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Us! We just bought a house and my job is way below what I should be making. Anyways, yeah, we're not going on a honeymoon. We've talked about going to the mountains for a couple of days and just renting a secluded cabin. It's pretty inexpensive especially compared to actual honeymoons we've looked at. It's also pretty local (2 hour drive) so the travel costs are minimal.
Is there anything like that near where you guys live?
I am not sure if you are having hotel for out ot town guest. Maybe you guys can stay at the hotel for like 2 or 3 days. ussually they give the bride/groom a free room for the night of the wedding.
I would have a staycation. Go do things in your city, eat out at a few nice places, turn off your phones, go to the movies, go to a concert, etc. Just act like a tourist in your own city, and ignore everyone for a few days (except your FI of course). Depending on if you get any cash gifts from your wedding you can have a nice time for a few days, and feel a little spoiled.
The staycation a PP mentioned sounds really neat. I would love to do that in the city we live in now, and we even went on a honeymoon, kind of. If only we had a nice babysitter!
Is there any way you can just do a quick "minimoon" to somewhere nearby within driving distance (or even just a hotel in your city)? If all else fails... you'll probably get some cash/check gifts at the wedding and you could use those for something spontaneous!
We are driving up to this sweet little cabin in the mountains for 3 days. I start back to school the next day. I doubt we will ever get to do anything but that. Maybe for our 5 year anniversary?
I won't be taking an official honeymoon either. We will take a week off to unwind and set up our place with our wedding gifts. We plan on taking a delayed honeymoon 5-6 months later during the winter...hopefully on a cruise somewhere warm!
We're having a mini-moon after our wedding in Feb. 3 nights in Rome (We're in Greece so it's a hop-skip and a jump). We saved up for it now since last year, 10 euros a week, and whatever extra money we came across from scratch cards, lottery wins (don't get excited - we're talking a euro here or there ;-)) Do you know any family or friends who have a holiday/second home somewhere? Why don't you ask them, instead of a wedding present if they would mind giving you the keys for the house for a few days?
Thanks so much guys! Now you've got the wheels turning regarding my family in Italy... too bad the flights are so expensive! haha
We were supposed to go on a honeymoon, but we were denied at the Mexican border!
We ended up having a "staycation" for 5 days and then spent money we didn't really have to do a mini-moon in a city 4 hours away from us for a weekend. I can honestly say that we had a BLAST on our staycation. We rented a ton of movies, stayed in our PJ's and ordered a bunch of take-out to eat in bed.
We've been together for years so I didn't imagine married life being all that different, but there is something magical about those first few days of marriage. No matter WHAT you are doing or WHERE you are, you will be so stupid in love you won't care about anything else other than calling each other "Husband" and "Wife" and giggling. :) Oh, and makin' the marriage official...heyoooo! ;)
We're getting a hotel room for the weekend and staying there, we can't afford a honeymoon after the wedding so that's our way to spend time together.
We technically did a mini-moon because it was a bed and breakfast, but we basically just stayed in bed the whole time watching movies, playing card games and just relaxing (well, and doing some other things, haha). It was great to relax.
Definitely do a staycation, and if you have access to a pool, definitely hit it up. We had an in-room jacuzzi that was amazing!
A staycation sounds fantastic actually. How often are you both able to be at home all week together with nowhere to go and nothing to do - apart from fun stuff. You could even visit local museums etc or a picnic in the park, go to the place you had your first date.... I'm starting to have a second thought about my honeymoon now.... Staycations could be the way forward....
You could do a mini moon! My husband & I couldn't even do a mini moon due to his work. He only got off for the weekend of our wedding.
But we plan to go on our honeymoon this summer! & We have been married for a year now. So sometimes people DO have honeymoons later on!
So you could do something small & relaxing & very cost happy now! Then do a big trip later on when you can. :-)
Most peopel where I live just go to the beach for the weekend. I like the idea of getting a hotel room even in town and just relaxing! I say get one with a pool and a hot tub!
I'm with you. No honeymoon due to the same reason. I'm sad about it. I mean, getting a hotel room just isn't us and we'd rather save money and put it towards a real getaway vacation than spending a weekend somewhere. We may still do the weekend, I'm not sure.
:( I'm sorry you guys can't go on one right away, either. I can't help but think it take away the specialness of it by having to wait a year or two.
The worst part is answering questions over and over that we're just not having one.
We won't be having a honeymoon either. And depending on where you live, a staycation might not really work- our town is small enough that we can't really go anywhere without seeing someone we know. But we are considering driving an hour and a half to a tourist town that has a lot of water parks, and spending the night at a luzury hotel. We did this just after our engagement, 2 nights in the nicest room at a hotel with a waterpark, and it cost about $300 total (including meals- we got a couple's package). Also, around here at least there are state parks with some great scenery, a lot of couples do a weekend honeymoon nearby at a nice location like that.
Our minimoon probably won't even be right after the wedding, as FI will have a new job and I work in retail, so getting a long period of time off isn't easy. We might just do it later in the summer.
