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I'm taking a total of 8 business days from work. Thursday the 16th through Monday the 27th. (Going back to work on Tuesday the 28th)
I'm taking 9 days (two full weeks, but one of the days is a holiday). I would have taken more time but FI can only get 2 wks off at a time.
It's your wedding and its YOUR time off. As long as there is no company policy dictating how much time you get off, go for it!
I planned to take 2.5 (12 days) weeks off total for the wedding and honeymoon. I was temping before I was hired full-time, and my boss knew how much time I wanted off before she hired me. I didn't have anough vacation, sick leave, or comp time to cover my absence since I only started permamently 3 months before the wedding, so we just agreed that I would take leave without pay.
I absolutely do not regret taking that much time! It gave me a couple extra days before the wedding to sort stuff out, and we took a full 2 week honeymoon. My husband also took 2 weeks (10 days), but he had been in his job almost a year and had enough vacation and comp time to cover his absence. I don't think 2 weeks is unreasonable.
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In actuality, I'll be gone for 17 days total, but I'm not taking any time off. I've crammed an entire month of shifts into the first 2 weeks of July... so while work is kind of he**ish right now--8-10 hour shifts on all weekend days between now and the wedding in addition to working every weekday, I'll be cruising on the backside!
I took about two weeks (the week before and the week after), but the week before the wedding was more about moving my things into our house rather than a ton of wedding stuff. But my job is super flexible as I work from home, and with a small business I've been with for almost 10 years. Everyone was very accomodating of any time off I wanted.
My husband took two weeks too, but started time off the thursday before the wedding and went back the 2nd wednesday after the wedding. That gave him a few days before the wedding and a few days after we got back from the honeymoon to enjoy each other's company back home and relax. I loved those first few married days at home.
If you have to pick, the days off before the wedding may be more valuable, as you probably would be too distracted to get too much work done anyway, I know I was :)
I only took off 6 days. My wedding was the Sunday before Memorial Day, so I took Thursday and Friday of the prior week, then the four days after. With the two weekends, it really was enough time. I'm so glad I took a couple of days beforehand, but it was just enough time for me.
I'm also glad that I have enough vacation time left over to take a decent break later in the year.
I took 11 days off from work - 3 days the week before the wedding, the entire week after the wedding, and 3 days the week after that. I travel for my job, so I arranged my schedule to work from home on the two partial weeks. My project manager wasn't thrilled that I took so much time off, but he understood and didn't push back.
I think as long as you have the time off it should not be a problem. If you have to go into taking unpaid leave then that's another story. But otherwise just make sure you get your work done and make it as easy as possible before you leave, like you would for any other vacation.
We're not honeymooning immediately after the wedding. Right now we're thinking Thursday, Friday before the wedding and Monday after to recoup. For the honeymoon we have always talked of 2 weeks (10 business days) but I'm really trying to make it at least 2.5 weeks. Which if I can make it 2.5 we can lump Labor Day in there as well. Hehe. We'll see, it all depends on $$ and whether the FI will have a new job by then. As of now based on my calculations I have just enough time for all that plus other vacations planned between now and then to visit family and go home for the holidays.
I took 2.5 weeks (or a total of 13 business days). I saved up all of my days for the wedding, and everyone here was very understanding! They covered for me while I was gone, and I covered for them while they were on their honeymoons!
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Right now the plan to is to get married, go on honeymoon, have Christmas, and then MOVE. So. I am saving up a lot of vacation time to take and basically get paid to get married. But since we are moving so soon, I won't be returning to the office once I leave!
This was actually a huge ordeal for us. My FI's coworker (they do the same tasks) set his wedding date exactly 1 week before our wedding, even though we announced our date 2 months earlier. The coworker wanted to take 3 weeks for his honeymoon and he already booked without even telling my FI or their boss. It took management over a month to approve my FI's two week vacation request! My FI was even thinking of quitting if they denied his request, mainly because never takes vacations and it's our wedding day/honeymoon! So I think you are right here.
