By Jimmy Horner, WedNet Specialist Blogger on Groom Issues, The Man Registry, http://www.themanregistry.com
This is one of the most important items that the groom is typically at the forefront of planning. It is, for most couples, a trip of a lifetime that can be made spectacular with a little additional planning and foresight. There are some easy questions you can ask yourselves to get started:
- What is the destination you are looking for, beach, cruise, overseas, the mountains?
- What is your budget?
- How long can the two of you be gone for?
- Do you want all-inclusive?
- Do you want to go somewhere new or familiar to you?
- Do you want a more leisurely or more active honeymoon?
These are great questions that you and your fiancée should discuss during the very initial stages of honeymoon planning. Start with deciding on a budget and then on a timeframe. The honeymoon is typically paid for by the groom or his family, but with most things in wedding tradition this can easily be changed. Other ideas for budgeting are splitting the costs between the bride, groom, brides family, grooms family, or even with friends through help of a registry set up for your honeymoon. It is becoming common for a couple to ask for cash for there honeymoon as there wedding gift. Whatever you decide, remember you only get one shot at your honeymoon, so make it count.