Too poor to honeymoon 😞

I understand the feeling!!
We dont have a lot of money and FH doesnt have a lot of time off work anyway so we cant do a "Real honeymoon"
I think just spending time with your new hubby is a perfectly fine way to spend your honeymoon! Look up groupon deals for the area you're staying.

Don't worry! Some of the most romantic things my fiance and I have done together were cheap or free. Regardless of our budget, we like to bring our own wine & champagne into the hotel room. I'd also tell the hotel it's your honeymoon when you book, on the off chance they congratulate you with a free bottle of champagne. Have you looked into VRBOs or airbnbs? Those may be good options too and more affordable, you'd have the option to cook more and save money that way. Florida is great too because you can relax on the beach -- which is free! We love site seeing, which is usually free since it's museums or national monuments too.

We’re just staying at a local hotel the night of the wedding and taking that next week off to lounge at home 😬 I’m just excited to relax with my new husband.

Hi! I’ve traveled to cheap hotels in Florida plenty of times . & believe me I think with under thousand dollars u guys can probably book a honey moon weekend including flight and hotel to either Miami or Florida and not have to stay at a motel ish kinda place. Please take a look at Expedia and orbits they always have deals and financing available

We don't have a lot of money either. We can only save a little bit each month to go towards our wedding and honeymoon. It's one of the reasons for such a long engagement. We needed as much time as possible to save for what we wanted. Our wedding/honeymoon will still be super low-budget, but we've been good about cutting out non-necessities (going out to eat, getting Starbuck's, etc.) for the last year so we would have more to put away. It takes discipline for sure, but it can be done.

But as long as FH and I are together, any trip we end up with will be amazing!!

The fact that it's your honeymoon should be what makes it special, not how much money you spend or what you get to do. The part of honeymooning that I'm most looking forward to is relaxing with my wife. Adventures and excursions are fun, of course, but nothing is better than spending quality time with your new spouse. Find live music around the area you're staying at, go dance and brag about being newlyweds, let strangers buy you congratulatory drinks, make dinner together if your hotel has a kitchen, watch the sunset, there's plenty to do that costs very little, if anything.

Spending time with your new hubby is what a honeymoon is for, it doesn't matter if it's in an exotic location or your new home. "Comparison is the thief of joy"

Stay-cations are just as fun! Pack your favorite snacks, cook a meal together if possible, bring a stack of movies or queue up some stuff to watch on Netflix, bring some board games or puzzles, take a bubble bath, explore the area together, have a picnic outside or in your hotel room, take a bike ride. It doesn't have to be some grand adventure, it's ok to just have it be your first week/end relaxing as husband and wife. It will still be a special memory for you two!

Rachel,

I completely understand where you're coming from! We know that we wouldn't be able to afford a honeymoon right after the wedding, so we are opting to wait until 8-10 months after the wedding for our travels. Friends of mine even waited over a year! This way you can go somewhere special and not put yourself in debt over it. Why not look at your Florida trip as a time for you and your FH to relax and unwind after all the wedding craziness? Spend some time at the beach, cook a meal together in your room, or do fun things on the cheap! There's a great arcade bar near Orlando that has a cheap cover and is a lot of fun!

This is of course just a suggestion, but I guess what I am really getting at is: Your honeymoon is what you make it and WHEN you make it!

I think every vacation is special! When we vacation, which has been once a year the last few years, we only have been able to go away for 5 days total and we’ve never been staying in the lap of luxury. Our own honeymoon won’t be for about a year after we get married. But our trips are always amazing and special because we’re together and away from home! We actually stay at Airbnbs and they’re cheaper than hotels, plus you have a kitchen to store groceries and cook meals. Plus we just like the feel of what it might be like to live somewhere else rather than being in a hotel in a main tourist area. We went to Miami last year and had a blast! I think you’ll have a great time together on your Florida honeymoon! I’m sure the comparisons with your friends must be tough, but most of us out here aren’t taking fancy European vacations either! And of course the best part - you’ll be celebrating being married to your best friend

Look into free/cheap things to do around the area. Go on a hike or a picnic in a park. Order in pizza and watch a movie. It doesn't have to be big or fancy, just some alone time for you two. Over the summer we went on a weekend trip to a remote cabin but I sprung for one with a hotub (we got engaged that night). We went out and did, but we spent a lot of time just sitting in the jacuzzi in our cabin relaxing and listening to music.

We are doing a mini moon in Florida! We found a really cheap condo rental in Destin on VRBO. All that matters is that you and your hubby spend some time together after your wedding ❤️

Girl, I am so sorry you feel that way. My best advice is to not worry about what others are doing and try to enjoy what you guys CAN do!

Why not delay your honeymoon so you have more time after the wedding to save? That's what we did. We put all our money into the wedding and then waited to take our honeymoon later in the year. We still took a week off work after our wedding to relax at home and really enjoyed having that downtime together to de-stress and unwind after all the wedding planning.

I say enjoy the honeymoon you already planned by enjoying each other.. Don’t focus on where you are just remember who you are with (YOUR HUSBAND) You can have a fancy honeymoon down the line..

Have you thought about one of those credit cards where you can get mileage/hotel points. We did that and used the CC to purchase wedding stuff that we planned to get anyway. Then, we paid it at the end fo the month...but got the points. Marriott (CHASE) and Hilton (AMEX) both have them. Might help offset some of your cost.