Honeymoon Advice

If possible, I personally would prefer to go immediately. I think there's something really romantic about packing up and flying away right after your wedding. Returning back to work on Monday, not so much. You could pack in advance so that the day in between isn't super hectic. That being said, if waiting a few days works better for you, go for it!

I would wait the ten days. We got married 9/28/19. My husband and I did a mini get away right after the wedding because our honeymoon is in December. It was so nice to just catch up on much needed sleep, relax together and get massages. We were exhausted from our wedding and enjoyed our down time together without feeling rushed to catch a flight.

I would go right after as I agree with Caytlyn. You can buy any stuff you need ahead of time and the actual packing takes like an hour, if that. We had a similar timeline in that we had our wedding on a Saturday and then flew out Monday morning.

I would wait, but then again I’m waiting 6 months this time.

first time (24 years ago) we left right after our wedding to go to the airport and flew out on Sunday morning. We were so exhausted, the first 2 days of our trip were basically useless.

I wouldn’t take a long flight the day after but waiting a full 10 days is a lot in my opinion. I left to my honeymoon the day after our wedding and it was a 3 hour journey so I had everything ready and packed to go from before the wedding. I had to sort some things the morning off but nothing crazy. I say go for it as long as you have it all ready to go. Get an afternoon flight if possible so you sleep all night in the flight and arrive Sunday morning in Rome and go straight to the cruise.

If those are the options I would prefer to leave right away. The packing in advance will be stressful but think about how amazing it would be to just whirlwind right into your honeymoon.

We are not leaving for our honeymoon until a week and a half after the wedding. While I don't have first hand experience, I will tell you that everyone we talk to says it's such a good idea to wait at least a few days to take the honeymoon after the wedding.

I was told to wait a few days. The 10 days sounds good! You will be exhausted right after the wedding and honestly, after planning for so long, I'm looking forward to not doing anything for the weeks following my wedding We are getting married on the 21 of December and leaving for our Honeymoon on January 8. I think that having a little time for yourselves in between is perfect

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My FH and I are also getting married on December 21st! After the wedding we want to spend some time with our families for Christmas and get some of my bigger furniture moved into his house. We are leaving for our honeymoon on January 3rd. In between the wedding and honeymoon we will probably do some day trips and probably spend some time with family that lives out of state.

We personally are waiting about 10 days to leave for our honeymoon and we love it!

It gives us time to settle back in to everything and make sure some post-wedding things are taken care of before leaving for a week!

Our flight left at 8am the day after our wedding. It definitely made for a rough morning, but I had no interest in waiting to take our honeymoon. We had our suitcases packed for our honeymoon and separate suitcases for the hotel we were staying in for our wedding weekend. It worked great for us, but definitely required some planning.

I’m actually planning to leave the Monday after my Saturday wedding... I feel like It’s better to just take all that time for yourselves right then, so that way nothing happens in life that ends up making you wait even longer... just include honeymoon packing as part of wedding planning details and have y’alls bags packed before the wedding so you won’t be stressed or rushing.

This is super helpful! We get married on a Saturday, so we will probably leave late Sunday night or Monday early AM. Trying to secure our location now

I think it's personal preference really. Our wedding is on a Saturday and we aren't leaving for our honeymoon until the following Friday (a red-eye flight so we don't lose a day for traveling). I didn't want to leave the day after the wedding because I know how high my anxiety level will be and the thought of having to have everything ready to go immediately was stressing me out with the thought of it!

You know yourself and your FH and how you'd both react though! If you're totally fine just going straight on to Rome (awesome!!), then do it. But if you think you or your FH will be extra stressed, I'd say wait the 10 days.

If you’d have to fly the day after the wedding, I’d wait 10 days. The day after my wedding I was truly the tiredest I ya be ever felt in my life. I would’ve just been a zombie if we’d tried to get away ASAP. I don’t think 10 days off is so far away that you lose that newlywed vibe....though going back to work for a week does sound like a drag !

Our wedding is taking place on Thursday, June 25th, 2020. Our honeymoon is a cruise to the Bahamas that leaves Port Canaveral, FL on June 29th, 2020. We will be traveling down to Orlando that Friday evening and staying the weekend, checking out of our hotel Monday and boarding the ship Monday afternoon.

We will be waiting a couple days after just because we don't know if we are getting married Friday or Saturday. We also want to have things straighten up in the house and with our jobs. But i am looking fwd to taking 2 weeks off

My a Wedding is on a Sunday, we will be leaving Monday afternoon, we will be packing as part of our wedding planning so that we don’t get overwhelmed, it’s all planned out I am really looking forward to spending that alone time with my New Hubby 😊