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Maggie
Champion October 2025

Over or Under: 4k Honeymoon?

Maggie, on September 11, 2018 at 11:05 AM

Posted in Honeymoon 154

In 2017, couples spent an average of $4,000 on their honeymoon (10 percent of their total budget!). Are you splurging or saving on your honeymoon? Are you over or under $4,000? (We don’t need specifics if you’re not comfortable sharing them, just let us know if you’re over or under!) Another...

In 2017, couples spent an average of $4,000 on their honeymoon (10 percent of their total budget!). Are you splurging or saving on your honeymoon? Are you over or under $4,000? (We don’t need specifics if you’re not comfortable sharing them, just let us know if you’re over or under!)

Another honeymoon fun fact: Couples spent on average seven to nine days on their honeymoons! Nine days of rest and relaxation is well worth the cost. Smiley smile


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Photo from Grand Hyatt Kauai Resort & Spa


Thanks for sharing all of your stats with us! If you missed any of the questions you can find them all linked here: Over or Under?


Curious about our data? Check out our full 2018 Newlywed Report for fascinating insights and current planning trends! Smiley star

154 Comments

  • Maggie
    Champion October 2025
    Maggie ·
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    Yas girl!!! Alaska and Hawaii would make great honeymoon locations, just in my experience Smiley smile

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  • April
    Super November 2018
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    Between the flights, hotels and cat sitter, we are going to be over 4k USD. So you add in food, hockey games, shows, museums, the winter clothes we needed to buy, train tickets, and all the adventures on our list... For our 3 week trip, we are probably going to be closer to 10k.

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  • Ashley
    Dedicated January 2018
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    Over. We had a "family moon" and took our son to Disney World and Universal Studios as a surprise for his birthday. All in, we probably spent between 6-7k for two weeks.

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  • starsinwaves
    VIP November 2018
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    Under for us, $1500-$2000. We're splurging on the wedding and weren't even sure if we'd do a honeymoon. But we got a great deal on a timeshare from a friend, so we're going to Mexico for five days.

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  • N
    Devoted June 2019
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    Under, for sure! We haven't decided on a honeymoon yet, but we'd really like to stay under $1000, $1400 if we're pushing it.

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  • Mrs Sullivan
    Expert June 2019
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    Over! Won't share how much we are spending on honeymoon but it will be over. We aren't taking ours until the following spring and will be gone 10-14 days (not entirely set in stone on return date yet). And we are taking a mini-moon directly following our wedding for 4 days

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  • Maggie
    Champion October 2025
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    Hockey games? Winter clothes? I am intrigued, April, tell me more about your honeymoon Smiley smile

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  • Laura
    Dedicated October 2018
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    Over..... we are doing three places though for two weeks.

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  • Maggie
    Champion October 2025
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    Cool!! What three places, if you don't mind me asking? Smiley smile
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  • Laura
    Dedicated October 2018
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    Disney World, Universal and a Western Caribbean Cruise

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  • taetae88
    VIP October 2018
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    Under.

    Thank god for airline miles. We saved a lot of money on the flights.
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  • Mrs. J
    Expert October 2018
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    I'm trying to calculate the exact costs but I believe we are a little bit under.

    We're also doing 5 days instead of longer so that saved $$.

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  • Laura
    VIP November 2019
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    Way under. About $1500 for a 7 day Western Caribbean cruise. That includes all food, non alcoholic drinks (not big drinkers), parking, excursions, etc.
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  • A
    Dedicated June 2019
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    It is right around that, because we are getting our plane tickets on my FF miles! Yay!!!! That would have added about $2500 extra.

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  • April
    Super November 2018
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    My Fiance and I are die hard San Jose Sharks fans and while there are lots of things we could have done, traveling to follow the Sharks on an away trip was something we both wanted to do equally, no one compromises. The bucket list involves attending a San Jose Sharks game in every NHL arena. So we are traveling to Buffalo NY, Toronto ON, Ottawa ON, Montreal QC - attending a Sharks game against each team and exploring all the hockey that each town has to offer as well as other local adventures. This will be about a 2 week trip leaving the day after Thanksgiving. After that we will travel to NY and will spend a week there, hoping to tour the NHL office there and be tourists in NY for a week. Return home mid-December. Everything is booked except 1 hockey game (tickets go on sale tomorrow) 2 train rides (sale started today so we will likely book that tonight) and then a few last minute things we will book / plan while we are on the trip. I am originally from FL and live in the SF Bay Area in CA now so I do NOT own winter clothes, lol

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  • Kate
    Devoted June 2019
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    We won’t have enough for a honeymoon right after on top of paying for the wedding. My parents have graciously offered to pay for a cabin by the beach for a few days so we can get away after the wedding. We’ll go away for a week on our 1 year anniversary.
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  • SB
    VIP March 2019
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    We made it under at $1400 for our cruise.

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  • Liana
    VIP March 2017
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    Over. We splurged. Tahiti and Bora Bora.

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  • Future Walsh
    Beginner October 2018
    Future Walsh ·
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    We are saving up for one in the future.

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  • ap2al
    VIP October 2018
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    There's one day where it's going to be so busy but basically a Bean-to-Bar excursion where you learn about the coco plants on the island, have a three course meal with coco infused in each meal, and then we make our own chocolate bar! Afterwards we go to the therapeutic mud baths, rinse off, then take a catamaran cruise back to the resort! Smiley smile

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