Top 3 Ways Wedding Couples Can Save Money on a Honeymoon Trip

According to statistics, approximately 2.4 million couples in the US get married each year. Of those 2.4 million, 99% of engaged couples go on their honeymoon. Generally speaking, couples tend to spend more than $5,000 on their honeymoon. With the advent of the internet and travel sites, couples are getting smarter and looking for ways to cut costs on their honeymoon trip.

In this article, I’ll share with you the top three ways wedding couples can save money on their honeymoon travel plans.

1. Book your honeymoon at an all-inclusive resort.
There are several highly recommended all-inclusive resorts throughout the Caribbean and in Mexico. Many of these resorts cater to honeymooners. For example, at some resorts, you can get married free of charge if you book your honeymoon at their resort. Another great reason to choose an all-inclusive resort as your honeymoon destination is that the cost of your food, drink, and entertainment is included in the price of all-inclusive resorts. You’ll find that while most of these resorts offer the privacy of a couples-only environment, others are family-friendly, which is well-suited for couples celebrating destination weddings.

2. Have a wedding on a cruise ship.
According to a recent story from NYTimes.com, the number of cruise ship weddings has increased 60% in the past decade. So why are cruise ship weddings becoming the new trend? Because couples are realizing that they can save a lot of money by getting married on a cruise ship. Let’s think about it. The average wedding in a chapel or church can cost a couple an average of $20,000 when you include everything. On a cruise, food, entertainment, and the honeymoon are all included. There are many different package deals for cruise ship weddings. You can choose to have the ceremony in the ship’s home port or any other place the ship docks. Or if you prefer to get married on board the ship, the cruises have small chapels inside where you can perform the ceremony. Additionally, a wedding planner is available on most cruises to help make your event a success. The price of cruise weddings varies, but one thing is for sure, it beats spending $20,000 for a day of wedded bliss.

3. Use a honeymoon registry.
A honeymoon registry is like any other gift registry, except that it allows friends and family to purchase portions of the couple’s honeymoon as a wedding gift. For example, a couple may want a couples massage or a bottle of champagne. This can be requested on your honeymoon registry. Some honeymoon registries even allow you to use the money for your honeymoon trip! The benefits for the engaged couple are that they are less likely to receive gifts they don’t want or need, and the benefits for the giver is that they know exactly what the couple wants. Plus, honeymoon registries are easy to set up and use and can be set up online in just a few minutes.

Engaged couples have enough things to worry about; the expense of the honeymoon trip should not be one of them. Wedding couples can really save money on their honeymoon trip. Sometimes you just have to think outside the box.