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I'm in the process of booking our honeymoon right now and I'm really not sure when we should leave. Our wedding is on a Saturday. We could leave the day right after the wedding, on the Sunday, early in the morning or we could wait a day to stick around, visit with out of town guests, open our gifts, clean up some mess from the wedding and leave the day after, on the Monday.
I am asking you bees who have already booked their honeymoon or have already been married, when did you leave?
We got married on a Saturday and left for our honeymoon early Tuesday morning. This was perfect because we had to come home, unpack from our wedding, eat some left overs and relax. I was stressed enough about the wedding so was nice not having to worry about packing for the honeymoon until after it was over. My friend left for her honeymoon the day after her nighttime wedding and she said it was pretty stressful.
We got married on Friday, had a gift opening Saturday morning, and then flew out on a red eye Saturday afternoon/evening around 6pm. We had out of town guests, but most of them were moving on to other areas of the province the next day and wanted to leave after brunch anyway.
It was a ridiculously long two days, and I fell asleep at the counter of our honeymoon hotel during check in, but I think they may have taken pity on me because we scored a pretty sweet free upgrade!
We got married on Saturday.
We had a day after brunch on Sunday and then loaded our car and drove home (from IN to TX so we got in at like 3am Monday morning).
Monday we flew to Seattle, WA (where our cruise was departing from).
Tuesday we departed on our cruise to Alaska.
No honeymoon, we moved cross-country instead. We're taking a trip for our 1 year anniversary.
We're going on our honeymoon 2 months after the wedding. We're taking a short local trip for a few days leaving the Sunday afternoon after our Saturday evening wedding.
Married on Saturday, left for honeymoon on Tuesday - it was the perfect amount of time to unwind from the wedding and pack for the honeymoon without feeling rushed or stressed.
We're getting married on a Sunday and leaving for our honeymoon to Australia on Wednesday night. I figured the few days would give us time to make sure any out of town gusts/family made it out ok, tie up loose ends, and decompress before flying to the other side of the world. =)
We're getting married in June but we'll be waiting until September or October to go on our honeymoon due to finances/time off.
Getting married on 5/19 and not leaving for our honeymoon until late June. We'll be gone for 2ish weeks, but I have no idea where we're going other than seeing Radiohead in Florence, Italy on July 1st. FI's planning everything and I'm pumped.
But yeah, glad to have the time off to get life back in order and let things calm down a little, then rev back up a month later when we leave for our honeymoon. I don't think I'd really enjoy busting my ass to get things together to leave the very next day.
Personally, I would MUCH rather have a few days before leaving on a honeymoon than leaving right away. After all the planning that goes into a wedding, I would still feel like there were things left undone and forgotten. I would rather finish wrapping up the wedding affairs, and then pack for the honeymoon, instead of just rushing from one large event to the next.
The few days before our wedding, I was rushing around constantly tying off the last loose ends. I was so glad I didn't ahve to worry about packing for the honeymoon until after the wedding because I'm sure I would have forgotten something I wanted.
For us, many guests came from out of town. It was nice to enjoy the weekend with them instead of rushing off. Also, it allowed me to organize the house a little from all the wedding chaos. We actually opened our gifts, took a breather, located items we forgot at our venue, had time to mail a card and tip to the vendor we forgot to give a gratuity to, etc.
Thanks for all the input! I booked our honeymoon for two days after the wedding (waiting a few days isn't too feasible because we only have a certain amount of time off of work)
We left a week after our wedding. We got married out-of-state, so we had to return home for DH to work for a few days, but then we took a 2-week honeymoon. It would have been nice to leave straight from the wedding, but it was still wonderful. :)
We're getting married on a Saturday, brunch and photos on Sunday, then heading up to NY (2 hours away) to spend the night near the airport there Sunday night and leaving Monday morning for hm.
A little hectic, I know, but it's the only way it would work with our schedules. We'll have to be packed for everything by the time we go to our wedding hotel.
We're spending two night at Jasper as a mini-honeymoon and leaving the night after the wedding. Our bigger honeymoon is something we're going to save for and hopefully take within the first year of marriage. We're hoping to go all out on that one. Since we're flying in to the area for our wedding anyway we thought it would be very nice to spend an evening at the hot springs and have a full day of skiing in the mountains before coming back to the daily grind.
we are date twins!! we are leaving for our honeymoon the friday after our wedding cause we are taking a cruise that leaves on the saturday....it gives us time to get home, unpack and repack for the honeymoon plus tie up any loose ends.
We got married on 11/5/11 and leave for our honeymoon on 2/5/11...so 3 months ;). We decided on a delayed HM because (1) DH works outside and wanted to take vacation when it is coldest outside - which is usually February in Northern IL, (2) I was out of vacation time for 2011 so waiting until 2012 made sense so I would get paiddoer my time off, and (3) it allowed us to save additional money so that we could have the HM we really wanted.
@adnama: Our wedding is on Saturday....we will be staying at a jucuzzi hotel that evening, checking out on Sunday.... and then we will be leaving on Monday for our two week honeymoon!!!
We got married on a Saturday and my parents threw us a big family pigroast party on Sunday, where we opened our gifts and enjoyed our guests, many of them family that we hadn't seen in ages. We left for our HM on Monday morning.