@galloway111: I second this about the staycation.... it's pretty much impossible where we're living right now :P
@SimplyChic11:Maybe one of those people who asks will take pity on us and buy one for us! ;)
It won't work for us, but have you considered one of those honeymoon registries? If you don't need much in the way of gifts, it might help you et closer to your dream getaway.
we are in the same boat... :( no honeymoon.. he was laidoff a few months ago so.... wont happen for us! oh well! we will go somewhere some day since we will be together forever! since our wedding will be out of town for everyone i think we will just stay in the area and hang out with the family! :)
We won't be taking a honeymoon until the summer after our wedding, almost 12 whole months! We might take the next three day government weekend to focus on us, but other than that...nope.
This makes me feel good! I'm not alone! No honeymoon here and I was really bummed... I keep trying to focus on my FI and how lucky we are to be getting married. We will take some time off to spend with eachother but no honeymoon ::
We had a mini-moon planned but ended up canceling our reservations! We were so tired and just honestly wanted to spend some time at home alone. We had date nights and left the kids with my parents and ventured out of the city and had small adventures and it was just what we needed. We stayed in bed until 10am (not sleeping of course) and took long baths together and sat around playing card games on the livingroom floor!
P.S.: My husband has planned our honeymoon for our 1st Anniversary, so maybe that is a great idea too!
We talked of doing a road trip afterwards (opposed to going right back to work), but it would be camping in national parks and such.
We want to go to Norway on our 1 year. So we'll postpone the BIG trip.
@brittaful: We had a mini-moon @ a local resort. It was great to spend 2 nights @ the beach. We're actively TTC so we're trying to save as much funds as possible for any fertility issues. You can always do a mini trips throughout the year. We're thinking of going to Vegas, Santa Barbara, Palm Desert, Northern Cal. Anywhere to get away for a couple of days.
these are such great suggestions! as it turns out, one of my bridesmaids is getting married in jamaica on may 25, 2013... 1 year and 5 days after our wedding! so i think the 1-year anniversary honeymoon will be *so* nice. in the meantime, there are some cabins in a park that are special to us and near our wedding city, so we might just spend a few days there afterwards to unwind. :)
Don't worry about it too much - as long as you guys are spending time (that's what is really important). If you can, find a good spot a couple hours away and drive down for the weekend. Groupon/living social will be your best friend for this. Good luck!
Say all of you putting off your honeymoons, have you condsidered any of the honeymoon funds? I think they are great. There is quite allot written about them on this sit. Two good ones I have heard of are:
www.honeyfund.com and I just read about another here called
THis way friends and family can contribute towards a honeymoon. Hope that helps!
@brittaful: We too will most likely not be going on a honeymoon. Oh well. I am sad but I guess it isn't the end of the world.
This makes me feel so much better! I was getting sad because a honeymoon isn't in the cards for us because...
1) I can't take the time off work.
2) Our families have been tapping us out insisting that we pay for all kinds of extras (like their hotels, flights) when they come into town for the wedding.
3) FI and his best man talked about renting a cabin in the mountains for a short hiking trip during the summer. Well, next think I know we are on the hook for $1500. WTF? Bye bye honeymoon.
I am actually a bit stressed about the time right after the wedding. FI is so conservative and we don't live together so there will be a lot of moving and just general stuff to do before we can get into married life. Mer! Maybe it is a good thing we aren't honeymooning...
We are doing a little romantic winter getaway for ours:) Then planning a tropical trip like maybe for our anniversary! We cant afford a reallll honeymoon so why not take a drive and stay in a cozy cabin maybe in CO!?
Hello beautiful ladies, I am with you on the staycation. We also just bought a house and cant afford a big wedding or a honeymoon so we are staying local and going wine tasting. :)
We already know we aren't having a real honeymoon. I think maybe a night in a hotel and back home for us. My FIs parents are renting a big vacation home about 2 months after our wedding, and so we are having that vacation-but sharing a 13 bdrm home with 25 other people is not so romantic, even if it will be fun. We are talking about doing a cruise or or something on our 1 year anniversary. We will see where we are financially at that time.
Im still pregnant atm due in march (wedding is in october)
Think we are maybe spending two nights in a near by hotel,
But no 'honeymoon'
@JRL2012: I'm right there with you - it is so helpful to know that I'm not alone in this. I've been getting bummed looking at all the posts of people taking two week luxury vacations. I have to think that can't be the norm - the people I know who have the money don't have the time, and the people who have the time don't usually have the money!
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So, we're barely over budget for the wedding, but it's become clear that there's just no way we're going to be able to do a honeymoon any time in the next year or two. We're both finishing up our second Master's degrees, and neither of us is working at the moment. Even if we both got great jobs, there's still the wedding and student loans to pay off... and... blah. I'm not super disappointed, but I am a little bummed about the whole thing. Has anyone else skipped a honeymoon? Any creative ideas for way to unwind post-wedding *inexpensively*?
Thanks...