For you married ladies, how long after you got married did you go on your honeymoon?
Fiance and I are in school with ridiculous schedules and, as of now the wedding date has been set (tentatively) for the weekend before we move out for the beginning of our clinical rotations. Thurs/Fri = Shaadi ; Sat = fly to our new home ; Mon = begin work. Sucky, I know.
We’re looking at a honeymoon that’s at least 1-2 years down the road…which doesn’t really sound like a honeymoon to me but oh well. I was just wondering if most people go immediately right after their wedding or it’s not too crazy to wait that long?
We had wanted Thailand/Maldives but because of time (and maldives because of $$$) my fiance figured it’d be better if we just wait until we graduate and do something really long and fun as a grad/honeymoon thing. We don’t really have set breaks or time off in the next 2 years so a “minimoon” that’s more local would be possible, I suppose.
Our "honeymoon" trip was a few months after the wedding. The reason be delayed it is b/c of vacation timing issues with husband's job plus the headache of planning a trip in addition to planning the wedding.
I agree with your fiancé that it's best to wait for a big trip until both of you are settled job wise and financially. I believe you're in the U.S. While doing a vacation in Asia requires time (especially due to the long flight) and money......I'd say if possible, try to plan a trip within the first few months of the wedding is possible. Even if not local.....see if you can plan a trip to like the Bahamas, Bermuda or somewhere that's still nice, closer flight time...and a easy trip that you can do within 3-4 days.
Don't get too caught up with the romantic notion of a "honeymoon". The idea behind this trip is for the couple to be relaxed and enjoy each other's company. Its useless to go on a "honeymoon" trip if there is stress involved due to timing or money.
You get a month off during 3rd year .. Which is the vacation month in which there is no rotation. You can easily schedule honeymoon during that time. Just make sure and you and your SO are on the same timeslot.
You get a month off during 3rd year .. Which is the vacation month in which there is no rotation. You can easily schedule honeymoon during that time. Just make sure and you and your SO are on the same timeslot.
I actually checked with school admin about this and the way they do our scheduling is that the 3rd year "vacation" month is used to give us an extra month off for board studying/vacation. Typically this would be PERFECT since I could take my boards, have a wedding, go on a honeymoon and still have time to relax before the start of the school year BUT Ramadan is the ENTIRE "vacation" month we have. I tried to see if they'll let us move it around but I'd be messing with our board studying at that point and that has greater repercussions for us than a delayed honeymoon so i didn't want to do that.
Our "honeymoon" trip was a few months after the wedding. The reason be delayed it is b/c of vacation timing issues with husband's job plus the headache of planning a trip in addition to planning the wedding.
I agree with your fiancé that it's best to wait for a big trip until both of you are settled job wise and financially. I believe you're in the U.S. While doing a vacation in Asia requires time (especially due to the long flight) and money......I'd say if possible, try to plan a trip within the first few months of the wedding is possible. Even if not local.....see if you can plan a trip to like the Bahamas, Bermuda or somewhere that's still nice, closer flight time...and a easy trip that you can do within 3-4 days.
Don't get too caught up with the romantic notion of a "honeymoon". The idea behind this trip is for the couple to be relaxed and enjoy each other's company. Its useless to go on a "honeymoon" trip if there is stress involved due to timing or money.
Yep, US. We'll be getting married on the west coast and moving to the east coast. We figured that we could (according to our school admin) take the last 3 days of our rotation off and first 3 days off (+ weekend) = 8 days of vacation at some point during the first few months of marriage and book a trip to the Caribbean or even FL (we've never been) for that time. And then do thailand/maldives as a bigger trip when we have the money and our ducks all lined up in terms of residency (iA). I was just curious because it seems like most people go directly to the honeymoon with like a week or two lag at the most.
We figured that we could (according to our school admin) take the last 3 days of our rotation off and first 3 days off (+ weekend) = 8 days of vacation at some point during the first few months of marriage and book a trip to the Caribbean or even FL (we've never been) for that time.
