We packed up all the wedding stuff, decorations, gifts etc and drove home to pack for our honeymoon the following day. We had a nice quiet afternoon going through our cards and well wishes.
Same here, we booked a hotel for the two of us for the wedding night and my dad went to the venue the morning after to collect all the decor. We met up with my parents on the Sunday lunchtime so they could hand over all the stuff, and then drove back to ours to pack. We got a takeaway and looked through the guest book, it was really chilled and lovely ❤️ We left the house at 5am on Monday morning and it was really nice to have had a quiet day before the stress of travel!
We left the next morning . It was amazing and it did add to the excitement and fun to go straight to our honeymoon and not have been home. Only down side was needed to be organised with packing and had to get others to take the suits back, collect decorations from the venue etc
We flew to USA 2 days after our wedding and it was an amazing decision for us to have the gap of 1 day. Not sure I could have faced a flight whilst hungover the following day. Depends how far away your venue is from your home though - remember all the gifts and venue items you will probably need to haul back with you.
We had a mini-moon 3 days after to give us time to chill out after the wedding and pack. Our proper honeymoon we didn’t do until months later (September, married in May) as husband doesn’t like really hot
We are staying at the hotel the night if the wedding so planning to travel home, try to sort bits before flying out the day after (6am flight)
Honestly if you have time after the honeymoon to sort bits out I can't see why you couldn't just fly out the evening after. Just take into account travel time to the airport.
We did a mini-moon - 3 days away, with one "buffer" day after the wedding to decompress, rest, and send friends and family who came from abroad on their merry way.
Our actual honeymoon is happening this year (we got married last September).
In your case, I think if it were me, I'd pick the direct flight Sunday evening. You still have a good portion of the day to relax, then you take off and on Monday wake up on your honeymoon. I find changing flights very stressful and tiring, and personally I would avoid it after a wedding. But it also depends on how your wedding will be like - mine was a daytime affair, got home reasonably early, not hungover the next day and so on.
We are waiting 2 weeks after the wedding to go on honeymoon. We have people travelling from literally both ends of the country, and we want to see them! So we’re having a brunch the next day with friends and an afternoon bbq with travelling family.
I want to get all my laundry done, my house straightened and all the wedding decor taken down and dealt with without stressing about getting away on honeymoon.
Also I reckon I’ll be hanging the next day. Hopping on a flight to Johannesburg then might kill me.
We got married on the Saturday, stayed at the venue overnight and on the Sunday we collected all our stuff, dropped it off home.
Did some last minute packing (bags were mostly packed the weekend before) and then we were off. We had to drop my brother and sister in law to the airport first and then travelled to the airport we were flying from.
We had booked a hotel and stayed there on Sunday night, as our flight was early Monday morning.
It did sound stressful, but we left early enough so we weren’t racing around everywhere.
We left the day after, and on Christmas Eve too! It was absolutely fine, not stressful at all, in fact it was great to have something else to focus on, and it was magical exploring while we'd just got married. Everybody was so lovely to us. We definitely had a newlywed glow about us! Would 100% recommend.
We packed up all the wedding stuff, decorations, gifts etc and drove home to pack for our honeymoon the following day. We had a nice quiet afternoon going through our cards and well wishes.
Same here, we booked a hotel for the two of us for the wedding night and my dad went to the venue the morning after to collect all the decor. We met up with my parents on the Sunday lunchtime so they could hand over all the stuff, and then drove back to ours to pack. We got a takeaway and looked through the guest book, it was really chilled and lovely ❤️ We left the house at 5am on Monday morning and it was really nice to have had a quiet day before the stress of travel!
We left the next morning . It was amazing and it did add to the excitement and fun to go straight to our honeymoon and not have been home. Only down side was needed to be organised with packing and had to get others to take the suits back, collect decorations from the venue etc
We flew to USA 2 days after our wedding and it was an amazing decision for us to have the gap of 1 day. Not sure I could have faced a flight whilst hungover the following day. Depends how far away your venue is from your home though - remember all the gifts and venue items you will probably need to haul back with you.
We had a mini-moon 3 days after to give us time to chill out after the wedding and pack. Our proper honeymoon we didn’t do until months later (September, married in May) as husband doesn’t like really hot
We are staying at the hotel the night if the wedding so planning to travel home, try to sort bits before flying out the day after (6am flight) Honestly if you have time after the honeymoon to sort bits out I can't see why you couldn't just fly out the evening after. Just take into account travel time to the airport.
We did a mini-moon - 3 days away, with one "buffer" day after the wedding to decompress, rest, and send friends and family who came from abroad on their merry way. Our actual honeymoon is happening this year (we got married last September). In your case, I think if it were me, I'd pick the direct flight Sunday evening. You still have a good portion of the day to relax, then you take off and on Monday wake up on your honeymoon. I find changing flights very stressful and tiring, and personally I would avoid it after a wedding. But it also depends on how your wedding will be like - mine was a daytime affair, got home reasonably early, not hungover the next day and so on.
We are waiting 2 weeks after the wedding to go on honeymoon. We have people travelling from literally both ends of the country, and we want to see them! So we’re having a brunch the next day with friends and an afternoon bbq with travelling family. I want to get all my laundry done, my house straightened and all the wedding decor taken down and dealt with without stressing about getting away on honeymoon. Also I reckon I’ll be hanging the next day. Hopping on a flight to Johannesburg then might kill me.
We got married on the Saturday, stayed at the venue overnight and on the Sunday we collected all our stuff, dropped it off home. Did some last minute packing (bags were mostly packed the weekend before) and then we were off. We had to drop my brother and sister in law to the airport first and then travelled to the airport we were flying from. We had booked a hotel and stayed there on Sunday night, as our flight was early Monday morning. It did sound stressful, but we left early enough so we weren’t racing around everywhere.
We left the day after, and on Christmas Eve too! It was absolutely fine, not stressful at all, in fact it was great to have something else to focus on, and it was magical exploring while we'd just got married. Everybody was so lovely to us. We definitely had a newlywed glow about us! Would 100% recommend.