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Probably the honeymoon. Yes, videos are nice to have- but it sounds like you two would really enjoy a nice vacation by yourselves. You will have pictures to remember your wedding. I guess personally I just don't think videos are really necessary.
Oh and Alaskan cruises are amazing!!! We did one a few years ago and it was by far the best vacation I have ever been on :)
Oh man that is a tough choice. I am a little bias towards Alaska my self... (for obvious reasons)
on one hand yes, videos are lovely and you will never regret having a great wedding video, on the other hand you and your new hubby making new memories together will be unforgettable too. Is there a way you could have it video taped not-professionally so at least you would have something?
I vote for alaska ONLY if you have a good photographer
Honeymoon 100%. We didn't have a videographer and it was fine. We would have loved one but it wasn't in the budget. It's easy enough to have someone record the bits and pieces of the wedding that you're looking for but no one can give you an alternative to a HM.
DH and I were in the same boat as you. We were together for almost 7 years and never taken a vacation. I wouldn't have traded our HM for anything. We did a cruise as well and it was the best time of our lives.
I don't personally know anyone who has watched their own wedding video more than once, so I vote honeymoon. I also think an Alaskan cruise would be a ton of fun. If you watch home movies often, the video might be a better choice for you. If you can't remember where the videos are, then go for the honeymoon.
As long as you have a photographer to capture yoru special day, take the cruise!!! Trust me, a cruise is an amazing experience with any food you want any time you want, adn everyone there is there to help you and they are so friendly! It is a perfect way to relax after the wedding!
I do not like the way I always see the video guys getting in the way of the wedding - to me it throws off the feel - I think videos are ok but prefer the photos anyways.
Go on a honeymoon the memories and pictures from that will add more to the experience than the videographer!
Ask a friend who has a videocamera to tape the wedding and go on a honeymoon. That time after the wedding is so precious and fun!!
I voted the video. We had a friend tape the wedding and they ended up with just bits and pieces. I regret not having a videographer to catch the stuff I missed, I heard great stories afterwards. You have your entire life to go on vacation, your wedding is only once!
Honeymoon for sure - how likely are you to watch you wedding video in the future? Not very often, whereas you'll always have the memories of a wonderful holiday together.
As another option, do you have any family members or friends who could video tape the wedding for you? One of my cousins filmed our ceremony for us (it was a short 20 minute ceremony) and then filmed the key moments of the reception - the toasts, first dance, cake cutting, and father/daughter and mother/son dances. The video turned out great and didn't cost us a thing, other than a thank you gift for her.
I got a video, it's really not that great. Honestly, H and I will probably never watch it again.
I voted for the Honeymoon.
I was against a videographer from the beginning. All of my married friends said I would regret it if I didn't and then this post by Mrs. Giraffe made me really glad I had caved and hired a videographer
http://www.weddingbee.com/2011/09/13/why-you-need-to-hire-a-videographer/
Is there some compromise you could reach to get both?
Without a doubt I would choose the honeymoon! I think i was most excited about the honeymoon though. It was a beautiful week spent with my new husband relaxing and reminiscing about our wedding day together.
I have never even considered getting a videographer; I can't imagine we would watch our wedding video anyway. Eww I hate myself on camera haha. Def the honeymoon.
I said videographer because I think it's ok to wait for a honeymoon, maybe go on one for your one year. I added a videographer in our budget because I would love to be able to hear speeches again, have video of me walking down the aisle, and share it with our kids, and for some morbid reason I kept thinking if my FI ever died I would have our wedding video to watch over and over, I am an over thinker. I didn't want to regret it because it's not like you could do that over. And if you could always do a videographer and then some kind of small two day cabin stay or something....
I know we will watch it though, we have many late nights drinking wine and listening to old music, we will totally bust out our wedding video! I
I didn't do an elaborate honeymoon but did (at the last minute) go with a videographer and I was soooooo grateful I did. I seriously do NOT know how I for a minute wasn't sure I didn't want video footage. (I was flip flopping up til the week before the wedding if I wanted it taped or not.)
The day goes by so quickly and the ceremony felt like a blur. It was so meaningful for me to have video of those moments - like DH's expression when the doors opened and he saw me for the first time... to me walking down the aisle... to guests at the wedding... or first dance, etc etc etc..... you spend so much time and money on the wedding and it doesn't make sense to NOT capture those moments.
While a honeymoon IS a once in a lifetime thing... now being a year + into the marriage, romantic vacations are abundant... and I'll be taking trips with DH for EVER..... if I picked a vacation vs a video, I wouldn't have realized what I missed (but don't know what that's like the other way around, either!)
We skipped the videographer and I don't regret it. We splurged for a great photographer instead, and I love having all those pictures. We gave my dad's videocamera to my uncle and had him capture all the special moments (toasts, cake cutting, etc.). He even had a special spot at the ceremony to get video of me coming down the aisle, etc. It's not pro video at all, but we at least have it if I ever want it.
We watched the video once when we first got it, but stuck it in our closet after that and haven't looked at it since. The photos, on the other hand, I flip through pretty frequently. I don't miss the wedding video at all.
