'Things like living together already, having a home, having two incomes but not that much savings for the wedding of your dreams - I think those factors go into why people would postpone their honeymoon,' says Sara Margulis, founder of, a wedding-gift registry company that helps couples raise money from friends and relatives for their honeymoon. That was a lot of planning and timing and energy, and we wanted to recover from that and really rest up and appreciate the honeymoon trip, instead of feeling like it's the slog at the end of a marathon.'Ĭompared to previous generations, many of today's couples are marrying older, and they're often paying for the wedding, rather than having their parents do it.

'We felt like we were in a whirlwind starting with the home-buying process and then a couple months later getting married. 'A lot of people are used to the tradition: You're engaged, you get married, and then you go on your honeymoon and that's it,' Hurley said.

They're now ready, and are heading to Iceland for a week in June. 'Since we weren't in any rush and we didn't have any honeymoon deadline, we said, 'Let's wait a year and combine our delayed honeymoon and sort of a first-anniversary trip into something really special,'' she said. They didn't have the time or energy to think about a honeymoon then. Heather Hurley of Arlington, Virginia, and her husband, Jason, bought their first home shortly before their June 2014 wedding. Or there might be work demands, school or other obligations that get in the way. Some couples want more time to map out a trip that lives up to the honeymoon hype. Weddings are expensive, so shelling out more for a vacation right away may be too much. It's one of the most common questions asked of a couple engaged to marry.Īnother appropriate question these days: 'WHEN are you taking your honeymoon?'įor a variety of reasons, many couples now put off their post-wedding trip. NEW YORK - 'Where are you going on your honeymoon?'

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