How important is honeymoon for you?

I think a honeymoon is very important when it comes to being married,but I do not think the honeymoon has to be more than you can afford,and it does not have to necessarily be right after the wedding it could be a week later and it could be at a hotel in the town you live in,the important thing is that the bride and groom are alone and that they spend the honeymoon doing what they want to do without worrying about anything.

I didnt have a honeymoon and im not upset about it. We could have done something but we didnt care too much we bought a big screen tv instead. I have two boys and we would of had to take them anyways. We do want to travel someday when are kids are grown up.

Hello checapricorn, I agree with you. If you can afford, why not? But for me it is important to have a memorable honeymoon that you can tell others your joyous moments till the end of your life *laughs* but money is another matter. How much it will cost you, is only for your eyes *smiles* When I got married, I wasn't able to get many days off and so ours was just a short trip. But, we enjoyed each and every moments together. We decided to have another big and grand honeymoon later when time permits but unfortunately, I got pregnant. So, a year after getting married we went for a second honeymoon but with the little one *laughs* Will you consider that as a honeymoon? I just don't have the heart to leave him alone.

Hi,dear checapricorn, I don't have so much knowledge as I haven't got married neither did I have the experience of doing that ..Getting married seems still far from me since I haven't settle down for my work and finish sudies as well..But I do agree with you that homeymoon is really so important for the couples ,for the fact that they don't have that good chance of going other places they want after marriage .and also really a good chance for the couples to relax before facing the hardships of the relistic true society and the bored after-marriage life...just my shallow opinion..

I think that if you can afford it a honeymoon is a great idea.

It's EXTREMELY important to me cuz it's a chance for you to get some alone time with your wife and a chance to get busy!!

well I wouldn’t say that a married life cant begin if there is no honeymoon to start with. No, its not that important to me and both my hubby and me were quite OK that we did not have any honeymoon coz we just could not afford to have one. Post-marriage our first outing was three and half years later with our 18 month old son. The honeymoon was not important and its not a sore point in our married life but those few days spent in solitude can be very important for some couples. Not all couples know each other very well before marriage and it is not possible for newly-weds (specially in conservative societies) to mix openly with each other any time of the day in front of other family members. The honeymoon period is the perfect place to know your spouse well and if it is an arranged marriage, then to fall in love. Other than this, for couples who have known each other well for long (and even lived together), the honeymoon is the perfect time to spend some time together in complete bliss and cherish wonderful memories of togetherness, away from the hustle-bustle of daily existence. So all in all, a honeymoon is definitley useful, but not mandatory.

Never went one so I guess it not to me

If you can afford it why not? We didn't have a honeymoon, mind you we flew from Samoa to New Zealand to have our wedding there because of our family and decided to stay an extra two weeks to catch up with them, since it had been a long time since we had seen them all.

i want my honeymoon to be special that's all..but not to the point of spending too much.just in the range of what we can afford.

I agree with u and its not important to spend lot of $$, u can plan it with in Budget the crux of honey moon is to spend some time togsather to know each other and have happy moments to start a lifee Take care

hello, we dont have a honeymoon coz we cannot afford it at that time, we dont even have our wedding ring nor an engagement ring, i dont feel it is something to be sad about coz we both love each other and we know that there are other things that our small money will go other than having a lavish time together or material to prove the love. honeymoon is great to have coz you only have it one time (except of course if you will have a divorce and have another wedding then that is a different case) my husband and i always feel that every night is our honeymoon nights. another reason why we dont have a tv in our bedroom coz we want to make sure that our bed time is our time to just enjoy our moment. we also make every weekends different each week and that i feel is a life long celebration of honeymoon. we also try to make savings for vacation at least every year, if we cant afford one we just make our home day an extraordinary one so i guess there is no limitations to have it. btw, i agree that there is nothing wrong spending lot's of money for honeymoon as long as you have the money, budget and time for it. i dont want to borrow money just to have such experience. id rather postponed it and just have it when we are ready for it. anyway, we all have our own preference and my falls in this way. takecare and hope you enjoy your weekends.

If you can afford it then I think you should have a lavish honeymoon. We cant afford anything to expensive, so we are going to have a week to ourselves, without the baby, and maybe go for little daytrips. Its what makes the couple happy not about the money!

Hi Che...well it would probably have been lovely to have had a lavish honeymoon...but we were married 34 years ago...and our honeymoon was a week spent at hubbys fathers house!!...my sister in law tidied the house up for us and made our room pretty...and we just had a normal week visiting hubbys relatives ...so nothing wild!!...up until a while ago i still had the bus tickets..but i think i threw them out in one of my mad clearing phases!!!...the honeymoon was done on a shoestring...as was the wedding.....my first daughter got married and i so wanted to make things special for her..and i telephoned a hotel in Bath..and booked a room for them for two nights ..so that they could be pampered!!...and it was really sweet because the receptionist asked if it was a special occasion..i said a honeymoon..an she said..Oh well the hney moon suite is empty..they can use that for the normal price...i was in seventh heaven for her!!!!

What my husband and I did for our Honeymoon, is we made reservations on Amtrak and then went to Portland, OR for a couple of days. It was the only time we have gone there by Amtrak but it was nice. Since it was also our first time ever to go to Portland it was quite Romantic as well. We have chosen many times on our Anniversary since then to go back to Portland. Most of the time, we will even stay in the same Hotel we first stayed in. It is only a $40-$50 a night room, so it is not too expensive, and they always remember us from the first time we stayed there as well, as it is Family owned and ran. Personally, I feel every couple deserves a honeymoon when they first get married. That gives them a chance to be away the first night or two from people they know just so they can get to know one another more, and have something Romantic to remember the day by.

I agree that it should be done that way so that you have time to unwind and be the couple you were intended to be. Also, for a lot of people it's the only time they'll be able to vacation alone together, so it's best to make it the best vacation they can. What we did was number everything in order of importance, so we knew what to spend the most money on. It's a once-in-a-lifetime event, so live it up, if you can!!!

It is very important to me, because as a new couple bound to be a married couple by your church, your honeymoon is the first night to be your as a legal husband and wife according to the matrimony of church.

Well that depends. You can only get married once, but you can always take a trip or delay a honeymoon until you can do it if possible. I do think it is good for a couple to spend some alone time even it is to a hotel or at their own place by themselves.

Yes I think so.Honeymoon is a good time for the couple to live together alone without any worry.This is also a time to enjoy life,for ususl days you should be busy with your job.And it is also a time to enjoy your two-person world.It is happy and memoorable for your life.So I think that honeymoon is very important.

I think it is a nice way for a couple to get away alone together and have some fun before thier new combined life begins. Marriage for those who have not already been living together can be a big change and a big adjustment, you might as well have a little fun, before all that begins. That being said my husband and I didn't go on our honeymoon until like 3 months after we were married, but we wanted to go to Myrtle Beach and wanted to wait for the weather to be warmeer, and I had to finish up my college classes, and he had just started his first real job, so we had to wait a little while, but it was still special.