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We are paying. Then again, we are also paying for most of the wedding ourselves so we weren't really expecting anyone else to pay for our honeymoon.
Originally we thought maybe FIs parents would pay for it since they paid for both of his sisters'. Then we realized that we would need FIs parents help with paying for the wedding so now we are paying for the honeymoon ourselves.
I'm right there with you. From the South & my dad's paying for the wedding & his the rehearsal dinner. We are paying for our honeymoon though & it's already paid for!! It's just a simple 4 night cruise, though :)
We're asking for money instead of gifts to use towards our honeymoon. We're not actually asking but if someone asks what we want, we're just saying cash towards our honeymoon or getting our parents to tell people.
Oops, I should have voted "other" as the hubs and I have not gone on a honeymoon yet and we have been married 5 months. No minimoon either. Anyway, when we do go on our trip it will be paid entirely by us.
I hope people don't get mad, but I quite honestly do not know why anyone expects parents to pay for their honeymoon. I didn't even consider any other option than that we'd be paying. I guess maybe it's tradition or something?
We paid for it, but cash from wedding gifts ending up covering it, so we kinda broke even!
I don't get it either. Having a Honeymoon is a choice, and honestly,I've never heard of it being a tradition where anyone pays for it other than the bride & groom.
Yea we will definitely be paying for it. I didn't know that grooms family was "supposed" to pay for a honeymoon until I heard about that tradition on the 'bee
Agreed, I never heard of anyone traditionally paying for the honeymoon... then again, most traditions of people paying for are over... at least for everyone I know.
We're paying for ours, but my parents helped with some wedding expenses, and it's looking like some $$ from a deceased relative will help with the wedding too. I would LOVE if FILs offered, but I don't think they're going to. So we'll pay for about 1/3 of the wedding and our honeymoon.
Though! I'm still hoping I'll win a free trip or something. Hey, a girl can dream!
I guess I never expected anyone to pay for my honeymoon, but I can't say it wouldn't have been nice. But my parents are paying for our wedding so we are very lucky so we are happily paying for our honeymoon.
In my circle of friends it seems as though the grooms parents paid for all of their honeymoon. When I tell people that FI's parents aren't giving us a dime they are shocked. When my brother got married her parents paid for the wedding and mine paid for the rehersal dinner, their honeymoon, and helped them furnish their house. But my inlaws have more money than god and never helped their daughters with their wedding so I wasn't too shocked.
@Roxy821, I am on the same boat as you! In the past all of my friends that have gotten married there future in laws paid for the honeymoon! The way I feel about it is we are still tradtional, my parents are paying for our entire wedding and brandon is an only child on his dad's side and on his mom's side his brothers never had weddings! They didn't offer to pay for his college so I don't see why they wouldn't want to help! They have the money! My parents have actually offered to help if they don't!
@smitha5- I think it just kills me because my parents don't really have the money and they are doing everything they can to help and his parents haven't even offered to help. But sometimes I guess it's better because they have no say in our wedding. My FI always went to public school, didn't go to college (he has a trade), and he always had to pay for everything growing up even if he wanted to play a sport in HS. And he never went on a vacation until we started dating. Do they think it's better to die with money in the bank or to create memories when they are still alive? I can see if you don't have it, but when you do it's ok to spend a little.
@roxy821 - we definitly feel the same way! :)
Each family is different. You have to understand that your defination of "tradition" may not be there defination. You can't get upset because a family doesn't have the same views as you when it comes to "tradition."
Also, not to sound harsh, but its their money & they should spend it how they want to & not be "expected" to pay anything.
I guess my family is just generous! Which I am so appreciative of, but I feel bad for my FI cause he really thought his parents were going to be more excited about everything!
We were planning to pay for ours on our own, but my FILs have very generously offered to pay for our accommodations in Paris. We will pay for flights (well, our air miles will), food, incidentals and accommodations in Portugal.
Were paying for it.. and we are also paying for our whole wedding however FH is choosing the location. hes been leaving brochures all around the house ! excitement!
We assumed that we'd have to pay for the honeymoon ourselves, and therefore, we were resigned to not having one. (While both families are contributing generously, we're essentially paying for the wedding ourselves and simply can't afford the sort of trip we want right away.) However, I miraculously won the grand prize at a bridal show I attended last weekend -- a FREE 4 day/3 night stay at any Couples resort in Jamaica!!!!
We are SO excited!!!! And still totally in shock! All we have to cover is airfare and possibly an extra night or two if we can swing it. A Jamaican honeymoon for essentially the price of a trip to FL!
P.S. The moral of this story is ALWAYS stay till the end of the Bridal Show if they're doing a big giveaway. You just never know!
Ours is kind of a combination - FI's parents are paying for most of it, but FI and I will probably be paying for part!
we used money we got from our wedding gifts...we didn't plan for a big two week out of country honeymoon, just stayed in the states :)
FIL is paying. He's all about traveling the world and he wanted us to have an awesome honeymoon! We're paying for our entire wedding.
We're paying for everything, rehearsal, wedding, day-after, honeymoon...
My parents are watching our 2 dogs while we're gone for 2 wks for the honeymoon which will save us over $1,000 so that's actually a huge help! Of course, it doesn't hurt that I think my parents would kidnap our dogs if they could and it may actually be hard to get them back once we're home!
I voted "other". FH and I have already paid for it but we've set up a honeymoon registry. So we're hoping that we'll get some money towards it, either as play money or going towards "repaying" our flight tickets.
We paid for our own and chose to do it on the cheap to put most of the money toward the actual wedding. We're planning a big trip in the next few years to someplace awesome :)
We're paying for everything except our flights---which is FI's parents' gift to us. We have a honeymoon registry too but I don't know that I am really counting on that to fund our trip.
My FMIL saw that it was tradition for the man's parents to pay for the honeymoon. We are very grateful that they offered to pay for it for us. 7 days in Mexico, here we come!
My fiance is paying for the honeymoon, but only because I am paying for the wedding. Either way it's "Our" money so I guess you could say we are paying for the wedding and honeymoon. I defiantly wouldn't turn down my FIL if they did offer, but I know that is not going to happen!! It will still be amazing =]
Since we didn't combine finances until after the wedding, technically I paid for the extra wedding stuff that my parents didn't, and he paid for the honeymoon.
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I come from the tradional south where my parents are hosting the big wedding! Well Finace's parents are divorced so we gave them an option for the rehersal dinner that would involve both of them and be cheaper! Well future Step Mother in Law did not like the idea and is throwing this big expensive Rehearsal supper and now they act like no money for honeymoon! Which we assumed they would pay all along! We are looking at going to the DR and it is what I consider cheap! Just curious who is paying!