Our wedding was a Saturday evening and we left for our honeymoon on Monday evening... I highly recommend waiting a day or two. As others have said, it was nice to have time on Sunday to spend extra time with out of town guests, and on Monday we were able to pack and shop for last minute items for honeymoon. The days leading up to wedding were stressful enough without needing to have our honeymoon bags ready to go. I grew out my hair for the wedding and was so happy to squeeze in a quick haircut before we left!
We are leaving about a week and a half after our wedding. We are taking a cruise, and could have left the day after the wedding, but we didn't want to be stressed out trying to get to the cruise ship on time. We are going to try to take a few days before the cruise in Disneyworld, and then our cruise for a week. I have lots of friends that left the next day after the wedding and were absoultely exhausted. I think I'm going to enjoy having some down time in between.
we left for disney world at 6am the morning after our evening wedding, and i highly don't recommend it.... we were exhausted the whole first day! we still enjoyed ourselves, but we had to turn in early the first night.... by mid-week, we gave up and slept in until 11 (missing a lunch reservation) just to catch up on badly-needed sleep.... if i had to do it over again, i would definitely wait a day to leave....
Our wedding was Oct 22nd and we just got home today from our honeymoon today. We left on Dec 22nd and drove to San Francisco for a 5 day wonserful honeymoon and then another 5 days to Sacramento to visit my hubby's family.
My husband works for the school district and he said we could take a few days after the wedding or wait til he goes on winter break for a 10 day get-away. Hmmm... 2 days? 10 days? 2 days? 10 ...uh, I'll wait til December babe!!!! I'm glad we waited, we had a great time.
The honeymoon is a good way to wind down from the euphoric wedding high and the busyness of the day but waiting a day or so to spend time with family, open gifts, etc.. could be another way to extend that wedding high feeling.
Our wedding was on a Saturday and we left for our honeymoon on the Monday, so 2 days. We were able to have brunch on Sunday with all our friends, which was awesome, then go home, unwind, pack for the honeymoon and relax. We left in the afternoon the next day. It was really nice to have the extra day, but it might be exciting to leave right away (or the day after) as well!
Got married on Sat. had brunch with our OOT guests on Sunday. Said our goodbyes and headed to an airport hotel to leave early Mon,. morning.
We get married on Sunday and leave for a 28 hour flight itinerary Aus to Paris at midday the very next day... soo we are not going to have much to do on the planes except sleep?! I am sure we would be exhausted either way lol
We really wanted as much time as possible in Europe, so decided to leave as early as possible.
We got married in September and we just finalized our honeymoon plans.
We leave February 16th and I cannot wait!
So 4 1/2 months after the wedding we are going on our honeymoon.
But, to be fair, we did move internationally 1 week after we got married, so that pushed the honeymoon back a bit.
@GreenDream: Our honeymoon is in Jasper! It's only a 9 hour drive but I just love being in the mountains :)
I voted other. We had to wait almost a year due to scheduling conflicts. It worked out for the best though because not only were we lacking the time to go, but we had zero money after the wedding. So, we spent the next year saving and had a pretty awesome honeymoon!
We're going on a mini-moon the day after for a few days and then 4 months later we're going on our honeymoon once our schedules allow.
We're leaving the very next morning. I wanted to wait a couple of days inbetween, but my FI insisted we leave as soon as possible after the wedding. I think it's crazy, but should be fun!
We had a minimoon and then went on our honeymoon to Tahiti/Bora x2 9 months after getting hitched.
We're leaving the Tuesday after, but it will still feel hectic. Our wedding is on a Saturday, but we rented out the lodge for 3 nights and will be checking out Monday morning, driving back to town, packing like mad, and departing Tuesday early AM!
Married Sunday, left 6am Tuesday. We didnt want to rush out of there the next day, but didnt want to waste any vacation time or go back to work.
We got married on a Saturday and left the Wednesday after, One of my bridesmaids flew out from Missouri to CAli for the wedding and she stayed a couple days after so wanted to spend time with her. I knew i didnt want to fly out the next day, cause i knew we would just want to relax since it was such a busy day before, and last thing i want is to sit on an uncomfortable plane when all i want to do is rest. Its jsut better to wait a couple days :) in my opinion
We are getting married on a Sunday, leaving for the honeymoon on saturday. Were going on a cruise, and that's when it leaves. He works from home, but I get 2weeks vacation. I can't imagine getting married on a Sunday and then going back to work on Monday(I'm a pediatric resident) so were getting married on the first day of my vacation and leaving in the middle. But it'll be nice not to stress about packing and getting ready beforehand since my job is insane.
@adnama: WELL i'm not engaged yet but I would really love to leave 2 days after the wedding. My sister had her wedding also on a Saturday, was able to spend Sunday at brunch and spending time with her OOT guests and basking in newlywed bliss :) That is what I'm going for also !
Getting married in 12 days and leaving for the honeymoon 5 weeks after that.
We timed our honeymoon to go to a golf tournament and an art festival (two separate events... not a golf tournament/art festival... butthat'd be fun) in So. Cal. that we want to attend, but it wouldn't have worked to do our wedding any closer to those dates than we are.
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