Unplugged Honeymoon

You're so right @mrsg and @Celia. I think phones are such a huge part of daily life for a lot of people these days that unplugging is almost foreign to a lot of us. I guess as long as everyone knows we aren't dead we're good lol

It's easy to do if you are in another country and didn't switch your phone plan to an international plan. When we went to the Bahamas a few years back, we got to the hotel and put our phones and tablets in the safe, and that was where they stayed. We brought a camera with us, so we didn't even need our phones for that.

I am 100% on board with that. Your honeymoon is time for you to relax and connect with your new spouse. I would probably send "bye we're leaving love you" texts to our parents/emergency contacts and "hi we're back and alive" texts but that's it. No one else really needs to see/know what you did on your honeymoon. If you want to post pictures when you return, that's a bit different in my opinion. While you're on the trip though? Heck no.

ETA: I actually think it's rude of other people to contact you on your honeymoon unless it's an emergency. Let the newlyweds relax and enjoy themselves a little bit for the first time as a married couple!

I'd reccommend even bringing a camera instead of the phones to capture those special moments. On the contrary, I think it's rude for family to contact you on your honeymoon aside from making sure you arrive safely.

I'm in the same boat as Lindsey O - though I'd love to do that, with him owning his own company I don't see that happening for us.

We did that when we went to Mexico (our resort charged for internet and we didn't see it as a necessity) and it wasn't hard at all. I see no reason not to be unplugged on our HM in Fiji as well. I will probably turn my phone off airplane mode and check email and texts every 3 or so days but I don't plan to have it on at all times.

@OliviaP True, I should take situations like that into consideration. I asked age because I was thinking why else would anyone need to always have their phone on for daily check-ins with their parents? You're right!

My future an I are going to an area of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. More in likely, we will not have signal.

@BandL Where in the upper peninsula? I'm from the lower peninsula and I've been up to Houghton and Mackinac a few times with fine service.

Sounds like a great idea and I would totally do this if I was childless. Since I will have my daughter at home I'd be too paranoid.

I used to go to the Omega Institute every summer, to take a week long workshop during arts week. The first night, everyone is visibly crazy because there is no cell service and literally six pay phones, which take coins (this may be different now...) I was one of them; I was still running my catering business....

By the second day, you could sense the difference in the atmosphere. People were more relaxed, enjoying their various creative processes and meeting new people. Driving back down the NY Thruway to go home, I could always feel the stress zooming back into my body....sigh....

No matter how old I get, my mom still likes me to check in. She still talks to her mom 3x on the phone everyday and they text regularly.

My advice: tell your family up front that you are going to be going unplugged for the week. Text them when you get to your destination and then when you are headed back, but other than that don't. If you tell them that up front they should be fine.

I definitely recommend at Little as possible contact with your "home world" while on your HM.

Our cruise was totally unplugged. Mostly due to not wanting to pay for out of the country fees. During our cruise my mom had a couple very serious heart attacks and we didn't find out until after we got off the boat because we left our phones off all week. So I enjoyed the week of no social media but also missed my mom being in icu. She requested that nobody contact our ship though to let us know. She didn't want us to come home early. I have conflicted feelings on this!

I ignore my phone while on vacation and didn't even take any pictures on our last vacation but it was a water park. The only thing we'll be using our phones for on our honeymoon will be checking in with my kids once or twice, they will be with their father so I know they will be well cared for which is why it's only once or twice.

We told people we wouldn't be available and we only used our phones for pictures. No problems

We did this!! Our resort had wifi but we chose not to use it. We were out of the country so we kept our phones on airplane mode, because we didn't want to get any phone calls or texts and rack up international roaming charges. On airplane mode we could still take pictures, and I really encourage you to take a TON of pictures!! Our family had our itinerary and knew where we were staying if there was an emergency. There's no need for you to get on social media or speak to your families while you're gone!

Just give your family the number of the place you're staying so they can call in emergency if needed, if they are worried. I would not be scheduling phone calls on my honeymoon and usually don't even respond to texts while we are on vacation, unless FH is sleeping or something.

We are pretty unplugged anyway. (No social media for either of us). We plan to be totally unplugged during the one-week wedding voyage at sea. We'll probable check in with a few people (my mom, his kids) during honeymoon in Europe, just so they know we are okay and coming back!

We pretty much did. We were on a cruise, so we didnt have data most of the trip. I did put a pay as you go international plan on my phone for calls and texts, but my mom was the only one who knew about it and it was in case of an emergency. I actually had my phone switched to airplane mode most of the time we were at sea so I could use the Carnival app.

We did get a text from our photographer while the ship was pulling out if the port to tell us our sneak peek album was up on her FB page. So we sat drinking hot chocolate, browsing the pictures on the top deck. Then I lost data as I realized the album was bigger than just the ones she had tagged me in. Fortunately, our first port day was Canaveral, so we we able to see the rest of the pictures before the end of the trip. We did take a little time that day to check in with family and respond to some congratulatory messages we had missed, but that was the only time we did that.

I don't think it's rude and that's what I'm doing because my family will be bugging me if I don't. I'm going to turn my phone on at specific times and answer anything of importance.