Are there any other brides to broke for a honeymoon?! I hope Im not alone on this one!

No Honeymoon for me either like you wedding is being paid for with tax money and some help from family...We plan to take a family vacation to Disney World next year with tax money (we have 2 kids) If I were you I would take a weekend trip somewhere either of you have ever been Like you said there are so many options living in Vegas!

We didn't have a honeymoon, either. I wouldn't say we couldn't afford one so much as that it was not one of our priorities. We put things like renting a house for us and all our guests, so we could hang out with them outside of formal "events," ahead of having a honeymoon. We'll get other chances to travel together, but will not have other weddings.

Word of advice on the bed situation....for our guest room we bought a brand new (spotless, wrapped in plastic and everything) mattress and box spring at the flea market for $200 and then bought a $80 memory foam mattress topper. Voila...brand new, super comfy Queen size bed for less than $300.

At this moment, unless something drastically changes by May 1st, we will not be having a honeymoon either We really really wanted one, but finances just aren't making it possible ... the wedding is being footed entirely by my parents, with a little help from me in regards to stationary, and little things such as shoes, undergarments, etc. And FS, there's just no way he can afford something to put any money away, he's already living paycheck to paycheck, so instead we'll do a Stay Honeymoon, we'll fly back from IL on Sunday evening, hopefully have a nice dinner out someplace and then throughout the week (he took the whole week off) we'll do little things, like go to this museum, or stay in all day and lounge around watching movies ... maybe I'll create some type of spa like environment one day and we can enjoy that ... Maybe someday we'll be able to afford a nice vacation but right now, it's not possible. So just make the week after the wedding a little special ...

Since you're in Vegas..you guys should just get someone to take the kids for a couple nights and rent a nice suite locally. Book massages, go see a show, have dinner somewhere really nice and special.. FH and I got a really nice room at the Hard Rock earlier this year for $30/night so I think there are some serious deals right now.

Enjoy at least one nice dinner out ... maybe spend an afternoon through the week in the casino and enjoy walking the strip (and yes that sounds bad) and just enjoying one another ... Consider a Lake Tahoe or Grand Canyon day trip if you can afford it ... Just kick back and relax and make sure you make time for you and even if you are going straight to work afterwards, make the evenings or time you have off together something special.

Just a few days off and enjoy each other, do new things that you haven't done before!

Hey what we are doing is having a register set up at a travel agent,where i live its quite common practice over here if you already have everything you need for a house.

Hopefully we will be able to take our honeymoon on our 1 year anniversary.

I think all brides are on a budget for their weddings. We chose to do a honeymoon registry and only 1 gift registry. If you need the stuff do a larger gift list, but if you are set up with towels and toasters then try the site we used, its on my ww website weddingwire.com/jamieandteddy if you wanna check it out.

A lot of people are staying at home for their honeymoons due to finances, and I'm sure it's great! It's not about going somewhere or doing things, it's all about the two of you spending time together! You could always plan on taking a honeymoon in a year or something too! That way you still have the trip to look forward to without spending so much all at once! Honeymoon registries are a great idea too...

We are helping to pay for the wedding and we aren't taking a honeymoon right away. We'd love to but there are things we want to do at the wedding that are more important to us. Plus, both of our families will be traveling for the wedding so we want to spend some time with them. I think a lot of couples are in our same boat, LaDonna.

There is noting in the "book" that states your honeymoon HAS to come right after the wedding. Me and FH plan on doing it the following year when all the kids are visting grandparents over the summer. Allows 2 years to catch up with money and to take a bit longer of a "honeymoon".

I'm more of a fan of investing in your future anyway. Take that $3-$4k that you were going to use for a honeymoon, and put it towards a downpayment on a house. Maybe 5-10 years down the road you'll be better off finically to take a trip. If you're renting, you're throwing your money away and not getting the tax benefit of writing off the interest on your loan. For that matter, you might find that your first tax refund if you don't adjust your withholdings will be large enough for you to take a honeymoon.

No reason you can't do what so many others have done in the down economy and do "Staycation" for your honeymoon. Turn off the cell phones, house phone, etc. for a couple days and just have time for yourselves.

As of right now, there will not be a Honey Moon directly after the wedding next month. Somewhat due to finances but also to other things such as moving & new jobs.

Plus, like any of our past vacations, we'd rather spend time planning it than just going for the sake of tradition.

& with planning this wedding to the penny, we haven't really devoted proper time to it.

Good to know, we weren't the only ones delaying our's for a later time.

Do you have a lot of people flying in for the wedding? Sometimes if you negotiate with a hotel, your guests stay there then they may give you a couple nites at a hotel. Being in Vegas you could just stay at a hotel and treat yourself instead of going too far. We won't have the money for our honeymoon either so we are going away for a coupe nites right after then going on ours next year.

We are paying for our entire wedding ourselves (approx 160 guests if all RSVP and Accept). We too can't afford a Honeymoon unfortunately. So we decided months ago since we've lived together for 6 yrs and have all our household things, that we weren't registering for gifts. Unstead we did a Honeymoon Registry through TravelersJoy.com! My FH sister is one of my BM and apparently she has spread the good word and is the one arranging our bridal shower. So we are just hoping and praying with the help of our families and friends we can take a Honeymoon!! Since finding out my FH had Brain Cancer in 2008 and going through surgery, chemo and radiation that above all a trip away just the two of us is exactly what we need! So I hope you too can take a Honeymoon, who doesn't deserve one?? Every married couple should, that's just how I feel!!

We skimped on the wedding and had a blowout honeymoon, but not everyone is able to do that.

I think Greyash and her hubby rented a little cabin within driving distance to hide out for a few days after the wedding, and she's from Vegas. Maybe PM her?

We were planning one- but our budget went way over for our wedding- so we are not taking a honeymoon.. super bummed about that too because we never get to go away together. Soooo we may just do a weekend locally somewhere, but nothing exciting :/

Too broke for the honeymoon we want but we are still hoping to be able to do a weekend at Disneyland!!