The idea of planning a wedding terrifies me. Not so much the marriage itself, more the budgeting. I have no idea how it might be possible to feed so many people. Buy a white dress. Have enough champagne. Make things look appropriately beautiful. And still be able to relax in the moment of marrying the person whom I love. All that spending seems very stressful and not exactly conducive to a “happily ever after”.
One way people are compensating for the over-spending that any wedding entails, is to cut costs on the honeymoon.
It’s called the “Tiny Moon”, and I am not convinced.
It all started with the idea of the “Mini Moon”. Where, the newlyweds go off on a mini-vacation directly after the wedding, and commit to a longer, more honeymoon-like honeymoon down the track. Two holidays for the price of one? Not bad.
But a Tiny Moon takes the first holiday and turns it into a “weekend away”. A night or two at a hotel or AirBnB in the same city of the wedding. Pressed linen sheets, hotel air conditioning, maybe a couple’s massage or a spa bath. Surely this is anniversary material, not we-just-got-married-and-are-starting-our-lives-of-marital-bliss romance.
It’s okay if you’re saving up for a big trip in the future, I guess.
It’s also okay if you’ve got family commitments, or work commitments, that mean you can’t leave town straight away.
But for me, it sounds suspiciously like I have to put in just as much work, even more money, into making that one big day special. The only difference being: I don’t enjoy a nice long relaxing rest in the ocean and outdoors afterwards.
Not sold.
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We couldn't afford a honeymoon at all. We'll celebrate 49 years of marriage next May, so it wasn't exactly the tragedy of the century!
Meh my parents went camping for their honeymoon. Each to their own and to their own budget I say.