For me, it wasn't an issue. I finished graduate school in May and don't begin work until the middle of August. For my husband, it was a little more work. He works at a small company and is depended upon heavily by his boss. The summer is especially busy for them, so it was hard for him to ask for time off. Luckily, his boss was pretty understanding and gave him the day before off and a full week after off. We didn't get back from our honeymoon until late Monday night and still had to drive back home, so he didn't go back to work until Wednesday. All in all, he was able to get 8 days off of work and the weekends helped extend the time.
Thanks for all the answers, guys! I think I'm finding that 1-2 weeks is pretty standard. I was just curious as to what you all had to say :)
My fiance and I work in the same place and he is in upper level management so he's actually pretty key to operations. I took off three days before the wedding, and 9 days for the honeymoon (one day is a holiday so I'm not counting it.) In total we'll be out of work for 2.5 weeks. Our bosses were great about it esp. since two of our co-worker's wives are having babies that month. The only part I feel bad about is we come back for four days and take a day off because of his brother's wedding.
I took 15 days.... my manager approved it. Afterwards the executive committe banned all manager approvals on vacations for more than 5 business days at a time. Those will be reviewed and approved by the executive committe only.
I had a great vacation, but God help any other poor employee that needs two or more weeks off for anything. :(
I'm taking 1 (maybe 2) days off for the wedding. My wedding is over Labor Day weekend so we get Monday off paid, I'm only taking Friday, possibly Thursday.
We're taking vacation from July 31st - August 10th though. My boss was pooping bricks about it because we have a girl out on Maternity leave and I'm the only Customer Service Rep. (I'm ALWAYS the only CSR.) Between vacation and our wedding I'm taking a total of 8 days off - we get 10 days every year. My boss is an idiot (I probably shouldn't type that while I'm at work LOL) and she threw a FIT when I told her. She complained that we're taking "like 16 days off" - Yes, but that's COUNTING weekends! I don't work weekends! Geez! LOL We're also NOT taking a honeymoon after the wedding so I won't be taking anymore time off until Turkey Day & Christmas... Sigh..... haha
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We are planning on taking a total of 7 work days off. We are getting married out of state so this allows us to be there a week before the wedding and have a couple of days off after to wind down. We aren't going on a honeymoon this year. I don't think that two full weeks is too much. That time is given to you to use at your discretion. I think that is just the right amount of time for the wedding and honeymoon.
I'm planning on taking off 11.5 days (leaving early on a Friday to pick up our marriage license). Some of that is comp time, which is excellent. My fiance doesn't get any paid leave, so he's only taking off 8 days.
The only thing that would worry me about using all 10 days of your vacation is whether you'll need some time around the holidays. If it were me, I'd probably work Monday before the wedding so I'd have a flex day at the end of the year.
i am taking a week off! i work for the government and we are super busy right now. economic services division
I'm taking 4, but with the intent to take 8+ next year for the honeymoon. I will be in the hole for vacation time by 20 hours after my wedding. That sucks, but it is what it is. It's my wedding, and I WILL enjoy it!!
5 working days; I'm a temp, so I can't take too many; I did however, ask for it 3 months in advance.
I guess I'm pretty lucky, taking 2.5 weeks (12 business days) off, and my FI will probably take closer to 9 days off. But then, I get 14 paid days off, plus 7 holidays, plus 2 floating holidays every year, and my FI is a partner at his company, so he can go whenever he wants, but doesn't get paid.
The day after we confirmed our date/venue, I marked all my days off on my department calendar, 14 months in advance, so it's already set in stone! I know I will really need the week before the wedding for all the last minute things, and we're taking a Monday-Monday honeymoon after, plus one extra day the Tuesday we get back to recover.
