Delaying our Honeymoon

Tough decision but I think it will be a good one! You’ll still get some time away together but can save up money and time off for a later longer honeymoon!

Honestly we kind of felt bad for “wasting” the first two days of our honeymoon. We were SO tired and so just talked-out that we did a lot of lounging around not talking and just vegging out to recuperate!

We are doing a delayed honeymoon too as my husband could not get time off work. He even had to work till midnight the day before as his boss would not even give him time off even though his mother flew 12 hours to be here for the wedding and our families wanted a quiet dinner together. So since I took time off before the wedding and a week after the wedding.....he is really in need of rest and relaxation but he is anxious to ask for time off. We are planning on going on our honeymoon at Easter 4 months after our wedding. The only reason is it is Easter so we can ask for time off for "Easter". We have lots of unexpected expenses too and we paid for everything ourselves so with all the money we incurred we are using the points towards travel.

I know how you feel, honeymoons are supposed to feel special we have not booked our trip yet due to work and health set backs but I am sure whenever you go and wherever you go it will be special .

We are not taking a honeymoon right away either. we are getting married on a Friday evening and will take a weekend in a hotel just to relax

We decided to break up the expenses of the honeymoon from the wedding a bit by going on our honeymoon 6 months later. We are planning to do an all inclusive somewhere or tour Ireland.

Since we have agreed to this I am doing a destination bachelorette!

View quoted message Exactly! That Canada life. Winter is very sporadic. I think anytime you go, when you finally go it will be wonderful. And hopefully your FH will still include elements of surprise for you.

The same feeling here and thought about how expensive ot would be as the wedding. We haven't gone yet since last August. We will go Niagara Falls for a full weekend.

While it's disappointing, it sounds like you've made the right decision. Because I'm a teacher, I can only go on select times, so while I'm getting married in March, we won't be going on the honeymoon until the summer. It's nice to know that we'll have a little extra time to save and that we can really enjoy the honeymoon without feeling guilty or strapped for time.

We're delaying our honeymoon as well. We have a lot of out of country friends coming in so we're doing a mini trip to Whistler right afterwards but are otherwise going to wait until 2019 to go so that we can save and spread things out for time off from work etc.

I'm sure your honeymoon will still be amazing even with the delay and possible change in location.

View quoted message That's my thought as well. Unfortunately my husband starts a new job in a few weeks and I don't know if that will change anything.

I think a lot of people end up delaying a little bit. We're delaying from July until September because we didn't want to go away when it was finally nice weather in Canada!

The banff thing sounds lovely!

You guys could always do a 1 year anniversary 'honeymoon'

We're getting married June 10 the and are planning our honeymoon for November so it's not a mound of stuff all at once

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We've been to both, although not together. Fiance always jokes that Banff will break us up (because two of our couple friends broke up after a weekend getaway there!) so it's kind of funny that now he wants to go!

I sometimes feel like I wish we had waited as well because of the same reason. We get married on June 9th and leave the 30th for our honeymoon. I originally wanted to go away when it was cold and snowy here but ended up booking for a few weeks after the wedding because of how my schedule worked out at my job. No matter when you guys go, even if it is delayed, it will still be wonderful!

That sounds like a great honeymoon! We are debating waiting a bit for our honeymoon as well, but mostly because we aren’t sure if we can afford it right away on top of the wedding. I have to figure out more of the costs to see if we can! I would prefer going right away, but I’ll take what I can get

That sounds like a lovely honeeymoon! Have you spent time in Jasper/Banff before?? We really wanted to hike the Jasper skyline trail last summer but didnt book soon enough to get a spot.

We are having a delayed honeymoon... Wedding in July and we fly out in September. Work wouldnt give me the time off over summer because its our busy season and i asked for 2 months off... But im pretty excited now that we will be travelling sept/oct! Looks like its a decent time of year for Scotland
and like some of the other ladies have said... Gives you something to look forward to for a bit after the wedding!

We're delaying our honeymoon as well! I have a lot of family coming in for the wedding, so my fiancee has graciously agreed to spend some time with them after the wedding. At least you have something to look forward to for a longer period of time!

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My dream destination is Tahiti! But, even with the extra time to save up, I doubt we'll be able to afford it! My fiance was planning the honeymoon and was going to surprise me, so hopefully he will still do that even though we're going away later.

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Well, I wasn't stressed over it because my fiance was planning the whole thing! So, I was looking forward to the surprise. But, I can still make him plan it when we do end up going!

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True, getting away from winter would be smart! I am using all my vacation for wedding and what was supposed to be the honeymoon, so we won't be able to go away now until at least March 2019. But, that's still winter out here!

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That's true. And if I go through wedding withdrawal, I'll have something else to look forward to!

Tough choice but totally understandable. Hopefully after the wedding you can reevaluate and pick somewhere great. We’re going away for a few short days right after the wedding but waiting till 2019 to take a longer trip to Europe.

We are doing the same thing! I do not have a passport either so our plan is to stay in Canada after the wedding and then go on a hot holiday in the winter so that I can get my passport with my new name. We are thinking of going to Toronto to see some Jays games and tour around the city. I think it will be awesome, still a trip to celebrate with and the best of both worlds!

Stephanie, I do understand your disappointment, but the important thing is that you don’t have to stress over one more thing

we are also having our honeymoon in winter 2019 and are getting married in July, but this is the most convenient time for the both of us.?

We’re getting married in October. We’re going to one of our favourite ins in Niagara on the Lake for a couple nights after the wedding and are planning our honeymoon during winter 2019! Extra time to save and a good time to get out of the cold LOL.

Going right after the wedding would be too stressful for me, I heard when some ppl de-stress after the wedding some get sick as their bodies are starting to relax. I wouldn't mind pushing my honeymoon further back than it already is but FH wants to go sooner than later. So getting married Sept and honeymoon Nov 12-26 (14 days).

We got married in September and are going on our honeymoon in March. I think it is nice to wait as you can deal with all the expenses of the wedding and then get excited again about the honeymoon.

We're getting married in September and wanted to go away for about 10 days during the Winter. Unfortunately, my job has travel restrictions from January to mid-May where I can't take more than 5 business days off.

For this reason, we'll do a 1-week honeymoon somewhere warm (Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama or an all-inclusive) and save up/plan for a 10-day trip for our 1-year anniversary in Santorini.

We are also planning on taking a small weekend getaway then an actual honeymoon at a later time. Our dream destination is Thailand, but July isn't the best time for us to go, so we are thinking about postponing until November-January. It seems weird to have the big hullabaloo then just go back to work on Monday, but I guess it's pretty normal these days!

Weddings/ honeymoons are so expensive!

We are waiting a couple months before going on ours. It's just better timing for travelling for our jobs. Plus gives us a little more time to save up some more money for it. Our plan is Europe.