Imagine this: you’ve just walked down the aisle to marry the love of your life.
You’ve made the speeches, cut the cake, and danced the night away until the early hours of the morning. But rather than having your guests wave goodbye the next day as you embark on your honeymoon, what would you do if they came with you?
Welcome, friends, to your buddymoon.
More than ever, couples are opting for exotic overseas weddings. For some, it’s because they are marrying a partner who was born in a different country. Others just like the idea of turning their big day into a Lonely-Planet-worthy photo essay.
Either way, it’s an expensive ask for everyone involved and that’s probably why the concept of Buddymoon was born.
Are all your friends overseas anyway? Why not turn your honeymoon into a group holiday?
Would you be OK saying goodbye to romance and hello to holiday?
Most of you would say yes, according to Travelex.
Sure, the idea of having your best mates sharing a Mai Tai with you as you all admire your sparkly new wedding band sounds like a good idea, but one can’t help but wonder: at what cost?
The days and weeks following your wedding will be some of the most surreal and exciting days in your life – memories you will remember and cherish for the rest of your life. Do you really want your pals photobombing your loved-up kissy shots, or spewing on your feet because they went overboard on the cocktails?
When throwing the question out to a bunch of bronzed and loved-up newlyweds, most were totally down with the idea.
Some felt that friends would keep them entertained.
“My partner and I always hang out together on holidays. We wanted to do something fun with our best friends – we would probably just get sick of each other, otherwise!”
So the questions crop up: Can you have too much of a good thing? Are modern couples more like friends than lusty lovers? Or have we just stripped away the impracticality of bygone tradition in favour of something that just makes more sense?
Well, as someone who is always the last man standing, an extended wedding party sounds pretty darn good to me.
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Top Comments
I definitely wouldn't have let any of our friends come on our honeymoon, we spent 70% of our time in the apartment we stayed in doing non-PG rated things...
I mean, we can go on holidays with our friends ANY time, why give up the steamy honeymoon that you only get one shot at? Why not just plan a different holiday with your mates...?
Maybe it's to do with people living together before they get married now. They have probably already gone on holidays as a couple, so now they want to go with their friends?
I have to admit it doesn't appeal to me, but I guess it doesn't affect me either.