8 days for FL or Caribbean (if visiting 1 single place) sounds like a lot to me but yes, that sounds like a plan. My husband and I took a cruise a few years ago that was 1 week.....Cruise went to St. Thomas, Turks/Caicos, and Puerto Rico. If you/fiance have weekends off, and if you two can manage to take 1 week (Mon-Fri) off, that's plenty of time for a nice/relaxing trip.
I was just curious because it seems like most people go directly to the honeymoon with like a week or two lag at the most.
But you must keep in mind that most people aren't in a situation where BOTH people are dealing with the joys of becoming a M.D. And often when people still studying can manage lavish honeymoons right after wedding, its usually being paid for by parents. Do what works for YOU and your specific situation. As long as you two are happy and stress-free (as much as possible)....that's what truly matters. :)
Doesn't matter if the honeymoon is 10 years down the road. You do whatever works for you and rock it! Happiness comes to those who compromise on small details.
my huby just changed his job when we were getting married so according to rules no holidays for first 6 months he came for wedding in public holidays of eid and after 3 months of our wedding we went for our honeymoon
8 days for FL or Caribbean (if visiting 1 single place) sounds like a lot to me but yes, that sounds like a plan. My husband and I took a cruise a few years ago that was 1 week.....Cruise went to St. Thomas, Turks/Caicos, and Puerto Rico. If you/fiance have weekends off, and if you two can manage to take 1 week (Mon-Fri) off, that's plenty of time for a nice/relaxing trip.
But you must keep in mind that most people aren't in a situation where BOTH people are dealing with the joys of becoming a M.D. And often when people still studying can manage lavish honeymoons right after wedding, its usually being paid for by parents. Do what works for YOU and your specific situation. As long as you two are happy and stress-free (as much as possible)....that's what truly matters. :)
Thanks! Yeah, you're right. I try to keep focused on the bigger picture--that we're both blessed to be given the opportunity to be finishing med school but it's easy to get caught up with everyone else's thoughts since all my friends are flying to Thailand or Maldives or Hawaii or something immediately after their wedding. But breaking up the honeymoon sounds good. And you're right. Our parents are def going to be footing the honeymoon bill , especially if it was somewhere like Maldives--which is another reason we want to wait. After paying for our wedding, i don't want either one of our parents to have to spend even more on the honeymoon.
I would say that you should go somewhere even if it's not too far or for too long right after the wedding just to have some time for relaxation. You can plan a bigger trip later on when it's convenient.
My honeymoon was only 8 days long in st. lucia but it was still fun. I only took 2 weeks off from work for wedding honeymoon so we were pressed for time as well. If you take a 'honeymoon' 2 years after your marriage it's pretty much just a vacation. Personally I think a honeymoon right after the wedding is just a really nice start, even if it's not for long or to the most exotic location you can think of, I still look back on mine with a lot of fondness. I spent way more time planning the honeymoon than the wedding anyways, and it was more fun!
St. Lucia was beautiful, had a really chilled out vibe as well which was really nice. We stayed at the sandals grand, it was pricey for sure but it was also all-inclusive which was kind of fun. There are 3 sandals resorts on st. lucia, I’d say sandals grand is definitely the best. The Sandals Regency was bigger and had more restaurants but the water was way rougher. I think there are cheaper options in the Soufriere region but you won’t have as nice amenities necessarily.
Yeah the ones that we like are way outside our budget…I’d kill to be able to stay at Jade Mtn. sigh. We’re definitely thinking about all inclusive because it’ll be nice not to have to worry about food $$ and stuff so we decided to look at Mexico (Playa Mujeres and Cancun) as options!
well it depends, if you both are comfortable with your schedule and can make this break after 2 years then there are no norms of having honeymoon right after marriage.
i am just married in Oct 2014 my husband n his family came from Canada and i went from Dubai to have wedding events in Pakistan on 10th Oct and 13th Oct we left for Malaysia & Singapore. we both decided to spend time with each other as we were new to each other and after this honeymoon period we were back on work in respective countries. after having a wonderful time with my husband now i am happily waiting for my spouse citizenship to canada and not desperate n depressed.
so the purpose is to be happy anywhere, if you are living together and attending school together then its not a big issue to have honeymoon right after marriage, just enjoy your school days with your husband
