Wedding and Honeymoon? Which would You Rather Spend More On?

getbrowser it always amuses me that people spend huge amounts on weddings and the honeymoon, then get divorced ina year or two. We had very little money but we did love each other and our total wedding cost was about two hundred dollars,it was ina church, but only the minister, the organist and her husband were there. we honeymooned in Wickup Arizona for another fifty dollars, and surprise we were married for 43 years. I think if you have plenty of money sure have a lovely wedding and go someplace exciting but it is not necessary to go bankrupt for these things. times are hard right now so why not cut down on the number of guests, amts of food etc. and have a simple wedding and honeymoon .you will need money to start up your housekeeping.

Hi :) Of those two, I'd as soon spend more on the honeymoon. But I've known so many couples who spend the equivalent of a down payment on a house when paying for the wedding and honeymoon...or rather when the parents do. I would opt in these times for the down payment! Karen

If I had a choice I would spend more on the honeymoon than the wedding. When I was married we called a clergyman and had a brief ceremony in the backyard with two couple who were his friends. A day later we had a party to celebrate. We had no money to honeymoon, never did go on a vacation by ourselves. I think the honeymoon is important, more so than the wedding. It gives you time alone to bond together as a couple and that is so important! The wedding is merely a spectacle for your friends and relatives--I think weddings should be intimate and private, like your marriage. A reception or a potluck dinner where everyone brings a dish is a nice celebration for your friends and relatives but any real amount of money you spend should be on yourselves!

i would love to spend more on the honeymoon cause it's something that the couple would remember for the rest of their lives, sharing a fantastic vacation with just the two of them. as for the wedding, in my religion, you dont have to spend much on he ceremony, you dont even have to pay the offciator of the wedding, all you gotta spend on is the food. but i guess, i would only invite the people i truly love.. that's bec, i want my wedding to be solemn and to be shared with people who know us most, right?

I think it will be wedding for me. you have to make that wedding plan smoothly implemented. It's your day and you have to make it the best of your life. A memorable one that will create an impact to your family, relatives, friends and all the witnesses in your wedding. Your wedding involves lots of people and details--- you have to be on top of it even if you have your wedding coordinator. Honeymoon-- will it's just you and your spouse. You have all the time to spend over a week or month. But wedding-- it will only be an hour for the ceremony and another hour for the reception and that's it. So, short period of celebration but so full of memories to keep and be proud of after your event.

If money were not a problem, I would spend more on my wedding day. It is one important and memorable day for me. Marriage is a sacred vow and ceremony and I would like to spend more on that in church. I would like my relatives and close friends to be there to witness that happy occasion in my life. I can just opt for a cheaper honeymoon. What is important is my husband and myself being alone together to celebrate the beginning of our wedded life. I had a wedding and honeymoon like that.

Well, personally I think that for most people out there, Honeymoon is a winner for sure. I know that I am almost positive we spent more on the Honeymoon than the wedding even though we tried to keep both things reasonable for sure. I have never understood where people plan such extravagant expensive weddings just for one day of happiness, when a Honeymoon is what helps them start to enjoy each others company for sure.

In our culture, the bride's parents pay for the wedding...and the bridegroom has to take care of the honeymoon. If I had my way, I would spend more on the honeymoon because that would be the time WE spend together. But in reality, we had a very grand and lavish wedding and NO honeymoon!

I am a hopeless romantic that Never wanted to marry so I would forgo the wedding , the dress, I hate dresses anyway, and go for a great "honeymoon" to London.I can picture me and the man I love together in a quaint London hotel for 2 weeks and then off to Ireland and end up in Scotland.

I would spend more on the honeymoon than the wedding. For my wedding, if I had one, I would like things to be reasonably priced. It would be quite an event with just family and close friends. I might choose a registry office wedding and an out of doors reception. Then I would fly off to an exciting honeymoon destination. I would go somewhere with my true love like Madagascar. I might even, if I did get married, do it overseas. Weddings in tropical destinations are popular. Like I could get married in Grenada and then honeymoon in Tobago.

You will be together forever after the honeymoon so, make the most of the honeymoon. It's once in you marriage life.

I know many woman think this is their special day and want it to be a fairytale type of event which means high cost, but I think weddings are a waste of money. I wouldn't put too much money into a honeymoon either. Use the money in more practical ways.

well, the most important for some. i would go to the local justice of the peace, get married in a very small ceremony, and take the honeymoon of my life. doing the wedding thing is stressful and you'll be too tired to enjoy your honeymoon. i say go to paris for your honeymoon if you can afford it. forget the 15-minute bruha wedding. you'll be as beautiful bride in a small ceremony as you will be in a huge, overpriced one. do the honeymoon thing. i wish you well

Honeymoon for me! I would like to spend more on a honeymoon/vacation than an actual wedding. Sure it's nice to think of a fairytale wedding but to be able to go somewhere with the love of your life and just enjoy each other would be awesome.

Things have been different for me, but if you ask me, Honeymoon of course. Its just for the two of you....so you should go on a trip and have a ball....

My husband and I didn't have a honeymoon. We didn't even go to a hotel. We were offered a hotel stay by my husband's grandparents but declined on the grounds that we don't tend to stay long anywhere except for home! Lol! The wedding was $1500 dollars, and that was all. We did a lot of the stuff ourselves, the decorations were things we already had except for the flowers that cost us about $100.00. I didn't wear a dress, and my husband didn't wear a tux. We had jeans and a nice western shirt, ofcourse boots.

I would say the honeymoon. However, i dont plan on doing either ever again so i will save on both. I will just use that $$$$ for vacation by my self. You dont need to take sand to the beach.

I am married but I never had either. The military did that one for me. But after 5 years, I do want a wedding. I am saving now just a little so we can renew our vows and have the wedding we want. It will be a small personal wedding with a small reception with most of the money going towards the honeymoon. We will also have to take the 3 children so we were think a Disney cruiz so we can have our time alone too.

Now that is a hard one to decide on. Because you tend to spend a lot of money on both the wedding and the honeymoon. Every little bit of money I make I either bank it or leave it on pay pal till I met my limit then I send it to the bank and start all over again. I do it that way so I don't touch my money.

If I get married I don't plan to spend time in somewhere else. Because as economics is very bad. Money is getting harder and harder that is why I prefer to spend only on home...Have a nice day!