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Oh wow, that just sounds exhausting. Honestly, I wouldn't do it, even though it means getting to your honeymoon earlier. I imagine if you got there earlier you would just end up passing out in exhaustion in your hotel room for most of the day anyway!
That sounds exhausting, I agree. Could you go on Jan 3 maybe? I'm a HUGE advocate of taking Sunday off....otherwise, yeah, I'd want to get there ASAP. I always sleep on planes first thing in the morning
Whether you get to St Lucia at 4pm or 10pm at night? hell, get me there at 4pm. I don't want to sleep in, just to get to Jamaica at 10:30PM, UGH. I'd rather tough it out, be a sleepy butt, and pass out in my chair by the pool later.
I also vote for going on the 3rd. Take the early flight that day instead.
Our wedding is on September 18th and we are on the September 19th flight to Australia. Then again the flight is not until 10:30pm so we have the whole day to meet with people and finish up last minute things.
Personally, I wouldn't do it. But, I'm really cranky when I'm sleepy. ANd, I wouldn't want to spend my first married day being a brat.
On another note, I've been to Sandals St. Lucia Regency and LOVED it!!! Enjoy!
I think my FH would be okay with staying up because he would probably sleep on the plane and tell me that I should sleep while he is driving. Our honeymoon is for 6 days 5 nights so if we push it to the 3rd idk if we could stay that long.
Thanks for the input ladies!
I would not do it. You are going to be so exhausted that you won't be able to do anything the day you get there so you might as well leave later and get there a little later so you are ready for the next day!
We are leaving on sunday after the wedding also we havnt booked our flight yet but it will either be 7am or 10am
Our wedding is a on a Saturday and we're leaving for Hawaii on Monday morning. I don't think I'd want the added stress of HAVING to leave right away. That way you'll have time for last minute packing, etc.
Oh i see. Yeah I"d still leave first thing in the morning. I'd hype myself up on caffeine and just go for it!
Plus..you're paying for that day, whether you get there at 4pm or 10:30pm. You can always sleep later.
I think I would wait as well. The wedding is going to hectic and the last thing you want to do is make the honeymoon feel like a to do. I say cut yourself some slack and give yourself a little time to recoup from a crazy day!
We are leaving for our honeymoon the Monday after our Saturday wedding because frankly, trying to get everything wrapped up and travel in a rush sounded like outright torture. This way, we get to sleep in, laze around in a fabulous hotel room without needing to check out, and recover a bit before going on the honeymoon! Win-win!
I am adventurous so I would definately do it!
I agree with EJS about getting your moneys worth and getting there early/sleeping later!
Thanks ladies! You all bring up some good points to discuss with my FH. We will probably call our travel agent to see what he suggests.
In our case, we could leave at like 5am the next morning... or Monday. We're going to leave Monday at 5am....
If you already paid I might be tempted to hustle it and go early... but the best thing would be to go later... I know a LOT of people who have missed their flight trying to go early...
Normally, I would agree with waiting a day b/c that's what I'm doing (leaving on Monday morning). But in your situation, it seems like you are still paying for the day so why not just suck it up and get there at 4PM. You can try to sleep in the car and on the plane (seems like it's a long flight). When you get there at 4 at least you can still explore, have dinner, do something at night. Whereas you get there at 10:30PM and you can go right back to bed! Neither scenario seems ideal in my opinion, but I think the 4PM arrival is more logical. good luck!
i wouldn't do it either, it just sounds exhausting reading the timeline!
you're going to have so many nerves just wearing down from your BIG day, i wouldn't want to feel that exhaustion or even feel rushed to make my honeymoon flight.
FI and i are actually going to wait a week... we're gona go back to work m-f following our sat wedding... and fly out to our honeymoon the following saturday :)
that way we have time to settle all the wedding stuff into the house and get situated before we head off on our vacay!
Let me just say this: We left for our honeymoon the morning after our wedding, and it was a two-hour drive from our hotel venue. We regretted it! We were EXHAUSTED. I can't even imagine getting on a plane right after for a long flight.
I know it sounds so much more romantic to leave right for your honeymoon, but trust me, you'll be pooped.
Give yourselves a little bit of a break. My wedding will be on Saturday and we won't fly out for our honeymoon until Monday evening (cruise leaves on Tuesday). Granted, we will be driving from Indianapolis back to Dallas between Saturday and Monday so who am I to talk about giving yourself a break! Haha! But seriously, you won't miss anything on your honeymoon to leave a little later, but you will have more rest and a lot more of your sanity!
eek! I also think it sounds exhausting!
You'll probably want to spend your first night as husband and wife together in a bed somewhere, not dozing on a cold hard metal bench in a drafty airport....
As an 18 year vetran of a certain Southern Airline.....and not SW...I suggest one ofthefirst flights of the day b/c they don't have a high cancellation rate, the plane has usually overnighted there before....so any maintaince issues are taken care of..and they are generally the empty ones! Good luck and best wishes!
@missjyc...that is what we are doing also. our wedding is on a saturday and we are returning to work monday and leaving for our honeymoon friday morning!
This is what we're doing, although we don't have the drive-factor, so we'll be able to get at least a few hours of sleep. Our wedding goes until 1130pm on Saturday night, and our flight leaves at 650am the next morning. My fiance can't get more than a week off of work (1st year associate at a law firm...fun times), so we are just going to suck it up and be tired! We can go to bed early the first night we are there or sleep on the beach all day Monday :)
I think you need to be honest with yourselves, though - are you the type who are cranky on little-to-no sleep? If so, you might want to go with the later flight.
I have traveled a lot by myself and from my experience it is always best to arrive in a place you don't know when it is still day light, or is somebody going to pick you up at the airport? Because public transportation in a lot of countries is more expensive at night. Imagine you arrive and there are no taxis and you've gotta take a bus at 11:00. It's easier to get lost when it is dark. Depends how you've got everything planned this may or may not affect you.
Thanks! I never considered that if we left late, there may not be any taxis available to bring us to the resort. I will have to look into that.
LOL!! We are going to the same resort in St. Lucia and have to leave at the same time (only on August 15th)!! We had the option to leave at that time or 3 days later...what helped us make our decision to leave sunday morning was the trip costed $600 more if we left mid-week. We figure we can get to the resort in the afternoon and relax/catch up on sleep on the beach when we arrive.
I started a thread about the same thing awhile ago and got many responses telling me to wait and relax a little. That's what we decided to do. It just seemed too exhausting and stressful to worry about leaving early in the morning. I would wait until later!
As of now, FH thinks we should leave right after the wedding because we would be wasting a whole day traveling. Also, leaving a few days later will not work because 1. I will be starting classes again, 2. we will have to travel back to our new home (which is about 8 hours from where the wedding is) when we get back and he doesn't have that much time off from work.
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Hi,
My FH booked our honeymoon to Sandals St. Lucia Regency. Our wedding is at 5:30 pm on NYD and everything will be over at 11:30 ish. The first flight out on Jan. 2 is at 5am and we would get to St. Lucia at 3-4 pm. The other flights would get us there at 10:30 that night. Do you think it would be a good idea for us to go to our parents house after the wedding to change and hit the road (about 1-1.5 drive) to head to the airport? Or should we just leave later that day and get to our honeymoon late?