When we were engaged and I was considering a videographer, I borrowed wedding videos from two already-married friends so I could check out the quality, what was included, etc. Two years later, I found their videos when we were moving and couldn't believe that I forgot to give them back! I gave both back, and both friends hadn't even noticed that they were gone. They both totally forgot that I had them, and didn't notice for two years. These are both people who were recently-married when they gave me the videos.
Our honeymoon was awesome... those memories are so, so valuable. I'd DEFINITELY skip the video and go on a honeymoon.
I'd go with the honeymoon and see if you can borrow a video camera and tripod to put a friend or relative in charge of. It won't be the most perfect wedding video, but that way you could have one for little more than the cost of the tape and have a great honeymoon :)
Honeymoon. We had a couple relatives set up cameras in the balcony of the church to record the ceremony, and then had them record our first dance and cake cutting. Not fantastic professional quality for sure, but for as often as we'll watch it (read:rarely) I think the money is better spent on an awesome honeymoon for the two of you :)
Thank you Bee's. I see the honeymoon is winning by a mile and I have read every post and they all make scense but then again the posts for videographers make a strong case too.
It is a hard decision. I really want a honeymoon. Neither one of us has had a real vacation. EVER! and we are 42 and 38!!!
On the other hand I do think about what if one of us died. (I know morbid but it could happen.) Also looking at the videographers site just makes me fell like I have to have it.
This is their site if anyone is curious. http://www.princessbridevideo.com/
I have an awesome husband and wife photographer team and they recommended them and say they work well together.
They say they stay hidden and are not intrusive. *sigh* this is a hard decision.
Oh and I do have a awesome camcorder...I guess I could ask someone to record stuff....Hmmm....Leaning towards the honeymoon...at the moment. LOL
@luvmyDwight: My SIL recorded our ceremony for us (she was in the second row aisle seat so she had a great view) and some guests caught snippets of the reception. It's not professional but we still have video and it cost us nothing. DH and I are planning on combining everything into one video in iMovie.
I get what you're saying about if one of you die. Having a video would be worth it's weight in gold but you'll still be caught on film whether a professional records it or Uncle Vinnie sets up his tripod. It won't be as fabulous but it will still be something.
Honeymoon X 1,000,000.
Videograpy (to me) is a HUGE waste of money. It's a video that you will almost never watch. Maybe once or twice when you get it, and then only once a year on your anniversary max.
Also you can have someone video the wedding on a cam corder or even on a phone, but you can't have someone create a honeymoon for you.
@andielovesj:Ditto. AND you'll have the pictures which you can display throughout your house a million times better than trying to display a video 
@luvmyDwight: I would actually choose a videographer just because I want it as a souvenir like the photos.
I vote honeymoon! You two need some time away to relax and unwind after the wedding. If you have any friends or family members with camcorders, you can ask them to take some footage for you.
Honeymoon! Plus, Alaskan cruises are awesome (that is what DH and I did for our honeymoon)!
We didn't have a videographer and I don't regret it. My parents have a video of their ceremony 27 years ago and it NEVER gets watched.
Watching the video of our wedding was awesome, I just rewatched the walk down the aisle yesterday. The video helped me see lots of things that I missed on the day. WE didnt pay a fortune for out videographer since he is a friend that does this professional we only paid $500 and it was sooooooooooo worth it!!
Can you find a cheap videographer and that way you can still have your honeymoon
Honeymoon.
It's not that I think a Vid is a waste of money, I wish we had the budget for a nice one.
But, realistically... I never watch home videos. We are not the type of people to sit down and break out a wedding video - well, for anyone other than our moms, maybe. Any children we produce are 99.7% likely to fake illness, injury, or death to get out of watching a video like that. So,.... I'd rather have other things.
As the majority, I say honeymoon. We just had a friend record parts of our wedding, and that's plenty. You have photos to remember the wedding... you need the honeymoon to celebrate with your husband!
@UpstateCait: Actually, we haven't really discussed it yet. I brought up the videographer thing the other day after he won some $ on a lottery ticket and he didn't really say anything. Somehow the subject got changed.
Tonight we were figuring out how much of the winings we have left after getting us both out of debt...all credit cards paid off, car paid off, his dental work paid off and the rest of the wedding taken care of. We talked about the honeymoon this summer but the videography was never brought up. I think I just decided that in the scope of everything it's ok if we don't have it. There are other things more important (like starting off our life together at zero and new bedroom set with a kng size bed. :P
take the honeymoon!!! after all the planning ya'll did, you deserve it.
if your worried about the money and you want both, ask a friend to practice with their camera and have them take pics. all you need is good clear pics, you can always edit them and fix the coloring later on. tell them you will give them a small reward for there efforts.
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Would you have a videographer or a honeymoon?
I didn't think we would have either but we have come into some extra money and we are going to discus this tonight.
We have never been on a "real" vacation are are discussing going on a cruise to Alaska this summer for our honeymoon.
At the same time I have been drooling over wedding videos and have read posts here where people regret not having them.