Postponed Honeymoon Is the Best Honeymoon
When you get married, you have to make quite a few decisions. You must decide if you want to get high at your own ceremony . You must decide which suitor is least likely to commit one of the 7 deadly sins of the best man’s speech . And you have to decide when you want to go on your honeymoon.
The “honeymoon” tradition dates back to 19th century Britain . It started as a means for newlyweds to go visit friends or family who weren’t able to attend the wedding, and has since evolved into an opportunity to go ziplining in the Caribbean. While tradition dictates that the happy couple embark on this journey immediately after their wedding, more and more couples are eschewing this standard and opting for a delayed honeymoon instead. Personally, I think this is a fantastic solution for a number of reasons. In fact, here are five of them.
you will be exhausted
While your wedding should be an objectively good time, it would be a lie to say that it won’t be emotionally draining. After all, you’ve essentially just run a psychological marathon of sorts. You have made one of the most important decisions of your life and committed yourself to it in front of all your family and friends; It’s not crazy to think that you need some time to recover before you jump on a plane and travel thousands of miles around the world.
Reddit user u/weddingelly vouches for the delayed honeymoon, explaining : “The delayed honeymoon was great in that it gave us something we had been looking forward to in the months following our wedding. In addition to normal life taking its toll, going off the “wedding high” can be kind of a bummer, but it wasn’t all that bad with a trip you were looking forward to.” If you are going to save a hefty amount of money for this trip, you should take it when you are at your best so that you can enjoy it to the fullest.
You can save on travel
In a cruel twist of fate, peak wedding season coincides with peak travel season. According to The Knot’s 2021 real-life wedding survey , 80% of weddings take place between May and October, which is a direct match for the most popular vacation and travel times. As the number of travelers increases, so does the cost of both air tickets and hotels.
Honeymoons are not cheap; The average couple spent $4,600 on their post-wedding getaway in 2021. If you’re trying to get the most bang for your buck, it makes sense to postpone your honeymoon until a time of year when travel isn’t as expensive. You’re setting yourself up for the best ride possible without breaking the bank.
You can plan the best weather at your destination
For some couples, their honeymoon may be the only opportunity to go on a luxury vacation. For this reason, a delayed honeymoon may be the best choice so you don’t have to compromise on what you want. Imagine that you are getting married in January and have your dream honeymoon in Australia. A quick Google search will let you know that going down anytime between October and March is not recommended (these are considered the summer months in Australia when it can get pretty damn hot). So what are you going to do? Instead, visit another country? No, just postpone your honeymoon if you decide to choose a specific location. Otherwise, how else would you take a picture of yourself with a kangaroo, which you will hang over the head of the bed as long as your marriage lasts?
You can plan your work schedule
It’s not uncommon for people to take a few days off before their wedding to sort things out. Considering that the average honeymoon lasts between seven and twelve days , it would make more sense to split the free time. It may also happen that your wedding is at the peak of the season in your industry, and going out of town for a while may not be the best move for you in terms of career. Waiting for a cool down period or resetting your PTO can be the best way to have a honeymoon where you don’t have to compromise on vacation length or go completely offline.
You can spend more time with everyone from another city
Perhaps the most important (and also the least obvious) reason to postpone your honeymoon is that all your friends and family are in town for your wedding. They have come from afar to see your wedding; those beaches will stay there in a few months, but Aunt Brenda returns to Boca Raton on Tuesday.