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Sorry dont know why it posted twice but i also got kicked off the site whoops :/
@kim14410: Our original plan was to get married in October (but we also were worried about hurricanes) we wanted to go to Florida or the Bahamas for our honeymoon so we moved our wedding date to June and were leaving the next day on a cruise to the Bahamas. =) I was scared it would have felt like a vacation rather than a honeymoon if we waited too long... that was my only request for the wedding... we'd go on a honeymoon before going home.. tehe
We waited! We are going to Mexico on Dec 4th which is exactly 6 months after our wedding. We are excited because it is snowy and cold now where we live, so we're really looking forward to our hot holiday!
I think you have a few options.
1. Just risk it and hope there's no hurricane.
2. Pick a different place to go. If you must have Caribbean, pick an island outside of the hurricane belt: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_belt . If you are willing to consider a non-beach vacation, Europe is absolutely beautiful in September.
3. Wait until winter. Maybe you could go on a weekend minimoon to somewhere nearby so that you'd still get a bit of a honeymoon right after the wedding.
I'm from Florida so I'm a little more relaxed about hurricanes than most people. I'd probably chance it (and buy trip insurance). DH and I went to Puerto Rico in September a few years ago and it was fine. Or you could go somewhere like Aruba where they don't get hurricanes.
Aruba is out of the hurricane belt if you are interested in going there. I went on a trip there in Sept. a few years ago and the weather was wonderful! There were a ton of honeymooners there as well!
i wouldnt be too worried- just buy insurance!
my husband and i usually do a yearly trip in Feb/March because the weather down south is incredible (not too hot but warm enough to be on the beach all day) march is a long ass month and we are pretty much fed up with the cold at that point- lucky for us our honeymoon landed in these months as well.
We're doing a delayed honeymoon - in NZ, our long summer break is at the opposite time to you and I am a teacher! It makes a lot more sense for us to wait until the end of the year to go on our honeymoon. It does mean that we'll be heading into winter weather as we honeymoon stateside, but seeing as we're looking at doing Oahu, Las Vegas and Los Angeles I don't think it will be too much of an issue!
@Scribbles:ph my gosh.. NZ is my ultimate destination. I have always wished and dreamed of going there! Wow you are so luky to live there!!!!
Just book it. Having grown up in FL, hurricanes are a way of life (but if you get trip insurance [make sure it covers hurricanes]) you will be fine.
If you are flying into the area, and at almost any hotel in the Hurrican prone area have a way for you to reschedule for no charge if it is weather related. Just ask the hotel what their rescheduling policy is. Most airlines, any that fly into FL have the ption of free rescheduling.
If you wait until Jan, it will be colder. Like if you like warm weather-it will be in the 40-60s during that time. Just be aware that if you wait it will not be as warm as it usually is when you think Carribbean.
We got married in august and aren't honeymooning till February. Kinda sucks to hit reality so quickly after the wedding (although we did do a weekend getaway and took some days off work) but its Also nice to not har to worry ab the honeymoon logistics on top of all the wedding stuff.
Oh, that stinks!
Mu fiance are thinking about doing a more local trip right after the wedding, and then going to bora bora a few months later. It's nice that we're doing two trips, but we just can't wait for bora bora!
**Raises Hand** We are dying to go on an Alaskan Cruise and are getting married this December 18th. We will be leaving in June/July for our cruise through Alaska and Canada. Though it sucks to wait, it'll be worth it, plus our savings account wont be totally flat lined!
We are getting married in July and are having the same issue. Ideally we would like to leave for our honeymoon late July or August. We want to have a tropical beach vacation (we did a large Europe trip last year), but everything we like is either in hurricane or monsoon season or way out of our budget. We are in CA so HI is a possibility, but we have done it before and want to go some where a little more exotic for our honeymoon. We have talked about delaying it and/or a mini-moon, but ideally we would like to go fairly soon after the wedding. Would love to hear suggestions from the hive as well!
We're doing 1-2 weeks in FLA (parents have a house there) post wedding and then taking our honeymoon later. So many reasons for this, the number 1 being that I have the bar exam 2 weeks before the wedding and I know that I, personally, will not be able to enjoy seeing great sights or exploring new countries if I am exhausted from the bar and the wedding planning.
Also, I have had EVERY flight I have EVER taken in August delayed or cancelled due to rain. I would be crushed if that meant missing a day in Greece or Thailand...not so much if it means missng a day in Orlando, you know? So my own bad luck with weather is coming into play...for reference I also lost luggage in the US, Italy, England and Prague...really, maybe I should just not fly ;)
I'm debating the same thing but for a different reason. At the time of our wedding my fiance will be in his last semester of undergrad and attending class five days a week. I will be in graduate school and only attending class twice a week. I don't want my fiance to have to miss a lot of class so our delimma is a short honeymoon or wait to go on a longer one. I would prefer to honeymoon right away just to follow tradition. In your case with the hurricane, I would just go ahead and buy insurance. People do it everyday.
We are going to wait! for a few reasons... he --- bad timing--- got laid off... plus this way it will be easier to get the time off for work for me to separate it a little bit. plus our family will all be here from out of state, we dont want to get married and leave, we are hoping family will stay a few days and we can just take a few days with everyone!
@kim14410: awww thanks honey! Sometimes I think we don't realise how lucky we are to live here!
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So here is our problem! We are getting married August 25th 2012. We would potentially go on our honeymoon right after. BUT alot of the places we were looking into ( Carribian and Domincan repub) its hurricane season! So we are thinking about waiting until janurary to take our Honeymoon UGHHH anyone else dealing with this?