Honeymoon Woes – Couples Can Wait For Financial Recovery To Have Honeymoon

Getting married is a big event and it’s, also, (let admit this) one big worry. The energy and organizing, and then there’s the money issue to contend with. Getting married isn’t what it used to be which was always a very close-knit and candid affair. Now, everyone wants a big wedding which costs a bomb – not everyone can afford it. Another big worry, apart from the wedding dress, the wedding venue, the wedding favors, the wedding limousine, etc is the honeymoon. The wedding dinner is already going to take a huge chunk of money from your savings or your credit card and the second bite comes from the honeymoon. I’ve friends who have their honeymoons years after the wedding dinner because they wanted something ideal and couldn’t afford to have the honeymoon directly after the wedding. So, the couple agreed to have the wedding when they are financially capable of doing that because the wife refused to settle for a trip to….say…..Jersey City.

You know, I don’t mind a honeymoon in the country itself provided I’ve never been to the place and/or loved the place so much that I would want to spend my honeymoon there. If these two criteria were met, I wouldn’t mind hopping over to the state after the wedding for my honeymoon. The important thing is for the couple to spend some quality time together and get ready for a life together as a married couple, don’t you think?

Looking at some of the honeymoon destinations around the world, I understand why wedding couples would rather wait until they are financially ready. If you asked me what kind of honeymoon I would want, the first thing that comes to mind is….the beach! Florida Keys, Hawaii, Bahamas or Cozumel Mexico. Perfect honeymoon destinations! Think a little further, Maldives come to mind, so does the French Riviera, and even Bermuda! Some people prefer their honeymoon to be more….say, Lonely Planet style whereby they backpack to distant regions of some Asian countries. I don’t think I’d mind backpacking through my honeymoon either.

At the end of the day, I think it’s all about how YOU want to spend the time with your loved one after the wedding. If you can wait, then wait until both of you recover from the blow to the bank account. If you can’t , there are ways you can have a splendid honeymoon without selling off your blood and kidney. I’ll cover that next time, though.