I live in Ireland and we get 21 days each year (most employees in the EU are entitled to 4 weeks - some get more!). We're getting married at home in CT so I'm planning on heading home the week before which is Easter - we get Good Friday and Easter Monday off - so it will be about 11 days in CT minus the 2 days that the office is closed so that's 9. Then we're having a blessing/reception here which I probably will take a day or two off for. And then we have to figure out our honeymoon. I work weekends a couple times a semester so I get those days back. So nine days for Connecticut, two days for Ireland total 11 minus days I get back in lieu equals 6 which will leave at least 2 weeks for a honeymoon (and I might ask for a couple extra days unpaid in case we want a longer honeymoon!)
Only going to do this once - going to do it right!
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Ugh. Don't get me started.
I've been at this company for over 7 years, so I get 5 weeks of vacation (which I realize is generous). I was planning on taking 4 weeks for the wedding. Yes, four weeks. One week prior, 2.5 weeks for the honeymoon, and 0.5 weeks afterwards to take time before jumping back into work.
Then my company changed their vacation policies, and EVERY EMPLOYEE is required to take all but one week of vacation before the end of September. Um, my wedding is in October. That one week? Won't even cover my honeymoon. This change came about in June, HALFWAY through the fiscal year!!
So I put in a request like the instructions said to do, and I was DENIED. So were the other two employees who are marrying in October. I am now going to have to take time unpaid, which means I need to take the bare minimum. So I'm basically working up until the wedding day, and returning to work the morning we fly back in town.
To top it off, I then won't have any extra vacation time (this was that fifth week I had been saving) to visit my little sister in Texas when she has her first child in November. Yes, I am beyond pissed but there is nothing I can do. Layoffs happened last week so I really want to keep a low profile and not ruffle any feathers. So, I come to work every day, knowing they're screwing me over.
Thanks for listening to my vent. I am still so mad about all of it.
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My time off is kind of split up since we are taking a honeymoon about a month later. Taking 2 days off before wedding and 1 day off after wedding then the following month taking 2 weeks for the honeymoon.
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I get more vacation time than FI, so for a long time now--ever since my boss did it for her September wedding--I planned to take off three days before the wedding in addition to honeymoon time. Let me tell you being in those three days now, it's one of the best decisions I've made. My stress level has dropped tremendously, just because I feel like I have so much time for everything. I feel like I can enjoy this wedding time and the arriving out of town guests so much more!
I was approved 4 days off for my wedding, as it is in November, the weekend before Thanksgiving.
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I'm taking 8 days off, but actually 9 since my wedding/honeymoon falls over a holiday. We're going to our wedding location three days ahead of time and then taking a week-long honeymoon. My employer had no problem approving it as long as I had the time banked - it's your time, you should be allowed to take it whenever you want.
I'm taking 17 days (13 work days) off... 4 days prior to the wedding, the week after for the honeymoon and 4 days the next week for all the name change stuff. I'm military and haven't taken any leave time in quite a while so I have 60+ days accumulated. My boss understands and didn't push back at all, so that's good :-)
OH, my Fiance is only taking the week of the honeymoon since that's all the time off he gets... not exactly what I would've wanted but it works :-)
I'm taking two weeks, the Friday before the wedding and will probably leave around noon that Thursday so it will be a total of 11.5 work days.
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As a young professional, I often wonder what everyone considers acceptable when it comes to time off for your wedding. My fiance and I went back and forth on this, mostly because we each only get 10 days total, but we also both wanted to take a full two weeks. We're getting married out of state, so we wanted to arrive at our destination a few days early to make sure everything was okay, and then we also wanted a few days after our honeymoon to regroup.
Initially, I thought I was asking too much from my employer. Two full weeks is a lot. Then I came to a realization, it's my WEDDING DAY. It's only going to happen once. I want time to enjoy it. Ultimately, neither of our employers cared, but I've heard that some people aren't able to get the time off, and some people are able to take three to four weeks.
How much did you end up taking off for your wedding? Did you have any hesitations? How understanding was your employer? Is your company more lenient when it comes to time off for weddings?