it's fine either way though.
Our wedding is on Saturday, and we are leaving on Monday for our honeymoon. We didn't want to feel rushed or anything, so Sunday we are going to have a brunch with the family and open gifts. Then we can go home relax, make sure we have everything we need packed and then get up on Monday morning to start our honeymoon! I think it will be perfect!
We got married on a Friday night, and left for the honeymoon Sunday morning. It was perfect. We had all day Saturday to visit with people, run a few errands, pack, and try to relax a little. Leaving the day after would have been too hectic, and I would have hated waiting a whole week - mainly b/c I wouldn't have been able to take the week off from work. I can't imagine getting married and having to go back to work on Monday - Way too anticlimactic for me!
No matter when you go, you'll likely crash at least the first day anyway due to the time change. Don't feel guilty about spending the first couple of days in bed!
We had to get all of our decorations, flowers and everything else we took to the ceremony and reception places back (we did most of everything ourselves so there was quiet a load), which resulted in a disaster zone house even though we were organized best we could. We had breakfast with FIL and the gang. We had to take the keg and its container back; they opened late so we had to wait on them. We 'donated' our flowers to a nursing home instead of just tossing them in the trash so we had to take those by. It wasn't until about 4 pm the day after when we could take a break.
We also had to pack, which was a feat in and of itself for me. We may have even had to wash all the table cloths and napkins but I just remember doing that not if it was before or after the honeymoon.
we left on monday after our saturday wedding, since we had a sunday brunch. the timing was great, though leaving on tuesday might have been even better--i'm not sure if i was still exhausted or if it was the long trip (ie, not eating all day while travelling and then pigging out at dinner once we got to the resort...), but i got a bit sick our first day...but then the rest of the trip was perfect!
Wow, I was just wondering about this. I live in Bermuda and the wedding is in Texas. We are going to Texas the week before the wedding and then were going to come back to Bermuda (and work a week), and then go on a week honeymoon somewhere in the states. We were trying to save on vacation time as we get two days off at the end of July. But, it doesn't make sense, who wants to come back to work, it won't even seem real. So, we are going to leave Texas on the Monday after our Saturday wedding and go somewhere. We had intially planned on a Mediterranean cruise, but we are postponing that for next summer, because we have to save the vacation time for later in the year to see my FI's new nephew (in South Africa) that will be born two weeks before our wedding.
I would recommend as my friends have recommended to me that you go on the Monday/Tuesday afterwards. It should be romantic and you don't want to go back to work right after!!
We got married on a Saturday night and left Monday for our honeymoon. We purposely scheduled our honeymoon that way. We would have been way to exhausted to leave on Sunday! Sunday we had breakfast with out of state friends before they left, then we opened gifts that night as well as packed for our honeymoon. The timing was perfect!
We married on Sat. 7/3 and left for our honeymoon the following Sat. 7/10. Originally, we were going to leave the day after, but we had difficulty getting a reservation through the time share during the 4th of July holiday. It actually was better this way because we were able to relax more on the day after and spend time with friends and relatives that came from out of town (Alaska, New Jersey, California, etc.). Additionally, it gave us time to pick up items from the reception venue and return items we had rented, etc. Lastly, it was REALLY nice to unwrap gifts and open cards before leaving. The extra $$ that we received came in hand while we were away!!
P.S. When planning your honeymoon, keep in mind that flights are often cheaper on Monday's and Tuesday's.
@evie- If you can, stay at a hotel for a couple of nights so that you can enjoy "newlywedness"! 
@HapaBride: thank you for your response, too!
We're going exactly a week after the wedding, and it's sort of a relief. This way we have plenty of time to pack and open gifts...and just have normal life for a week before we escape :)
If we both had the vacation time, I would love to leave a week after the wedding... However, if my parents were planning on staying at my house for the entire week I'd go on my honeymoon ASAP.
We're having a Friday evening wedding, a party the next day/evening at my parents' house, then leaving Sunday for the honeymoon. I'm hoping we have enough time to pack and it isn't too hectic getting everything ready.
I guess first of all, either way, you will probably be happy with your decision!! That being said, we left on Monday afternoon after our Sunday afternoon wedding. We stayed at home Sunday night, opened our presents, packed Monday morning and headed out. It was AWESOME to get away right away!
I actually just asked my mom whether they would be staying after the wedding and they had no intention of staying in the apt. while we were there- I think we will just stay in the hotel of the place we are having the reception one extra night to relax and then leave on Monday. That way we can have one extra day to just sleep everything off but still get away soon. :)
We left a few hours after our reception to go to our honeymoon. My family dropped us off at the airport. When we made it to our honeymoon we changed and went to dinner. Then we chilled out the rest of the night. We had a 7 hour flight (we left at 5:30am) and we slept on the plane. It worked well for us to leave right after the reception.
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